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Mapmatics: A Mathematician's Guide to Navigating the World

by Paulina Rowińska
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780674294233
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Belknap Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Belknap Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 272
  • Original Price: USD 29.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 681 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Applied, Earth Sciences / Geography, and Geometry / General

"I love maps. I love math. And gosh, do I love this book, which so beautifully and clearly sounds the depths of both." --Ben Orlin, author of Math with Bad Drawings

Explore the surprising connections between math and maps--and the myriad ways they've shaped our world and us.

Why are coastlines and borders so difficult to measure? How does a UPS driver deliver hundreds of packages in a single day? And where do elusive serial killers hide? The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and math.

In Mapmatics, mathematician Paulina Rowińska leads us on a riveting journey around the globe to discover how maps and math are deeply entwined, and always have been. From a sixteenth-century map, an indispensable navigation tool that exaggerates the size of northern countries, to public transport maps that both guide and confound passengers, to congressional maps that can empower or silence whole communities, she reveals how maps and math have shaped not only our sense of space but our worldview. In her hands, we learn how to read maps like a mathematician--to extract richer information and, just as importantly, to question our conclusions by asking what we don't see.

Written with authority and compassion, wit and unforgettable storytelling, this is math exposition at its best. By unpacking the math behind the maps we depend on, Mapmatics illuminates how our world works and, ultimately, how we can better look after it.

Rowińska, Paulina: - Paulina Rowińska is a science writer with a PhD in mathematics. Her 2017 TEDx talk "Let's Have a Maths Party!" explained that mathematics is all around us. The recipient of the Imperial College President's Award for Excellence in Societal Engagement, she previously created interactive content for the educational website brilliant.org.

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