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Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket on a Friday? Why are showers always too hot or too cold? And which classic puzzle was destroyed by Allied bombing in the war? These and many other questions are answered in this entertaining and highly informative book.
This book is for anyone who wants to remind themselves--or discover for the first time--that math is relevant to almost everything we do. Dating, cooking, traveling by car, gambling, and life-saving techniques all have links with intriguing mathematical problems that are explained here. This book will change the reader's perception of the world around them.
Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket on a Friday? Why are showers always too hot or too cold? And which classic puzzle was destroyed by Allied bombing in the war? These and many other questions are answered in this entertaining and highly informative book.
This book is for anyone who wants to remind themselves--or discover for the first time--that math is relevant to almost everything we do. Dating, cooking, traveling by car, gambling, and life-saving techniques all have links with intriguing mathematical problems that are explained here. This book will change the reader's perception of the world around them.
Rob Eastaway is a writer, speaker and consultant. His books include the bestselling What is a Googly?(9781861056290) and Why Do Buses Come In Threes? (9781861058621). He jointly devised the system now used to officially rank international cricketers and lives in London, where he is a keen weekend cricketer and occasional golfer.
Jeremy Wyndham was the managing director of a leading market research company. He lives in London.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
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Genre: | Fahrzeuge |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Fahrzeuge/Flugzeuge/Schiffe |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9781911622277 |
ISBN-10: | 1911622277 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: |
Eastaway, Rob
Wyndham, Jeremy |
Hersteller: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Maße: | 206 x 138 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Rob Eastaway (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.09.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,478 kg |
Rob Eastaway is a writer, speaker and consultant. His books include the bestselling What is a Googly?(9781861056290) and Why Do Buses Come In Threes? (9781861058621). He jointly devised the system now used to officially rank international cricketers and lives in London, where he is a keen weekend cricketer and occasional golfer.
Jeremy Wyndham was the managing director of a leading market research company. He lives in London.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
---|---|
Genre: | Fahrzeuge |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Fahrzeuge/Flugzeuge/Schiffe |
Medium: | Buch |
Inhalt: | Gebunden |
ISBN-13: | 9781911622277 |
ISBN-10: | 1911622277 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: |
Eastaway, Rob
Wyndham, Jeremy |
Hersteller: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Maße: | 206 x 138 x 25 mm |
Von/Mit: | Rob Eastaway (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.09.2020 |
Gewicht: | 0,478 kg |