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Introduction 1
1. Math all around us 7 Recommendations from Netflix 12 Math is everywhere 16 2. Separate worlds 19 Math as one big story 23 The value of beauty 25 3. A life without numbers 33 On an island, far away from the Piraha 35 No measurements required! 39 Working with small quantities 41 I don't know exactly! The brain and large numbers 44 Recognizing geometric shapes-even chicks can do it 49 Does math add anything extra? 54 4. Math long, long ago 56 Pushing the envelope 58 Schoolwork in Mesopotamia 62 Bread, beer, and numbers in Egypt 66 The ever-theoretical Greeks 72 The nerds of China 76 5. Change is all around us 83 Newton versus Leibniz 87 Ever-smaller steps 90 Counting steps 94 Nothing changes more than the weather 98 Integrals and differentials in buildings, policy plans, and physics 100 Integrals for everyone? 105 6. Getting a grip on uncertainty 108 Mathematical games 109 Tossing coins 113 Two Thomases 116 All a game? Math in practice. 121 More data! 123 What John Snow did know 125 Nicolas Cage and swimming pools 129 Fake news? Distorting the world with statistics. 132 No need to ask everyone individually 136 7. Mind puzzles 142 One-way traffic 145 Journeys through the internet 153 Watching films with a graph 157 Using math to treat cancer more effectively 158 Facebook, friendships, and artificial intelligence 160 Graphs in the background 165 8. What math is good for 168 Mistakes in math 169 Is it all coincidence? 171 Math helps 174 In our daily lives, too 176 Bibliography 181 Index 191 |
Stefan Buijsman
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