How to Solve the Da Vinci Code: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Mathematics
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
How to Solve the Da Vinci Code: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Mathematics
By (Author) Richard Elwes
Quercus Publishing
Quercus Publishing
1st October 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
510
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 131mm, Height 197mm, Spine 26mm
272g
Description
Can you outrun a bullet
How do you build an electronic brain Could you slow down time How do you unleash chaos From Plato's classification of regular polyhedra to making a million on the stock market, How to Solve the Da Vinci Code gives you everything you need to understand how numbers work, and the impact they have on our lives every day.Reviews
'Here is a brilliantly conceived book on the history, working and going-ons of mathematics ... Go out and get a copy for yourself today and become the maths boffin your teacher always wished you were!' Vision Magazine. * Vision Magazine *
Author Bio
Dr Richard Elwes is a writer, teacher and researcher in Mathematics and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds. He contributes to New Scientist and Plus Magazine and publishes research on model theory. He is the author of Mathematics 1001 published by Quercus.
