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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Based on the television series by the same name, this is a book about everyday life and the role played in everyday life by mathematics. It is not a "math book". It doesn't set out to show you how to do math. You won't learn much mathematics from this book, and you won't find any formulas or problems anywhere. But you might well learn that mathematics is not at all what you thought it was. And you will definitely discover there is hardly any aspect of your life in which mathematics does not play a significant -though generally hidden- part.

From uncanny movie dinosaurs to the loopy physics of the triple axel, Keith Devlin's vibrantly illustrated book illuminates the mathematics inherent in every human endeavour.

(Extracted from the preface and from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Contents.

-Preface.

-1. The Invisible Universe.

-2. Seeing is Believing.

-3. Patterns of Nature.

-4. The Numbers Game.

-5. The Shape of the World.

-6. Chances of a Lifetime.

-7. A New Age.

-8. It's an M World.

-Further Reading.

-Credits.

-Index.