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The invisible power of mathematicsthe pervasive impact of mathematical engineering in everyday life /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The invisible power of mathematicsby Giovanni Samaey, Joos P. L. Vandewalle.
Reminder of title:	the pervasive impact of mathematical engineering in everyday life /
Author:	Samaey, Giovanni.
other author:	Vandewalle, J.
Published:	New York, NY :Springer US :2022.
Description:	xv, 175 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Mathematics.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2776-1
ISBN:	9781071627761$q(electronic bk.)

The invisible power of mathematicsthe pervasive impact of mathematical engineering in everyday life /
Samaey, Giovanni.

The invisible power of mathematicsthe pervasive impact of mathematical engineering in everyday life /[electronic resource] :by Giovanni Samaey, Joos P. L. Vandewalle. - New York, NY :Springer US :2022. - xv, 175 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Copernicus books, sparking curiosity and explaining the world,2731-8990. - Copernicus books, sparking curiosity and explaining the world..

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Worry-Free Online Shopping - 2. Reach Everyone, Everywhere in Just Six Steps -- 3. Are the Polls Right? -- 4. Cochlear Implants Help the Deaf Hear Again -- 5. Google PageRank, or the Needle in the Haystack -- 6. Fun and Game Theory -- 7. High Winds on High Mills -- 8. Reducing Factory Noise -- 9. Virtual Architecture and Engineering -- 10. The Art of Forgery -- 11. The Right Bike in the Right Place -- 12. 1. Can Computers Detect Fraud? (And Do We Want Them To?) -- 13. How to Predict the Future -- 14. Do Smart Girls Stay Single Longer? -- 15. What if There's More Data than Storage? -- 16. Driving Without a Driver -- 17. How Vulnerable Are Our Banking Systems? -- 18. Can We Predict Climate Change? -- 19. War and Peace -- 20. Pandemics: From Ebola and HIV to Bioterrorism and the Coronavirus -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Translator's Note.

How does homebanking work? How are board games developed? How reliable can wind energy get? How do we discover forged paintings? Do smart girls stay single? How dangerous can a bioterrorist get? In all these questions (and many others), mathematics plays a crucial role in the search for an answer. This book tells the story behind twenty of these questions. This is explicitly not a mathematics book, but a book about the crucial role that mathematics plays in devising the creative solutions the world needs. The questions are divided into three categories: home, garden and kitchen mathematics; mathematics for the workplace; and mathematics for tomorrow's society. The themes illustrate not only the incredibly broad applicability of mathematics in the world around us, but also the great diversity of useful mathematical techniques.

ISBN: 9781071627761$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2776-1doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

184409
Mathematics.

LC Class. No.: QA39.2 / .S35 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 510

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