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The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, "When am I ever going to use this in the real world?" "Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi is a charming and very readable guide to some of humanity's all-time greatest miscalculations--that also gives you permission to feel a little better about some of your own mistakes." --Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything Our whole world is built on math, from the code running a website to the equations enabling the design of skyscrapers and bridges. Most of the time this math works…
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8 editions · 3 languages- Paperback · English · 2021Riverhead Books · 336 pages · 9780593084694
- Other · English · 2020Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real WorldRiverhead Books · 9780593084687
- Other · English · 2020Penguin Books, Limited · 336 pages · 9780141989143
- Other · English · 2019Penguin Books · 9780141989136
- Other · English · 2019Penguin Books, Limited · 336 pages · 9780241360231
- Other · English · 2019Penguin Books, Limited · 336 pages · 9780241360194
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