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02655aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 87247F56823711EB8921E49D29ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210311010049 008 210212t20212019nyua 001 0 eng 020 $a 0593084691 020 $a 9780593084694 035 $a (OCoLC)1237358449 040 $a LJW $b eng $c LJW $d SILO 100 1 $a Parker, Matt $c (Mathematician), $e author. 245 10 $a Humble pi : $b when math goes wrong in the real world / $c Matt Parker. 246 3 $a Humble pie 250 $a Riverhead trade paperback edition 264 1 $a New York : $b Riverhead Books, $c 2021. 300 $a 314 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Page numbers are in reverse order. 500 $a First published in Great Britain as: Humble pi : a comedy of maths errors by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House Uk, 2019--Title page verso. 504 $a Includes index. 505 00 $t So, what have we learned from our mistakes? $t Engineering mistakes -- $t Little data -- $t Out of shape -- $t You can't count on it -- $t Does not compute -- $t Probably wrong -- $t Put your money where your mistakes are -- $t A roundabout way -- $t Too small to notice -- $t Units, conventions, and why can't we all just get along? -- $t Stats the way I like it -- $t Titloay Rodanm -- $t Does not compute -- $t So, what have we learned from our mistakes? 520 $a "This tour of real-world mathematical disasters reveals the importance of math in everyday life. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the ways math trips us up." -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Mathematics $v Popular works. 650 7 $a HUMOR / Trivia. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a MATHEMATICS / Applied. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Mathematics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01012163 650 7 $a Mathematics. $2 sears 650 7 $a Mathematics $v Humor. $2 sears 650 7 $a Errors. $2 sears 655 7 $a Popular works. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423846 776 08 $i Online version: $a Parker, Matt, $t Humble pi $b First. $d New York : Riverhead Books, 2020. $z 9780593084700 $w (DLC) 2019029058 941 $a 4 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025011916.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20220903010541.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210504010733.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20210311010725.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=87247F56823711EB8921E49D29ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search