Mapmatics
How We Navigate the World Through Numbers
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Product details:
- Edition number Main Market Ed.
- Publisher Picador
- Date of Publication 5 June 2025
- Number of Volumes B-format paperback
- ISBN 9781035007066
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 197x130 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
A gripping exploration of how cartography shapes our world and the impact of maps on our everyday lives.
MoreLong description:
A gripping exploration of how cartography shapes our world and the impact of maps on our everyday lives.
How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single day?
Why can maps help to win elections?
Where should we look for serial killers?
The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and maths.
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In Mapmatics, mathematician Dr Paulina Rowinska embarks on a fascinating journey to discover the mathematical foundations of cartography and cartographical influences on mathematics.
From a sixteenth-century map that remains an indispensable navigation tool on our phones, to public transport maps that both guide and mislead passengers, she reveals how maps and maths shape not only our sense of space and time but also our worldview.
In entertaining stories, surprising real-world examples, maps, illustrations and a cast of unforgettable characters, Mapmatics helps us to appreciate the mathematical methods and ideas behind maps. And, by illuminating how our world works, leaves us better equipped to look after it.
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?If you have ever wondered why an airliner bound from London to Los Angeles flies over Greenland, how we know what lies inside the Earth, or how computers correct errors, then this is for you? ? John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things
'This book blew my mind, again and again' ? Roma Agrawal, author of Built
'Entertaining, illuminating . . . An engaging look at a fascinating subject' ? New Scientist
'An expansive journey through time and place' ? The Observer
A wonderfully readable adventure through the mathematic poetry of mapping. Dr Rowinska has created something really special, a book that celebrates the science and ideas behind the cartographic art with tales of everything fascinating, from criminal geography to ancient earthquake detectors. An essential guide that illuminates how much of our understanding of the world, the past, and indeed the people around us, is shaped by the mathematician and the mapmaker. More
