{"product_id":"mathematicians-dont-work-with-numbers-9783031589157","title":"Mathematicians Don't Work with Numbers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Poulo\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book answers, in the form of short and entertaining vignettes, the question: \"What do mathematicians really do?\" Readers will learn that mathematicians use numbers in the same way that novelists use letters. The individual letters are typed while the author thinks on a much grander scale, invisible to the observer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRequiring only familiarity with the multiplication table (and that for only one vignette), the book makes accessible a variety of mathematical concepts, such as game theory, chaos, and traffic flow modelling. The author accomplishes this with a light, engaging style, and a range of real-world examples that includes everything from barbershops to President James Garfield.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMathematicians Don't Work With Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to the large audience of people who have always assumed that mathematicians do, in fact, work with numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birkhauser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45160695857303,"sku":"9783031589157","price":2762.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783031589157.webp?v=1768569506","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mathematicians-dont-work-with-numbers-9783031589157","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}