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.>

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Graham Tattersall
• Edition: Harper Perennial USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 02.02.2010
• EAN: 9780061626784
• ISBN: 978-0-06-162678-4
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 205 mm x 17 mm
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Mathématiques > Autres; 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