How Long Is A Piece Of String Eastaway Rob, Wyndham Jeremy

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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Robson Books
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: Reprint

Description: 182 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout and covered in a protective plastic. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. More Hidden Mathematics Of Everyday Life.

Publishers Description: In this sequel to Why Do Buses Come in Threes?, you will find that many intriguing everyday questions have mathematical answers. Discover the astonishing 37% rule for blind dates, the avoidance tactics of the gentleman's urinal, and some extraordinary scams that have been devised to get rich quick. Also included are the origins of the seven-day week and the seven-note scale, an explanation of why underdogs win, clever techniques for detecting fraud, and the reason why epidemics sweep across a nation and disappear just as quickly. Whatever your mathematical ability, this fun, thought-provoking book will illuminate the ways in which math underlies so much in our everyday lives.

ISBN: 1861056257

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182 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout and covered in a protective plastic. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. More Hidden Mathematics Of Everyday Life.