What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life

by Ian Stewart

Book Overview

An esteemed mathematician shows how, from technology to health care and beyond, math powers the world.

Almost all of us have sat in a math class, wondering when we'd ever need to know how to find the roots of a polynomial or graph imaginary numbers. And in one sense, we were right: if we needed to, we'd use a computer. But as Ian Stewart argues in What's the Use?, math isn't just about boring computations. Rather, it offers us...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541699483
• ISBN13: 9781541699489
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.3"