The grapes of math
Subtitle: how life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life
By: Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781451640090; 9781451640113
Subjects: Mathematics; Miscellanea
Other titles: Alex Through the Looking-Glass
Description: "From the bestselling author of Here's Looking at Euclid, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative. From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world's favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop. Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind's turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.