How math can save your life: (and make you rich, help you find the one, and avert catastrophes)

After years of boring students to tears, math has gotten an undeservedly bad reputation. In this follow up to How Math Explains the World, Stein demonstrates the beauty of math with applications no teacher ever taught you in high school algebra. In this book Stein explains how math can teach you: whether to buy insurance for electronics why Bart Simpson could beat you at Rock, Paper, Scissors whether driving a hybrid or refinancing your house will save you money in the long run when to bluff and when to fold how to tell if you've met The OneJames D. Stein is a professor of mathematics at California State University, Long Beach. A graduate of Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley, he lives in Redondo Beach, California.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-43775-9
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 05/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés