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Lang Matl
Author Stein, Jim

Title How math explains the world : a guide to the power of numbers, from car repair to modern physics / James D. Stein

Imprint New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, c2008

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  QA8.4    Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents Why your car never seems to be ready when they promised -- Describing the universe -- The measure of all things -- Reality checks -- All things great and small -- The incomplete toolbox -- Impossible constructions -- The Hope Diamond of mathemat
Subject Mathematics -- Philosophy
Mathematics -- Psychological aspects
Mathematics -- Sociological aspects
Number concept
Mathematical ability
ISBN 0061241768