Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension

Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension

by Matt Parker
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 30/10/2014

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**'Maths at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan Ellenberg


Matt Parker, author of the No.1 bestseller Humble Pi, takes us on a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers**


Mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. Starting with simple numbers and algebra, this book goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. And always with something for you to make or do along the way.


'The book oozes with sheer joy' New Scientist


'Matt Parker is some sort of unholy fusion of a prankster, wizard and brilliant nerd - clever, funny and ever so slightly naughty' Adam Rutherford, author of Creation


'Matt Parker never got the memo about maths being boring ... he seeks to reconnect us to the numbers around us' Simon Usborne, Independent


'Essential reading' Observer

ISBN:
9781846147654
9781846147654
Category:
Popular mathematics
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
30-10-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Matt Parker

Originally a maths teacher from Australia, Matt Parker is now a stand-up comedian and a YouTuber with over one hundred million views. He is the author of the #1 bestseller Humble Pi and Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension.

Matt is also frequently seen, heard, and read on the Discovery Channel, on BBC radio, and in The Guardian, in that order. He has previously held world records for both the Rubik's Cube and Space Invaders.

In the pursuit of maths, Matt has- flipped a coin 10,000 times, travelled to Antarctica, memorized p to hundreds of digits, and been bitten by a bullet ant in the Amazon rainforest. Matt has given maths lectures at Cambridge University, Oxford University, Harvard University and Lake Monger Primary School...

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