100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: math explains your world
by John D. Barrow
Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus..........UGH!
For most of us high school math classes were uninteresting requirements. In 100 short chapters Barrow shows us that we were wrong to slight mathematics. Mathematics really does influence our daily lives. Algorithms make our online transactions secure. Geometry defines the shape of the roller coaster that gives us thrills. Math proves why we are always in the longest line at the store. It even defines the six degrees of seperation that links us with anyone in the world. Each chapter can be read separately. Just try one that interests you and you will be hooked!
For the viewers of the television show, Numbers.
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