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Understanding Numbers: Simplify life's mathematics. Decode the world around you.: 20 thought-provoking lessons
"Simple, clear explanations of twenty ways in which mathematics helps us to understand practical issues of everyday life. Suitable for teenagers and adults, and beautifully produced. Highly recommended!" - Professor Ian Stewart, bestselling author of The Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
Mathematics is an indispensable tool for life . From the systems that underpin our newsfeeds, through to the data analysis that informs our health and financial decisions, to the algorithms that power how we search online – mathematics is at the heart of how our modern world functions . In 20 dip-in lessons, Understanding Numbers explains how and why mathematics fuels your world and arms you with the knowledge to make wiser choices in all areas of your life . • Make sense of health statistics
• Understand the mathematics behind political voting systems
• Get to grips with how online search tools work
• Discover how mathematics can create the perfect city
Mathematics is an indispensable tool for life . From the systems that underpin our newsfeeds, through to the data analysis that informs our health and financial decisions, to the algorithms that power how we search online – mathematics is at the heart of how our modern world functions . In 20 dip-in lessons, Understanding Numbers explains how and why mathematics fuels your world and arms you with the knowledge to make wiser choices in all areas of your life . • Make sense of health statistics
• Understand the mathematics behind political voting systems
• Get to grips with how online search tools work
• Discover how mathematics can create the perfect city
160 pages, Paperback
Published April 9, 2019
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May 22, 2019
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It is my second read of this series and I liked it as much as I liked the first book. @thinkdifferentely.
Book is divided into four sections with four chapters in each and four diagrams. Aim is to highlight importance of mathematics in our life.
Everything we do involves maths and how we can benefit by getting insight into simple application of maths in our lives.
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Author successfully demonstrates role of maths in finance, Architecture, evolution, bank loan, sexual choice, health, vaccination, Artificial intelligence, google, twitter, friendship , GPS, email passwords, spam and in almost every facet of our life.
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It is very easy to read and understand and you will thank yourself for picking it up.
. Thanks netgalley and publisher for review copy.
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But after reading them you realise you got only few catchy stories from Wikipedia on which their theory is forcefully pasted and laced with fancy tables.
.
It is time to discover real books. Books that convey practical scientific knowledge in simplified and enjoyable way. Time to discover real stuff in titles by build+ become which deliver the usable knowledge.
.
It is my second read of this series and I liked it as much as I liked the first book. @thinkdifferentely.
Book is divided into four sections with four chapters in each and four diagrams. Aim is to highlight importance of mathematics in our life.
Everything we do involves maths and how we can benefit by getting insight into simple application of maths in our lives.
.
Author successfully demonstrates role of maths in finance, Architecture, evolution, bank loan, sexual choice, health, vaccination, Artificial intelligence, google, twitter, friendship , GPS, email passwords, spam and in almost every facet of our life.
.
It is very easy to read and understand and you will thank yourself for picking it up.
. Thanks netgalley and publisher for review copy.
.
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Also do checkout other #buildbecome titles which are equally emphatic and interesting.
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