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THE MATHS THAT MADE US - MICHAEL BROOKS TASCHEN...

Quadratic equations  Pythagoras¿ theorem  imaginary numbers  and pi ¿ you may remember studying
these at school  but did anyone ever explain why? Never fear ¿ bestselling science writer  and
your new favourite maths teacher  Michael Brooks  is here to help. In The Maths That Made Us 
Brooks reminds us of the wonders of numbers: how they enabled explorers to travel far across
the seas and astronomers to map the heavens  how they won wars and halted the HIV epidemic  how
they are responsible for the design of your home and almost everything in it  down to the
smartphone in your pocket. His clear explanations of the maths that built our world  along with
stories about where it came from and how it shaped human history  will engage and delight. From
ancient Egyptian priests to the Apollo astronauts  and Babylonian tax collectors to juggling
robots  join Brooks and his extraordinarily eccentric cast of characters in discovering how
maths made us who we are today.

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