@article{716690,
      recid = {716690},
      author = {Bellos, Alex,},
      title = {The grapes of math : how life reflects numbers and numbers  reflect life /},
      pages = {xiii, 337 pages :},
      abstract = {"From the bestselling author of Here's Looking at Euclid,  a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math  into a brilliantly entertaining narrative. From triangles,  rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded  calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical  discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm.  He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover  the world's favorite number, and meets a mathematician who  looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World  Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who  designed the first roller-coaster loop. Get hooked on math  as Alex delves deep into humankind's turbulent relationship  with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we  live in"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/716690},
}