How Pi Can Save Your Life

Name: How Pi Can Save Your Life: Using Math to Survive Plane Crashes
Brand: Ulysses Press
SKU: 9781646041930
Price: 2205.00 INR
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Using Math to Survive Plane Crashes

by Chris Waring

Ulysses Press · 2021

A light-hearted maths book that uses equations to work through far-fetched survival scenarios, from protecting a museum painting to flying a stricken plane.

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About this book

How Pi Can Save Your Life uses mathematics to tackle a set of unlikely situations, from protecting a priceless painting in a famous museum to bringing a space shuttle safely back to Earth. Chris Waring treats each scenario as a chance to show how equations can solve a problem that sounds impossible.

The book is built on the idea that real life is full of maths, even when people do not notice it. Driving between two places involves differentiation, and crossing a busy road involves basic geometry. The scenarios go further, such as working out the size of a parachute needed to escape a plane with no engine.

The book starts with the essential maths needed for these problems before moving on to the life-saving calculations. It suits readers of any background in maths, including those who did not enjoy the subject at school.

Edition note: published by Ulysses Press in 2021, 192 pages, ISBN-13 9781646041930.