Mapmatics : a mathematician's guide to navigating the world / Paulina Rowińska
Rowińska, Paulina, author.
2024
QA440 .R69 2024
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Title
Mapmatics : a mathematician's guide to navigating the world / Paulina Rowińska
Author
Rowińska, Paulina, author.
ISBN
9780674298286 (electronic bk.)
0674298284 (electronic bk.)
Published
Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2024.
Copyright
©2024
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (306 pages)
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QA440 .R69 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification
526
Summary
Mathematician Paulina Rowińska leads us across the globe to discover the myriad connections between math and maps, and how they've shaped not just our sense of space but our worldview.
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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction: How to Fall in Love with Maps and Mathematics
1. Curved: How to Describe the Earth
2. Flat: How to Make a Map
3. Scaled: How to Measure a Line
4. Distanced: How to Navigate
5. Connected: How to Simplify a Map
6. Divided: How to Shape Society
7. Found: How to Save a Life
8. Deep: How to Map the Invisible
Conclusion: How to Keep Up with Change
Notes
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
Illustration Credits
Index

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