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Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers
Publisher:
Picador
| Author:
Paulina Rowinska
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Picador
Author:
Paulina Rowinska
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
Original price was: ₹699.₹559Current price is: ₹559.
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How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single day?
Why can maps help to win elections?
Where should we look for serial killers?
The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and maths.
In Mapmatics, mathematician Dr Paulina Rowinska embarks on a fascinating journey to discover the mathematical foundations of cartography and cartographical influences on mathematics.
From a sixteenth-century map that remains an indispensable navigation tool on our phones to public transport maps that both guide and mislead passengers, she reveals how maps and maths shape not only our sense of space and time but also our worldview.
In entertaining stories, surprising real-world examples, maps, illustrations and a cast of unforgettable characters, Mapmatics helps us to appreciate the mathematical methods and ideas behind maps – and leaves us better equipped to look after them.
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How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single day?
Why can maps help to win elections?
Where should we look for serial killers?
The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and maths.
In Mapmatics, mathematician Dr Paulina Rowinska embarks on a fascinating journey to discover the mathematical foundations of cartography and cartographical influences on mathematics.
From a sixteenth-century map that remains an indispensable navigation tool on our phones to public transport maps that both guide and mislead passengers, she reveals how maps and maths shape not only our sense of space and time but also our worldview.
In entertaining stories, surprising real-world examples, maps, illustrations and a cast of unforgettable characters, Mapmatics helps us to appreciate the mathematical methods and ideas behind maps – and leaves us better equipped to look after them.
About Author
Dr Paulina Rowinska has a PhD in Mathematics of Planet Earth from Imperial College London. Her 2017 TEDx talk ‘Let’s Have a Maths Party!’ explained that maths is all around us. Thanks to her science communication activities, in 2019 she received the Imperial College President’s Award for Excellence in Societal Engagement. She has created interactive maths and data science content for Brilliant, an educational company. Mapmatics is her first book.
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