Bibliograph

Geekspeak, how life + mathematics = happiness, by Graham Tattersall

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Geekspeak, how life + mathematics = happiness, by Graham Tattersall

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Geekspeak

Oclc number

191931742

Responsibility statement

by Graham Tattersall

Sub title

how life + mathematics = happiness

Summary

Tattersall has rescued math from the prison of the classroom and put it to use in novel and unexpected ways to explain away some oft-pondered mysteries of the world

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Living with numbers -- Scrabbling for words -- Pumping iron -- Safe as houses -- Well connected -- Fatal attraction -- Home alone -- Beam me up, Scotty -- Hidden death -- It's for you -- War chest -- When the wind blows -- You're rubbish -- The cunning fox -- Fly wheels -- Bus stop -- Stirring airs -- Dream flight -- Processing power -- Soul mates -- Idiot calculus -- The ghostly present -- Bad breath -- The final judgment -- Heavenly body -- Passing water -- The man in white

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