Weirder Maths - At the Edge of the Possible

Informationen zum Autor David Darling  is a science writer, astronomer and music producer . He is the author of nearly fifty books, including the bestselling  Equations of Eternity . He lives in Dundee, Scotland. Together with Agnijo Banerjee, he is the co-author of the  Weird Maths trilogy, and  The Biggest Number in the World . Agnijo Banerjee  is one of the world’s most outstanding young mathematicians and a former student of David Darling’s. He was born in Kolkata, India, but has spent most of his life in Scotland. He is now continuing his studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. Together with Darling, he is the co-author of the  Weird Maths  trilogy, and  The Biggest Number in the World . Klappentext Even the most enthusiastic of maths students probably at one time wondered when exactly it would all prove useful in 'real life'. Well, maths reaches so far and wide through our world that, love it or hate it, we're all doing maths almost every minute of every day.David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee go in search of the perfect labyrinth, journey back to the second century in pursuit of 'bubble maths', reveal the weirdest mathematicians in history and transform the bewildering into the beautiful, delighting us once again.  Zusammenfassung The follow-up to the highly successful Weird Maths takes us deeper into the wonderful weirdness of mathematics

Product details

• Authors: Agnijo Banerjee, Davi Darling, David Darling, Darling David
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781786075086
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-508-6
• No. of pages: 245
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; popular science, SCIENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Mathematics, Philosophy of Mathematics, Mathematics and science