Mathematics for beginners
Can math make people rich on the stock market? Can formulas to predict which sports teams will win more games? Can equations explain the mysteries of the universe? The short answer to all these is yes. This book explores and explains the ways that the tools of mathematics help people to make sense of the world around them, to predict the future and, just maybe, how to make life itself better.
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Mathematics > Juvenile literature. |
- ISBN: 9781474998543
- Physical Description 128 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
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