00966nam a22001577a 4500003000400000005001700004008004100021020001800062040003000080082001700110100002500127245008900152260003700241300002900278500050100307KCU20240913095007.0240913b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781408817773  aKCUbendcKCUdKCUeAACR2  222a510bBEL  aBellos, AlexeAuthor  aAlex Through the Looking-Glass :bHow Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life  aUnited KingdombBloomsburyc2014  axi, 339 P. ;bill. :c26  aAlex Bellos, author of Snowflake Seashell Star, takes the reader on a tour of his favourite mathematical concepts to reveal the hidden numbers that underpin our everyday lives. In the course of his travels he explores the Ordnance Survey's obsession with trigonometry, explains why rollercoasters are a monument to Newton's innovations, ponders why we have superstitions about certain numbers, delves into the mysteries of hyperboloids and meets an anonymous member of a secret mathematical sect.