Figuring it out entertaining encounters with everyday math /

This is a book of mathematical stories, funny and puzzling mathematical stories. They tell of villains who try to steal secrets, heroes who encode their messages, and mathematicians who spend years on end searching for the best way to pile oranges. There are also stories about highway confusions occ...

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Uniform Title: Matemática das coisas. English
Main Author: Crato, Nuno.
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Portuguese
Published: Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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