Easy As Pi: The Countless Ways We Use Numbers Every Day - Tapa dura

Buchan, Jamie

 
9781606521342: Easy As Pi: The Countless Ways We Use Numbers Every Day
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ISBN 10: 1606521349 ISBN 13: 9781606521342
Editorial: Readers Digest, 2010

Sinopsis

Have you ever wondered what makes "seventh heaven" and "cloud nine" so blissful and the number 13 so unlucky? Or why "fourth-dimensional" thinking is really out of this world?

Inside Easy as Pi, you'll find the "4-1-1" on:

  • Seventh heaven and what makes it so blissful
  • The number 13 and why it's so unlucky
  • Imaginary numbers and how they exist
  • The binary system and how it manages to say so much with only two numbers
  • How your bedding has nothing to do with being "three sheets to the wind"
  • The burning literary question: Why did Ray Bradbury name his novel Fahrenheit 451?
  • A block of Social Security numbers that will never ever be assigned to anyone


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    Acerca del autor

    Jamie Buchan was educated at Westminster School and is completing a Master of Arts degree in Architectural Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Many of his family members are involved in books: his great-grandfather John Buchan is the prolific novelist famous for The Thirty-Nine Steps; his grandfather D.J. Enright is a well-known Movement poet; and his uncle James Buchan is an award-winning novelist and historical writer. Both of his parents work in publishing.

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    Editorial
    Readers Digest
    Año de publicación
    2010
    Idioma
    Inglés
    ISBN 10 
    1606521349
    ISBN 13 
    9781606521342
    Encuadernación
    Tapa dura
    Número de páginas
    174
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