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100 Cose Essenziali Che Non Sapevate Di Non Sapere: I Meccanismi Segreti Del Mondo Che Ci Circonda (2011)

by John D. Barrow(Favorite Author)

2.2 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

8804604646 (ISBN13: 9788804604648)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Mondadori

review 1: I think this book is most likely to appeal to those who already have a good grounding in mathematics and physics, but have never thought to apply them to the mundane or quirky. For example, there are brief articles on queue selection, how to run a marathon, roller coaster design, the life-saving value of calculus, how to win the lottery (not that helpful, actually), how to get a smooth ride on a bike with square wheels (still less helpful, but surprising). Each section is but two to three pages long, making it a good snacking book rather than a sit down reading feast.
review 2: As a dedicated math hater and one who finds mathematical expressions of anything confusing and frustrating, I thought this might be a good book for me. It is quite fun and there are ... moreseveral items of interest among the 100 chapters. The book is written in small snippets - each chapter tackles a differnet topic and they are all 2 to 5 pages long at the most. Some are much more mathematical than others. Indeed, some seem to be only very remotely related to math which makes the subject for that chapter a bit of a reach.Conversely, there are some chapters that almost immediatey dive into what are, for me, complex formalae which lost me right away. The beauty of a book like this is that you can simply skip to the next section when something doesn't interest you, since they all stand alone.Barrow writes well and the book is entertaining and worth a read especially if you are looking for something not too taxing. He also managed to explain in about 4 paragraphs, the "Monty Hall Problem" which another author took almost a quarter of a book to acheive!Definitely some interest here and of the 100 topics, I would say that around 10 were actually truly something that a) I didn't know and b) were things that I cared about! less

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