Wydawca: Icon Books

Oprawa: miękka

Wydawca: Icon Books

Oprawa: miękka

What is mathematics, and why is it such a mystery to so many people? Mathematics is the greatest creation of human intelligence. It affects us all. We depend on it in our daily lives, and yet many of the tools of mathematics, such as geometry, algebra and trigonometry, are descended from ancient or non-Western civilizations.

Wydawca: Icon Books

Oprawa: miękka

From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics are routinely ‘damning’, ‘horrifying’, or, occasionally, ‘encouraging’. Yet, for all their ubiquity, most of us really ...

Wydawca: Icon Books

Oprawa: miękka

Wydawca: Icon Books

Oprawa: miękka