Name: An Equation for Every Occasion
ISBN: 9781789292220

作者: Chris Waring
出版社: Michael O’Mara Books Limited
副标题: Simple Formulas for Surviving the Unexpected
出版年: 2020
页数: 192
定价: £12.99
装帧: 平装
ISBN: 9781789292220

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Whether you paid much attention to the mathematics you were taught at school or not, the inescapable truth is that, one day, an equation could just save your life.

The real world is full of equations and a lot of our everyday decisions are calculated – we just don’t always realize it. And that’s ok – you unthinkingly use differentiation when you’re crossing the road between tra...

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作者简介 · · · · · ·

Chris Waring studied for a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, London before becoming a maths teacher. Since then he has taught small children, Oxbridge candidates and everybody in between. He is the author of Maths in Bite-sized Chunks and From 0 to Infinity in 26 Centuries, also published by Michael O’Mara Books.

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Introduction 7
CHAPTER 1: Born to Louvre 20
CHAPTER 2: Phone Home 30
CHAPTER 3: Zombie Apocalypse! 37
CHAPTER 4: Easy as Pi 48
CHAPTER 5: Bone of Contention 58
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