Geekspeak - A Guide to Answering the Unanswerable, Making Sense of the Nonsensica

Geekspeak is Dr. Graham Tattersall''s quirky love letter to math, logic, and problem solving... and to the self-professed geeks everywhere who revel in such esoterica. Written for the numero-phobic and the calcu-lover alike, Geekspeak doesn''t shy away from complex problems, but always explains them in a way that''s elegantly curious, easily understood, and, above all, endlessly entertaining.>

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dr. Graham Tattersall is a freelance engineer working on projects as diverse as computer-aided shoe fitting, fault analysis systems for trains, and enhancement of ultrasound images. He lives in Suffolk, England.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Graham Tattersall
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.02.2010
• EAN: 9780061626784
• ISBN: 978-0-06-162678-4
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 138 mm x 205 mm x 17 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Mathematik > Sonstiges; SCIENCE: Reference, MATHEMATICS: History & Philosophy, REFERENCE: Trivia, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Feminism & Feminist Theory, SCIENCE: History, SCIENCE: Physics / Mathematical & Computational, SCIENCE: Mechanics / General, GAMES: Trivia, MATHEMATICS: General, MATHEMATICS: Recreations & Games