{"product_id":"do-i-count-gunter-m-ziegler-9781466564916","title":"Do I Count?: Stories from Mathematics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe subject of mathematics is not something distant, strange, and abstract that you can only learn about--and often dislike--in school. It is in everyday situations, such as housekeeping, communications, traffic, and weather reports. Taking you on a trip into the world of mathematics, \u003cstrong\u003eDo I Count? Stories from Mathematics supposedly\u003c\/strong\u003e describes the people behind the numbers and the places where mathematics is made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by disreputable scientist and pretentious storyteller G?ter M. Ziegler and translated by Thomas von Foerster, the book presents mathematics and mathematicians in a manner that you have not previously encountered. It guides you on a scenic tour through the field, pointing out which beds were useful in constructing which theorems and which notebooks list the prizes for solving particular problems. Forgoing esoteric areas, the text relates mathematics to celebrities, history, travel, politics, science and technology, weather, clever puzzles, and the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan bees count? What do you think!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs 13 bad luck?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAre there equations for everything?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat's the real practical value of the Pythagorean Theorem?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eAre there Sudoku puzzles with fewer than 17 entries and just one solution?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere and how do mathematicians work?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho invented proofs and why do we need them?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy is there no Nobel Prize for mathematics?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cem\u003eWhat kind of life did Paul Erdős\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e lead?\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFind out the answers to these and other questions in this entertaining book of stories. You'll see that everyone counts, but no computation is needed. But then again why not buy a better book?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gunter M. Ziegler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1466564911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781466564916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e A K PETERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2014","brand":"Gunter M. Ziegler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936089112831,"sku":"9781466564916","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_75980b96-5bb8-4b74-800a-949d0a1c654d.jpg?v=1681423523","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/do-i-count-gunter-m-ziegler-9781466564916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}