Book description
'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only
because they do not realize how complicated life is.' John von Neumann
Mathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be
learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully
entertaining Brain Shot answers a few essential questions about
existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds
light into dark corners. From winning the lottery, financial
investment with Time Travellers and the weirdest football match ever
to Sherlock Holmes, Elections, game theory, drunks, packing for your
holiday and the madness of crowds; from chaos to infinity and
everything in between, Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't
Know has all the answers!
BRAIN SHOTS: The byte-sized guide to all the things you didn't
know you didn't know...
John D. Barrow is Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of
the Millennium Mathematics Project at Cambridge University. John has
written many books - this is his first Brain Shot.
