Pluses and Minuses : How Maths Makes the World More Manageable Class Code_ARP1 Fifty years after The Andromeda

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Pluses and Minuses : How Maths Makes the World More Manageable Class Code_ARP1 Fifty years after The AndromedaThousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's behind almost everything, from search engines to cruise control, from coffee makers to timetables. But now that we hardly ever need to do arithmetic, how relevant is mathematics to everyday life? Pluses and Minuses demonstrates the role mathematics plays in human endeavour. It answers questions such as: What is life