Understanding Numbers: Simplify life's mathematics. Decode the world around you. (eBook)

20 thought-provoking lessons

Marianne Freiberger, Rachel Thomas (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
192 Seiten
White Lion Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78131-816-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Simple, clear explanations of twenty ways in which mathematics helps us to understand practical issues of everyday life. Suitable for teenagers and adults, and beautifullyproduced. 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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.4.2019
• Reihe/Serie: BUILD+BECOME
• Reihe/Serie: BUILD+BECOME
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Schlagworte: adults • Analytics • bank rates • books about • complex maths • Debt Repayment • Economics • Education • Educational • expand your mind • Gift • grown ups • Home learning • homeschool • how to • Ian Stewart • Ideas • Indoor • Inflation • keep your brain sharp • learn • Margin • Math • Mathematics • Maths • Mental Arithmetic • Numbers • numeracy • Numerate • per cent • percentages • present • Profit • Quantum Theory • Relativity • Savings • simple guide • Skills • Social Media • Society • Statistics • stay home • stay inside • Teaching • the cabinet of mathematical curiosities • thought provoking • Times Tables • Trends • trend setting • Understand • Understanding
• ISBN-10: 1-78131-816-6 / 1781318166
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78131-816-4 / 9781781318164