Mapmatics A Mathematicians Guide To Navigating The World 1st Edition Paulina Rowiska by Paulina Rowińska 9780674294233, 0674294238 instant download after payment.

“I love maps. I love math. And gosh, do I love this book, which so beautifully and clearly sounds the depths of both.” ―Ben Orlin, author of Math with Bad Drawings
Explore the surprising connections between math and maps―and the myriad ways they’ve shaped our world and us.
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.
In Mapmatics, mathematician Paulina Rowińska leads us on a riveting 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. In her hands, we learn 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.
Written with authority and compassion, wit and unforgettable storytelling, this is math exposition at its best. By unpacking the math behind the maps we depend on, Mapmatics illuminates how our world works and, ultimately, how we can better look after it.
Review
“An expansive journey through time and place to reveal how the human experience has been – and continues to be – intrinsically linked to the maps we use to navigate our way through the world…a comprehensive work.”― Hannah Beckerman , The Guardian
“The historic meeting of geography and imagination sets the tone for the book, which moves briskly through time and space.”― Anna Aslanyan , Times Literary Supplement
“An engaging look at a fascinating subject…Rowińska clearly has a deep knowledge, both of maps and the mathematics behind them.”― Sarah Hart ,
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