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The Math of life and death: 7 mathematical principles that shape our lives

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In The Math of Life and Death , Yates takes us on a “dizzying, dazzling” ( Nature ) tour of everyday situations and grand-scale applications of mathematical concepts, including exponential growth and decay, optimization, statistics and probability, and number systems. Along the way he reveals the mathematical undersides of controversies over DNA testing, Ponzi schemes, viral marketing, and historical events such as the Chernobyl disaster and the Amanda Knox trial. Readers will finish this book with an enlightened perspective on the news, the law, medicine, and history, and will be better equipped to make personal decisions and solve problems with math in mind, whether it’s choosing the shortest checkout line at the grocery store or halting the spread of a deadly disease.

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510 YAT t

Publisher

New York : Scribner., 2019

Collation

288 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781982111885

Classification

500

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Subject(s)

Technology
Education
Science
Psychology
Mathematics
PHILOSOPHY
Self Help
Non Fiction

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Level

High School

Book Segment

Select -- Reading for pleasure -- Program Reference

Reading Level

Independent

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