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The Ten Equations that Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too, by David Sumpter
Tony Mann welcomes a compelling account of the power – and ethical challenges – of mathematics in helping us address crucial issues in today’s world
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The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History, by Paolo Zellini
Tony Mann is impressed by a study of what we mean by numbers that ranges across millennia
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Patently Mathematical: Picking Partners, Passwords and Careers by the Numbers, by Jeff Suzuki
Tony Mann learns that ‘applied mathematics’ isn’t what it used to be
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets, by Graham Farmelo
Tony Mann assesses an argument about the role of mathematical beauty as a key to understanding how the universe works