Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He is the accessible and successful (and prolific) author of numerous Basic books on mathematics including, most recently, Calculating the Cosmos. Stewart is also a regular research visitor at the University of Houston, the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications in Minneapolis, and the Santa Fe Institute. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001. His writing has appeared in New Scientist, Discover, Scientific American, and many newspapers in the U.K. and U.S. He lives in Coventry, England.
"Ian Stewart is math's greatest ambassador. No other author writes
with such ease, erudition and depth of understanding across such a
wide range of mathematical fields."
--Alex Bellos, author of Here's Looking at Euclid
"If you believe mathematics offers little of practical use, Stewart
is back to show you the error of your ways...Richly
informative."--Kirkus
"Reading this book is like being empowered with special x-ray
vision that lets you see the math whirring away at the heart of
vital technologies all around. It takes you time-traveling too,
showing how the "pure" math of the past has found its way
astonishingly often into present-day marvels, from helping the FBI
match fingerprints by computer to guiding organ donations to
enabling posthumous appearances by Carrie Fisher in Star Wars
movies. In short, it's another Ian Stewart classic."
--David Stipp, author of A Most Elegant Equation
"Science enthusiasts will enjoy Ian Stewart's discussion of
mathematical results, originally devised to solve esoteric
problems, that have surprising applications to our everyday lives.
From computer graphics to climate change to kidney donations, he
reveals the "unreasonable effectiveness" of abstract mathematics in
the service of science and technology - a service as important as
it is improbable."
--William Dunham, author of Journey Through Genius
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