Sodding Sums

The 10% of maths you actually need

Hywel Carver (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

64 Seiten

2017
Kyle Books (Verlag)
978-0-85783-445-4 (ISBN)

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Maths is a part of everyday life and there's no denying it. For anyone who has blocked distant memories of complicated algebraic formulae or incomprehensible trigonometry, numbers can strike fear at your very core. It is, however, an unavoidable part of life, so why struggle through without a clue? Hywel Carver is passionate about making maths approachable for everyone. In his go-to guide he introduces handy arithme`tricks' that help solve multiplication and division problems with rounding and approximations; explains fractions, percentages and ratios, how to convert between them and understand increases, decreases and multiplication; delves into all types of conversions - metric versus imperial, Celsius to Fahrenheit, as well as distances and speeds. These mathematical theories can then be applied to common conundrums, such as how mortgages and loans actually work, grasping an understanding of compound interest, the chances and probability of success in gambling games, and how to analyse statistics and data including causality, coincidence and correlation. Sodding Sums will subtract stress and divide difficulty so you no longer feel clueless when challenged by maths.

Hywel Carver is a computer whizz and maths fan who has a 1st class Master of Engineering degree from University of Cambridge and is a Master of Research in Modelling Biological Complexity at UCL. He has founded two technology software companies, the latest of which allows blind people to use the internet effectively. He was series champion on Only Connect and reached the semi-finals of University Challenge, and has also been on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Eggheads. He wrote Coding Unlocked for Scholastic which teaches children about the essential basics of coding.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.10.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 112 mm
Gewicht	104 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
ISBN-10	0-85783-445-2 / 0857834452
ISBN-13	978-0-85783-445-4 / 9780857834454
Zustand	Neuware