Description
Can you outrun a bullet? How do you build an electronic brain? Could you slow down time? How do you unleash chaos? From Plato's classification of regular polyhedra to making a million on the stock market, How to Solve the Da Vinci Code gives you everything you need to understand how numbers work, and the impact they have on our lives every day.
About the Author
Dr Richard Elwes is a writer, teacher and researcher in Mathematics and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds. He contributes to New Scientist and Plus Magazine and publishes research on model theory. He is the author of Mathematics 1001 published by Quercus.
Reviews
'Here is a brilliantly conceived book on the history, working and going-ons of mathematics ... Go out and get a copy for yourself today and become the maths boffin your teacher always wished you were!' Vision Magazine. * Vision Magazine *
Book Information
ISBN 9780857388384
Author Richard Elwes
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Quercus Publishing
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 272g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 131mm * 26mm
About the Author
Dr Richard Elwes is a writer, teacher and researcher in Mathematics and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds. He contributes to New Scientist and Plus Magazine and publishes research on model theory. He is the author of Mathematics 1001 published by Quercus.
Reviews
'Here is a brilliantly conceived book on the history, working and going-ons of mathematics ... Go out and get a copy for yourself today and become the maths boffin your teacher always wished you were!' Vision Magazine. * Vision Magazine *
Book Information
ISBN 9780857388384
Author Richard Elwes
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Quercus Publishing
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 272g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 131mm * 26mm
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