The Invisible Power of Mathematics (eBook)

The Pervasive Impact of Mathematical Engineering in Everyday Life

Giovanni Samaey, Joos P. L. Vandewalle (Autoren)

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2023 | 1st ed. 2022
XV, 175 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-1-0716-2776-1 (ISBN)

Infos

How does homebanking work? How are board games developed? How reliable can wind energy get? How do we discover forged paintings? Do smart girls stay single? How dangerous can a bioterrorist get? In all these questions (and many others), mathematics plays a crucial role in the search for an answer.?

This book tells the story behind twenty of these questions. This is explicitly not a mathematics book, but a book about the crucial role that mathematics plays in devising the creative solutions the world needs. The questions are divided into three categories: home, garden and kitchen mathematics; mathematics for the workplace; and mathematics for tomorrow's society. The themes illustrate not only the incredibly broad applicability of mathematics in the world around us, but also the great diversity of useful mathematical techniques. 

Giovanni Samaey (b. 1978) obtained a PhD in engineering in 2006 and has been a lecturer in Mathematical Engineering at the Computer Science Department of KU Leuven since 2011. He is also a member of the Young Academy.

Joos Vandewalle (b. 1948) is Emeritus Professor of Engineering and taught mathematical engineering for many years at the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) KU Leuven. He is a director of the Technical Sciences class of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts KVAB, member of the Academia Europaea, and Fellow of IEEE, Eurasip and IET.   

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How does homebanking work? How are board games developed? How reliable can wind energy get? How do we discover forged paintings? Do smart girls stay single? How dangerous can a bioterrorist get? In all these questions (and many others), mathematics plays a crucial role in the search for an answer.?This book tells the story behind twenty of these questions. This is explicitly not a mathematics book, but a book about the crucial role that mathematics plays in devising the creative solutions the world needs. The questions are divided into three categories: mathematics in everyday life, mathematics for the workplace, and mathematics for tomorrow's society. The themes illustrate not only the incredibly broad applicability of mathematics in the world around us, but also the great diversity of useful mathematical techniques.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Copernicus Books
• Reihe/Serie: Copernicus Books
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 175 p. 43 illus., 33 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Original-Titel: X-factor, 20 verhalen over de onzichtbare kracht van wiskunde
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: education of mathematics teachers • fraud detection • mathematics in society • mathematics of perception • stem • Virtual Design
• ISBN-10: 1-0716-2776-7 / 1071627767
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0716-2776-1 / 9781071627761