What's the point of maths?
Davis, Ben Ffrancon2020
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Incredible historical stories explore the often surprising origins of the maths we use today, from number sequences to trigonometry. Crazy facts, magic tricks, and mathematical brainteasers will amuse and entertain even the most reluctant math students. Find out why an hour has 60 rather than 100 minutes and how codes keep our secrets safe. Colourful and uncluttered illustrations make mathematical explanations easy to grasp in seconds and make this user-friendly book simple to navigate and a joy to browse and read.
Main title:
What's the point of maths? / writers, Ben Ffrancon Davis, Junaid Mubeen ; illustrator, Clarisse Hassan ; editors, Edward Aves, Steven Carton, Alexandra di Falco.
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Imprint:
London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2020.
Collation:
127 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
Audience:
Juvenile.pyu; syl
ISBN:
9780241343524 (hbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2589095
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