The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus: The Mathematics of Christmas
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (662 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1468316125 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She is the author of The Mathematics of Love, and her TED talk on the subject has been viewed over five million times. She regularly appears on BBC television and radio. About the Author Thomas Oléron Evans, PhD is a Teaching Fellow for the Smart Cities and Spatial Data Courses at the University College London.Hannah Fry, PhD is a broadcaster and lecturer of the Mathematics of Cities at the University College London
A fun mathematical look at Christmas. I purchased this book after watching Hannah Fry's YouTube video solving the mystery Santa problems. It is a fun and mathematical way to look at various aspects of Christmas, from how many calories Santa is expected to consume (and burn off) to making ornaments, optimizing wrapping paper, cooking a turkey and more. The printing is high quality, especially for the price.. "Perfect as Christmas gifts for nerds like me" according to Amazon Customer. One of the prettiest book. Perfect as Christmas gifts for nerds like me.. Interesting read Interesting topics to apply mathematics.
Thomas Oléron Evans, PhD is a Teaching Fellow for the Smart Cities and Spatial Data Courses at the University College London.Hannah Fry, PhD is a broadcaster and lecturer of the Mathematics of Cities at the University College London. . She is the author of The Mathematics of Love, and her TED talk on the subject has been viewed over five million times. She regularly appears on BBC television and radio
Because who hasn’t always wondered how to set up a mathematically perfect Secret Santa? Lighthearted and diverting with Christmasy diagrams, sketches and graphs, equations, Markov chains, and matrices, The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus brightens up the bleak midwinter with stockingsful of mathematical marvels. The perfect stocking stuffer for mathophilesmath has never been merrier. How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list? What equations should you use to decorate the Christmas tree? Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinnershimmying up and down chimneys for a whole nightor fatteras he munches on cookies and milk in billions of houses across the world?In The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus, distinguished mathematicians Hannah Fry and Thomas Oléron Evans demonstrate, with eminently readable clarity, how applied mathematics are so thoroughly interwoven throughout our everyday lives by explaining mathematical concepts through one very merry motif: Christmas.In their quest to provide mathematical proof for the existence of Santa, the authors take readers on