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| 001 | ocn449866646 | ||
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| 005 | 20181201161633.0 | ||
| 008 | 091001t20102008nyua b 000 0 eng d | ||
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| 020 | _a9780393338676 (pbk.) | ||
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_aQA99 _b.B188 2010 |
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_aBarrow, John D., _d1952- |
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_a100 essential things you didn't know you didn't know : _bmath explains your world / _cJohn D. Barrow. |
| 246 | 3 | _aOne hundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know | |
| 246 | 3 | _aHundred essential things you didn't know you didn't know | |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | _aEssential things you didn't know you didn't know |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | _aMath explains your world |
| 250 | _a1st Norton pbk. [ed.]. | ||
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_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Co., _c2010. |
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_axiv, 284 p. : _bill. ; _c21 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aTwo's company, three's a crowd -- It's a small world after all -- Monkey business -- Independence day -- Rugby and relativity -- Wagons roll -- A sense of proportion -- Why does the other queue always move faster? -- Pylon of the month -- A sense of balance -- Bridging that gap -- On the cards -- Tally ho -- Relationships -- Racing certainties -- High jumping -- Superficiality -- VAT in eternity -- Living in a simulation -- Emergence -- How to push a car -- Positive feedback -- The drunkard's walk -- Faking it -- The flaw of averages -- The origami of the universe -- Easy and hard problems -- Is this a record? -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _aA do-it-yourself lottery -- I do not believe it! -- Flash fires -- The secretary problem -- Fair divorce settlements: the win-win solution -- Many happy returns -- Tilting at windmills -- Verbal conjuring -- Financial investment with time travellers -- A thought for your pennies -- Breaking the law of averages -- How long are things likely to survive? - A president who preferred the triangle to the pentagon -- Secret codes in your pocket -- I've got a terrible memory for names -- Calculus makes you live longer -- Getting in a flap -- Your number's up -- Double your money -- Some reflections on faces -- The most infamous mathematician -- Roller coasters and motorway junctions -- A taylor-made explosion -- Walk please, don't run! -- Mind-reading tricks -- The planet of the deceivers -- How to win the lottery -- A truly weird football match -- An arch problem -- Counting in eights -- | |
| 505 | 0 | _aGetting a mandate -- The two-headed league -- Creating something out of nothing -- How to rig an election -- The swing of the pendulum -- A bike with square wheels -- How many guards does an art gallery need? -- . . . and what about a prison? -- A snooker trick shot -- Brothers and sisters -- Playing fair with a biased coin -- The wonders of tautology -- What a racket -- Packing your stuff -- Sent packing again -- Crouching tiger -- How the leopard got his spots -- The madness of crowds -- Diamond geezer -- The three laws of robotics -- Thinking outside the box -- Googling in the Caribbean; the power of the matrix -- Loss aversion -- The lead in your pencil -- Testing spaghetti to destruction -- The gherkin -- Being mean with the price index -- Omniscience can be a liability -- Why people aren't cleverer -- The man from underground -- There are no uninteresting numbers -- Incognito -- The ice skating paradox -- The rule of two -- Segregation and micromotives -- Not going with the flow -- Venn vill they ever learn -- Some benefits of irrationality -- Strange formulae -- Chaos -- All aboard -- The global village. | |
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_aMathematics. _2Sears |
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