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Why do buses come in threes?

  • Rob Eastaway,
  • Jeremy Wyndham

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Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham take you on a mesmerizing journey through the logic of life in a quest for the hidden mathematics in everyday events. It's a world in which Newton's laws explain bar fights and there may be solid reasons why your shower always runs either too hot or too cold. Did you think it was all a matter of coincidence? Universal randomness? To put it in a more philosophic perspective: Is bad luck just chance--or can it be explained? Whether you have a hardcore science background or haven't added up a column of figures in years, this book will entertain you as it illuminates corners of human experience that have long seemed dark and mysterious.--From publisher description.

Genres

  • Mathematics
  • Popular works
  • Mathematics, juvenile literature
  • Mathematical recreations
  • Mathematics, miscellanea
  • Curiosities and wonders
  • Mathematics, problems, exercises, etc.
  • Geometry
  • Famous problems
  • Miscellanea
  • Mathematics, popular works
  • Social aspects
  • Jeux mathématiques
  • Mathématiques
  • Miscellanées
  • Ouvrages de vulgarisation
  • Pre-Calculus
  • Reference
  • Essays
  • Elementary Mathematics & Arithmetic
  • Physical Sciences & Mathematics
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About the authors

  • Rob Eastaway

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    3 ratings · 31 works

  • Jeremy Wyndham

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    1 ratings · 3 works

Editions

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    Barnes & Noble

    2002

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    New Ed edition

    Robson Books Ltd

    June 17, 2005

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    John Wiley & Sons

    March 29, 1999

  • Edition cover

    New Ed edition

    Robson Books

    May 2004

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John Wiley, Wiley

1999

  • Edition cover

    John Wiley

    1999

  • Edition cover

    John Wiley

    1998

  • Edition cover

    Robson Books

    1998

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    Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

    1999

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    Pavilion Books

    2020

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    Pavilion Books

    2014