Item Specifics - Nonfiction Books
Format: Hardcover
Category: Science & Tech
Publication Year: 2002
Mathematics
Condition: New
Why Do Buses Come in Threes?
The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life
Description:
Why Do Buses Come in Threes?
Original Price $22.95
156 pages
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Details:
Why Do Buses Come in Threes?
Hidden Mathematics in Everyday Life
Why Do your chances of winning the lottery increase if you buy your ticket on Friday?
How fast should you run to stay dry in the rain?
In this delightful and insightful book, you'll discover how math and the laws of probability are constantly at work in our lives, affecting everything we do - from getting a date to catching a bus to making dinner.
See a technique which is so simple for setting up the "impossible" billiard shot - a technique which was discovered and predated the development of billiards by thousands of years!
I am betting you will enjoy this entertaining book as much as I did my copy!
A perfect Christmas Gift for anyone that you love!
Measurements:
6 3/8" wide by 9.5 " tall
Hardcover with dust jacket
NEW BOOK!