Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
- Downloads
- 100+
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 267
About this book
Matt Parker examines mathematical mistakes through the practical situations in which numbers acquire unexpected consequences. The opening follows an advertising promotion that appeared to offer a military aircraft for loyalty points, and the customer who calculated its cost. Humor accompanies an interest in how unchecked arithmetic and assumptions can create problems outside the classroom.
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Book facts
- Author
- Matt Parker
- First published
- 2019
- Reading time
- About 6 hours
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Popular Science
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, MOBI, Read online