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    Humble pi : when math goes wrong in the real world / Matt Parker.

    • Title:Humble pi : when math goes wrong in the real world / Matt Parker.
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    • Variant Title:Humble pie
    • Author/Creator:Parker, Matt (Mathematician), author.
    • Published/Created:New York : Riverhead Books, 2021.
      ©2019
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Mathematics--Popular works.
      Errors.
    • Edition:Riverhead trade paperback edition
    • Description:314 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
    • Summary:"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up."-- Provided by publisher
    • Notes:Page numbers are in reverse order.
      Originally published in Great Britain as: Humble pi : a comedy of maths errors by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House Uk, 2019--Title page verso.
      Includes index.
    • ISBN:9780593084694
      0593084691
    • Contents:Losing track of time
      Engineering mistakes
      Little data
      Out of shape
      You can't count on it
      Does not compute
      Probably wrong
      Put your money where your mistakes are
      A roundabout way
      Too small to notice
      Units, conventions, and why can't we all just get along?
      Stats the way I like it
      Titloay Rodanm
      Does not compute
      So, what have we learned from our mistakes?
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