Mapmatics: A Mathematician's Guide to Navigating the World (Harvard University Press)
Friday, 27 September 2024

In this book, mathematician Paulina Rowińska leads us on a journey around the globe to discover how maps and math are deeply entwined, and always have been. From a sixteenth-century map, an indispensable navigation tool that exaggerates the size of northern countries, to public transport maps that both guide and confound passengers, to congressional maps that can empower or silence whole communities, she reveals how maps and math have shaped not only our sense of space but our worldview.

<ASIN:‎ 0674294238 >

Why are coastlines and borders so difficult to measure? How does a UPS driver deliver hundreds of packages in a single day? And where do elusive serial killers hide? The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and math. The book shows how to read maps like a mathematician―to extract richer information and, just as importantly, to question our conclusions by asking what we don’t see.

Author: Paulina Rowińska
Publisher: Belknap Press
Date: September 2024
Pages: 304
ISBN: 978-0674294233
Print: ‎ 0674294238
Kindle: B0CX29XCV3
Audience: General
Level: Introductory
Category: Mathematics

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