Why do Buses Come in Threes?
by Jeremy Wyndham & Rob Eastaway
Buy on AmazonRob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham take you on a mesmerizing journey through the logic of life in a quest for the hidden mathematics in everyday events. It's a world in which Newton's laws explain bar fights and there may be solid reasons why your shower always runs either too hot or too cold. Did you think it was all a matter of coincidence? Universal randomness? To put it in a more philosophic perspective: Is bad luck just chance--or can it be explained? Whether you have a hardcore science background or haven't added up a column of figures in years, this book will entertain you as it illuminates corners of human experience that have long seemed dark and mysterious.--From publisher description.
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"I should perhaps say that I know Rob Eastaway quite well, through his Maths Inspiration shows for teenagers, which are held in major city-centre theatres all over the UK. And I greatly value being a member of that team, not least because it is the only opportunity I get to play the electric guitar in public! But I wanted to include a fairly modern and wide-ranging popular maths book, and this one is, I believe, exceptional in the amusing and cartoon-illustrated way in which it relates mathematics to everyday life, with topics like ‘How fast should you run in the rain?’, ‘Which snooker shot is hardest?’ and even ‘Why do clever people get things wrong?’."
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