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Geekspeak: Why Life + Mathematics = Happiness电子书

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作       者:Graham Tattersall

出  版  社:Fourth Estate

出版时间:2008-09-04

字       数:25.0万

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The quirky offspring of ‘QI’ and ‘Freakonomics’, ‘Geekspeak’ melds ingenious statistical analysis with edifying trivia to explain away some curious facts of life. Curiosity is our human birthright, and destiny. As a species we are to prone to think, ruminate, reflect, cogitate, deliberate and philosophise. We do all these things, and why? To explain away the world around us, to find solace in knowledge, to answer all those seeming unanswerables: why are we here? Is there a God? Is there life after death? How many slaves on treadmills does it take to power my kettle? Yes, forget the Bible, ‘Geekspeak’ is the new oracle for 21st century living. Graham Tattersall, a confirmed and superior geek, has rescued maths from the prison of the classroom, imbued it with fresh new life, and put it to use in novel and unexpected ways. His ingenious, deceptively simple formula melds statistical analysis with personal experience and enlightening trivia to explain away some curious and oft-pondered mysteries of the world: how big is your vocabulary, how heavy is your house, do the dead outnumber the living, how powerful is a fly, how fast is a fart. With its recipe of sophisticated mathematical techniques, witty anecdotes and startling amount of learning, ‘Geekspeak’ is an essential tool for impressing friends, sounding intelligent and better understanding the fascinating world in which we live. Maths has a new champion, and the Geeks a new King.
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Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Photograph Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One: Scrabbling For Words

Chapter Two: Pumping Iron

Chapter Three: Safe As Houses

Chapter Four: Well Connected

Chapter Five: Fatal Attraction

Chapter Six: Home Alone

Chapter Seven: Beam Me Up Scotty

Chapter Eight: Hidden Death

Chapter Nine: It’s For You

Chapter Ten: War Chest

Chapter Eleven: When The Wind Blows

Chapter Twelve: You’re Rubbish

Chapter Thirteen: Nappy Crap

Chapter Fourteen: The Cunning Fox

Chapter Fifteen: Fly Wheels

Chapter Sixteen: Bus Stop

Chapter Seventeen: Stirring Airs

Chapter Eighteen: Dream Flight

Chapter Nineteen: Processing Power

Chapter Twenty: Soul Mates

Chapter Twenty One: Idiot Calculus

Chapter Twenty Two: The Ghostly Present

Chapter Twenty Three: Bad Breath

Chapter Twenty Four: Wave Power

Chapter Twenty Five: Mechanical Neurosis

Chapter Twenty Six: The Final Judgement

Chapter Twenty Seven: Heavenly Body

Chapter Twenty Eight: Passing Water

Chapter Twenty Nine: The Man In White

Acknowledgements

Copyright

About the Publisher

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