Rob Eastaway: How Many Socks Make a Pair?

Cover: 9781781313244 | How Many Socks Make a Pair? | Surprisingly Interesting Everyday Maths

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Beschreibung

How many socks make a pair? The answer is not always two. And behind this question lies a world of maths that can be surprising, amusing and even beautiful. Using playing cards, a newspaper, the back of an envelope, a Sudoku, some pennies and of course a pair of socks, Rob Eastaway shows how maths can demonstrate its secret beauties in even the most mundane of everyday objects. If you already like maths you’ll discover plenty of new surprises. And if you’ve never picked up a maths book in your life, this one will change your view of the subject forever.

Über den Autor

Rob Eastaway is one of the UK's leading popularisers of maths. His books include the bestselling Why Do Buses Come in Threes? and Maths for Mums and Dads. He has written numerous newspaper and magazine articles, regularly appears on radio to talk about the maths of everyday life, and has given maths talks to audiences of all ages, at venues ranging from The Royal Institution to Pentonville Prison.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: I don’t believe it
Chapter 2: Calculating without a calculator
Chapter 3: Pick a card, any card
Chapter 4: The back of an envelope
Chapter 5: What colour was the bear?
Chapter 6: Heads or tails?
Chapter 7: Palindromes and other pretty patterns
Chapter 8: Sudoku, and other magic squares
Chapter 9: Let’s take the short cut
Chapter 10: Journey to the centre of the triangle
Chapter 11: Limericks, Leonardo and the number five
Chapter 12: To infinity and beyond

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Importe
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781781313244
ISBN-10:	1781313245
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Eastaway, Rob
Hersteller:	Quarto Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	195 x 126 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Rob Eastaway
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.05.2014
Gewicht:	0,147 kg