Big Math
The Hidden Codes That Run Our World
$33.36
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
17 November 2026
Summary
Imagine every photo on your phone, every movie you stream, and every secure credit card transaction you make online. Big Math (i.e., linear algebra) is operating under the hood for each of these everyday miracles. It is:
- The mathematical machinery that compresses images so they can be quickly uploaded to Instagram.
- The secret sauce behind Netflix to recommend your next favorite show.
- The sentinel that encrypts your data to keep it safe from prying eyes.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399819992 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399819992 |
| Author: | Steven Strogatz, Alex Townsend |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 17 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Steven Strogatz
Steven Strogatz is the Winokur Distinguished Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Mathematics at Cornell University. He is the author of Sync, The Joy of X, and the New York Times bestseller Infinite Powers. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is one of the world’s most highly cited mathematicians, a frequent columnist in The New York Times and The New Yorker, a regular guest on Radiolab and Science Friday, and the winner of MIT’s and Cornell’s highest teaching prizes.
Alex Townsend is one of the world’s top young researchers in numerical linear algebra, scientific computing, and scientific artificial intelligence. A 2022 Simons Fellow, he has been honored with many international prizes in numerical analysis and linear algebra, including the Leslie Fox Prize (2015), the SIGEST award for best paper in Linear Algebra (2019), the SIAM Linear Algebra Early Career Prize (2018), and SIAM’s best paper prize in Computational Science and Engineering (2023).
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