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|  | Author: John D. Barrow
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
List Price: $25.95
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 17215
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 0393070077
Dewey Decimal Number: 510
EAN: 9780393070071
ASIN: 0393070077
Publication Date: May 18, 2009
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Condition: New Book in pristine condition. GIFT QUALITY. Never read. NO shelfwear. NO remainder marks. NOT a book club edition. Careful packaging, prompt shipping with free delivery confirmation.
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Any general lending library will find this a fun, popular read July 11, 2009
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
One Hundred Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World offers a key discourse from a cosmologist who surveys applied equations and advanced math - by blending elementary math and simple drawings. Lay readers thus gain insight into common issues ranging from crowds to 'Sod's law' and everyday phenomena from sobriety tests to tricks. Any general lending library will find this a fun, popular read.
Barrow is tremendously interesting for the mathematically and scientifically minded July 7, 2009
Shalom Freedman (Jerusalem,Israel)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
Hype rules the world. This book is promoted in a misleading way. There is nothing 'essential' about the one- hundred small math and science lessons Barrow gives us here. Ninety- nine percent of humanity will manage to get through their lives without knowing anything of what is written here.
On the other hand , for those who love Math, who care to understand the way the world works this book is a little treasure. Barrow is an extremely brilliant person and a very clear writer. He takes all kinds of problems here, and shows how mathematically we come to better understanding of them. Bridge- construction, choosing a card, demographics of the world, are among the subjects he tackles. I began to read this book and found it tremendously interesting. But again this is a work for those who like to understand latest developments in science and math. For them this should be a great read.
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