Pifias matemáticas
equivocarse nunca ha sido tan divertido
Parker, Matt
What causes a bridge to wobble when it was not intended to? How is it possible that billions of euros disappear in an instant? Or a building shaking when a gym class jumping to the beat of a certain song equals its resonant frequency? The answer to all these questions is mathematics. Or, to be more exact, what happens when math fails in the real world. Our lives are based on mathematics: computer programs, economics, engineering; most of the time they work and we don't realize they are there until... they stop. Exploring and explaining a string of mistakes, accidents and mishaps, Matt Parker shows us, in this comedy of mathematical errors, the strange ways in which mathematics trips us, and what this reveals about the fundamental place they occupy in our world . A book full of puzzles, challenges, geometric socks, jokes about binary code and three deliberate mistakes that challenges the most audacious reader and reconciles us with this science that, except when we sabotage it, can be our best ally. Getting it wrong has never been so much fun.
- Author
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Parker, Matt
- Subject
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Sciences
> Maths
- EAN
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9788491991915
- ISBN
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978-84-9199-191-5
- Edition
- 1
- Publisher
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Crítica
- Pages
- 352
- High
- 23.0 cm
- Weight
- 15.5 cm
- Release date
- 11-02-2020
- Language
- Spanish
- Series
- Drakontos