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008			190911s2020 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2019029057
020			_a9780593084687 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0593084683 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1099569656 _z(OCoLC)1135485376
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050	0	0	_aQA93 _b.P37275 2020
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100	1		_aParker, Matt _c(Mathematician) _eauthor. _98429
245	1	0	_aHumble pi : _bwhen math goes wrong in the real world / _cMatt Parker.
246	3		_aHumble pie
264		1	_aNew York : _bRiverhead Books, _c2020.
264		4	_c�2019
300			_a314 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aPage numbers are in reverse order.
500			_a"First published in Great Britain as: Humble pi: a comedy of maths errors by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House Uk, 2019"--Title page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up"--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aMathematics _vPopular works _92814
942			_2ddc _cBOOK