{"product_id":"9783031589157","title":"Mathematicians Don't Work With Numbers","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMathematicians Don't Work With Numbers\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePoulo, Richard\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book answers, in the form of short and entertaining vignettes, the question: \"What do mathematicians really do?\" Readers will learn that mathematicians use numbers in the same way that novelists use letters. The individual letters are typed while the author thinks on a much grander scale, invisible to the observer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRequiring only familiarity with the multiplication table (and that for only one vignette), the book makes accessible a variety of mathematical concepts, such as game theory, chaos, and traffic flow modelling. The author accomplishes this with a light, engaging style, and a range of real-world examples that includes everything from barbershops to President James Garfield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMathematicians Don't Work With Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to the large audience of people who have always assumed that mathematicians do, in fact, work with numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Birkhäuser\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2024-06-12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031589157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-58916-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 203cm x127cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 195\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45385762734220,"sku":"9783031589157","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031589157.jpg?v=1776093227","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031589157","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}