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    Why Do Buses Come in Threes?: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life
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    Why Do Buses Come in Threes?: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

    By Rob Eastaway

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    With a foreword by Tim Rice, this book will change the way you see the world. Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket on a Friday? Why are showers always too hot or too cold? And what's the connection between a rugby player taking a conversion and a tourist trying to get the best photograph of Nelson's Column? These and many other fascinating questions are answered in this entertaining and highly informative book, which is ideal for anyone wanting to remind themselves or discover for the first time that maths is relevant to almost everything we do. Dating, cooking, travelling by car, gambling and even life-saving techniques have links with intriguing mathematical problems, as you will find explained here. Whether you have a PhD in astrophysics or haven't touched a maths problem since your school days, this book will give you a fresh understanding of the world around you.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPortico
    Release dateApr 3, 2014
    ISBN9781909396623
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    • 2/5
      I've recently picked up and re-read this book as a nice little way to switch off before bed time. The premise is the analyse how mathematics can be used to give insight in to common experiences such as the bunching of buses (apparently it is extremely unusual for three buses to bunch together, and requires a very long route and lots of passengers).Covering a range of topics from probabilities to why clever people get things wrong, this is a great introduction to the subject with only a smattering of formulae, all of which are well explained.
    • 3/5
      This book takes a fun look at how maths can explain certain phenomena in our everyday lives. I thought it was a bit light on the maths, but this is just a personal whinge- others would see this as a good thing!