
$32.40
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
25 June 2024
Summary
Love Triangle: The Hidden Geometry of Everyday Life
Why do we all see rainbows differently? What’s the secret to recreating pop songs with sine waves on a piano? Why is a duck’s wake always at a 39-degree angle? And what did math have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The answer to these curious questions lies within the triangle.
In Love Triangle, comedian, former math teacher, and bestselling author Matt Parker embarks on a mission to showcase the beauty …
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9780241505700 |
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ISBN-10: | 0241505704 |
Author: | Matt Parker |
Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Imprint: | Allen Lane |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 352 |
Release Date: | 25 June 2024 |
Weight: | 431g |
Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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Critics Review
Move over Euclid. It’s Parker Time. Love Triangle is a blissful blend of pure science and pure merriment. Edifying, entertaining, excellent! – Alex JamesMatt Parker is unique: he’s made me laugh about math many times by showing just how weird it can get. He’s also made me cry about math by showing how transcendently beautiful it is – Adam SavageFine. Triangles are now my favourite shape – Hannah Fry
About The Author
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 FourthDimension. 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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