How to Solve the Da Vinci Code: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Mathematics
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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How to Solve the Da Vinci Code: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Mathematics
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Richard Elwes
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:224 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 131 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780857388384
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| Classifications | Dewey:510 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Quercus Publishing
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| Imprint |
Quercus Publishing
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| Publication Date |
2 August 2012 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Can you outrun a bullet? How do you build an electronic brain? Could you slow down time? How do you unleash chaos? From Plato's classification of regular polyhedra to making a million on the stock market, How to Solve the Da Vinci Code gives you everything you need to understand how numbers work, and the impact they have on our lives every day.
Author Biography
Dr Richard Elwes is a writer, teacher and researcher in Mathematics and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds. He contributes to New Scientist and Plus Magazine and publishes research on model theory. He is the author of Mathematics 1001 published by Quercus.
Reviews'Here is a brilliantly conceived book on the history, working and going-ons of mathematics ... Go out and get a copy for yourself today and become the maths boffin your teacher always wished you were!' Vision Magazine. * Vision Magazine *
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