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Love Triangle Matt Parker

Love Triangle By Matt Parker

Love Triangle by Matt Parker


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Love Triangle Summary

Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry by Matt Parker

Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi

Why can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? Why does the wake behind a duck always form an angle of exactly 39 degrees? And what did mathematicians have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The answer to each of these questions can be found in the triangle.

In Love Triangle, stand-up comedian, ex-maths teacher and Sunday Times number one bestselling author Matt Parker is on a mission to prove why we should all show a lot more love for triangles, along with the useful trigonometry and geometry they enable. To make his point, he uses triangles to create his own digital avatar, survive a harrowing motorcycle ride, cut a sandwich into three equal parts, and measure tall buildings while wearing silly shoes. But soon these hare-brained experiments begin to reveal a genuinely important truth: triangles are the hidden pattern beneath the surface of the contemporary world, used in everything from GPS to CGI via Spotify streaming, the play button and your best mates triangle tattoo.

Join Matt Parker as he demonstrates why theres more to triangles than Pythagoras and SOHCAHTOA. Triangles are everything and everything is triangles.

Love Triangle Reviews

I felt well looked-after, and handled with saint-like patience... Parker has a fine old time with his material, and only a curmudgeon could fail to be charmed by his willingness to call the elongated pentagonal gyrocupolarotunda a dumb shape, or Herons 2,000-year-old formula for finding the area of a triangle stupid. Nor, in the latter case, is he wrong. Four stars -- Simon Ings * Telegraph *
Move over Euclid. Its Parker Time. Love Triangle is a blissful blend of pure science and pure merriment. Edifying, entertaining, excellent! -- Alex James
Matt Parker is unique: he's made me laugh about math many times by showing just how weird it can get. He's also made me cry about math by showing how transcendently beautiful it is -- Adam Savage
Fine. Triangles are now my favourite shape -- Hannah Fry
The author has a gift for making somewhat tedious topics not only comprehensible and absorbing, but also great fun... Parkers tireless enthusiasm, light touch, and inviting manner make for a reading experience akin to a visit to Epcot Center, led by a guide in possession of childlike wonder in addition to adult acumen and humor. The author never gets mired in the weeds, even as he manages to cover a tremendous amount of detailed information, aided by illustrations that feature appealing captions running the gamut from simple to complex. A rare book about math sure to make you smile, despite your feelings about the subject. Once again, Parker measures up * Kirkus *

About Matt Parker

Originally a maths teacher from Australia, Matt Parker is now a stand-up comedian and a YouTuber with over one hundred million views. He is the author of the #1 bestseller Humble Pi and Things to Make and Do in the Fourth
Dimension. Matt is also frequently seen, heard, and read on the Discovery Channel, on BBC radio, and in The Guardian, in that order. He has previously held world records for both the Rubik's Cube and Space Invaders. In the pursuit of maths, Matt has: flipped a coin 10,000 times, travelled to Antarctica, memorized p to hundreds of digits, and been bitten by a bullet ant in the Amazon rainforest. Matt has given maths lectures at Cambridge University, Oxford University, Harvard University and Lake Monger Primary School.

Additional information

GOR013757892
9780241505694
0241505690
Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry by Matt Parker
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
2024-06-20
352
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