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How long is a piece of string?: more hidden mathematics of everyday life
Why do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing""Who Wants to be a Millionaire?""and""The Weakest Link""? And what is the link between a tin of baked beans and a men's urinal? These and many other questions are answered in t...
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Pavilion Books
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1975272 |
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| author | Eastaway, Rob |
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| description | Why do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing""Who Wants to be a Millionaire?""and""The Weakest Link""? And what is the link between a tin of baked beans and a men's urinal? These and many other questions are answered in this book. It is for anyone wanting to remind themselves - or discover for the first time - that maths is relevant to almost everything we do. Dating, cooking, travelling by car, gambling and ranking sportsmen all have links with intriguing mathematical problems that are explained in this book. It reveals the secrets behind some of the best con |
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| spelling | cern-19752722021-04-21T20:40:09Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/1975272engEastaway, RobHow long is a piece of string?: more hidden mathematics of everyday lifeMathematical Physics and MathematicsWhy do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing""Who Wants to be a Millionaire?""and""The Weakest Link""? And what is the link between a tin of baked beans and a men's urinal? These and many other questions are answered in this book. It is for anyone wanting to remind themselves - or discover for the first time - that maths is relevant to almost everything we do. Dating, cooking, travelling by car, gambling and ranking sportsmen all have links with intriguing mathematical problems that are explained in this book. It reveals the secrets behind some of the best conPavilion Booksoai:cds.cern.ch:19752722014 |
| spellingShingle | Mathematical Physics and Mathematics Eastaway, Rob How long is a piece of string?: more hidden mathematics of everyday life |
| title | How long is a piece of string?: more hidden mathematics of everyday life |
| title_full | How long is a piece of string?: more hidden mathematics of everyday life |
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| title_full_unstemmed | How long is a piece of string?: more hidden mathematics of everyday life |
| title_short | How long is a piece of string?: more hidden mathematics of everyday life |
| title_sort | how long is a piece of string?: more hidden mathematics of everyday life |
| topic | Mathematical Physics and Mathematics |
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