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001 2014012104
003 DLC
005 20140718084318.0
008 140326s2014 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014012104
020 $a9781451640090 (hardback)
020 $a1451640099 (hardback)
020 $a9781451640113 (paperback)
020 $a1451640110 (pbk.)
020 $z9781451640120 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aQA99$b.B195 2014
082 00 $a510$223
084 $aMAT000000$aSOC002010$aMAT039000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBellos, Alex,$d1969-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe grapes of math :$bhow life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life /$cAlex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy.
250 $aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2014.
300 $axiii, 337 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 304-322) and index.
520 $a"From the bestselling author of Here's Looking at Euclid, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative. From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world's favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop. Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind's turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMathematics$vMiscellanea.
650 7 $aMATHEMATICS / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aMATHEMATICS / Essays.$2bisacsh