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Everyone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use this? It turns out, Earth is precisely the place. As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his teacher David Darling reveal, complex math surrounds us. If we think long enough about the universe, we're left not with material stuff, but a ghostly and beautiful set of equations. Packed with puzzles and paradoxes, mind-bending concepts, and surprising solutions, Weird Math leads us from a lyrical exploration of mathematics in our universe to profound questions about God, chance, and…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Oneworld Publications · 9781786072641
  • Other · English · 2019
    Oneworld Publications · 9781786074850
  • Other · English · 2018
    Oneworld Publications · 9781786072658
  • Other · English · 2018
    Weird math
    302 pages · 9781541644786
MathematicsPopular worksMathematics, popular worksMathematics, miscellanea