Mathmatters: The Hidden Calculations of Everyday Life

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Mathmattersis a humorous guide to the hidden calculations that are essential to everything we do.

From making a cup of coffee to negotiating traffic to selecting candidates for an interview, we cant make it through the day without employing someessential mathematics. Did you know that there are some seriouscalculationsinvolved in making the perfect cup of coffee (involving ratios) That an understanding ofBraess's paradoxwill mean you can remain calm about road closures on your commute as they may make your journey faster (using equations relating to speed/distance/time) Or that youronline shoppinghabit can teach you aboutgame theory(mathematical models of strategies)

Full ofeasy-to-understand mathematicsand fun, if not entirely helpful,illustrations,Mathmattersis your essential guide to understanding the rules and measures that surround us every day, and determine the outcome of every move we make, every button we press and much of our decision-making, whether we are aware of it or not.

Author Bio

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 and Oxbridge candidates and everybody in between. He is the author of An Equation for Every Occasion, Maths in Bite-sized Chunks and From Zero to Infinity in 26 Centuries, also published by Michael OMara Books.