000716690 000__ 02230cam\a2200337\i\4500 000716690 001__ 716690 000716690 005__ 20210515102237.0 000716690 008__ 140326s2014\\\\nyuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000716690 010__ $$a 2014012104 000716690 020__ $$a9781451640090$$qhardcover 000716690 020__ $$a1451640099$$qhardcover 000716690 020__ $$a9781451640113$$qpaperback 000716690 020__ $$a1451640110$$qpaperback 000716690 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn779266418 000716690 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dIG#$$dBTCTA$$dSFR$$dGK8$$dOCLCO$$dNSB$$dYDXCP$$dMOF$$dFOLLT$$dOCLCF$$dVP@$$dIBI$$dBUR 000716690 042__ $$apcc 000716690 049__ $$aISEA 000716690 05000 $$aQA99$$b.B195 2014 000716690 08200 $$a510$$223 000716690 1001_ $$aBellos, Alex,$$d1969-$$eauthor. 000716690 24514 $$aThe grapes of math :$$bhow life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life /$$cAlex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy. 000716690 250__ $$aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 000716690 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$c2014. 000716690 300__ $$axiii, 337 pages :$$billustrations, map ;$$c24 cm 000716690 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000716690 337__ $$aunmediated$$2rdamedia 000716690 338__ $$avolume$$2rdacarrier 000716690 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 304-322) and index. 000716690 5050_ $$aEvery number tells a story -- The long tail of the law -- Love triangles -- Coneheads -- Bring on the revolution -- All about e -- The positive power of negative thinking -- Professor calculus -- The titl of this chapter contains three erors -- Cell mates. 000716690 520__ $$a"From the bestselling author of Here's Looking at Euclid, a dazzling new book that turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining narrative. From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world's favorite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop. Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind's turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000716690 650_0 $$aMathematics$$vMiscellanea. 000716690 85200 $$bgen$$hQA99$$i.B195$$i2014 000716690 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:716690$$pGLOBAL_SET 000716690 980__ $$aBIB 000716690 980__ $$aBOOK