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)
Call Number 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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