100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World

Have you ever considered why you always get stuck in the longest line? Why two's company but three's a crowd? Or why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven? In this hugely informative and endlessly entertaining book, John D. Barrow takes the most baffling of everyday phenomena and--with simple math, lucid explanations, and illustrations--explains why they work the way they do. His witty, crystal-clear answers shed light on the dark and shadowy corners of the physical world we all think we understand so well.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/24/2010
ISBN: 9780393338676
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.56w x 0.73d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/08/2014