James D.Stein

How Math Can Save Your Life

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How to make lots of money, keep yourself safe, and even save the world-all by using a little simple math
Forget the dull, boring math you learned in school. This book shows you the powerful things math can do for you, with applications no teacher ever taught you in algebra class. How can you make money off credit card companies? Will driving a hybrid save you money in the long run? How do you know when he or she is “the one”?
From financial decisions to your education, job, health, and love life, you'll learn how the math you already know can help you get a lot more out of life. Gives you fun, practical advice for using math to improve virtually every area of daily lifeIncludes straightforward explanations and easy-to-follow examplesWritten by the author of the successful guide, How Math Explains the World
Filled with practical, indispensable guidance you can put to work every day, this book will safeguard your wallet and enrich every aspect of your life. You can count on it!
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330 printed pages
Original publication
2010
Publication year
2010
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  • Thomas Munk Christensenhas quoted6 years ago
    That’s precisely the rule that generates the sequence 1,3,7,15,31, ... Each number is twice the preceding number plus one, and each number is also one less than the appropriate power of 2.
  • Thomas Munk Christensenhas quoted6 years ago
    Show the pattern 1,3,7 to a mathematician, and he or she will notice that each number is 1 less than the next power of 2:1 is 1 less than 2, 3 is 1 less than 4, and 7 is 1 less than 8. He or she will then conjecture that it takes 264—1 moves to transfer 64 disks.
  • Thomas Munk Christensenhas quoted6 years ago
    The primary purpose of division is to share a number of items as equally as possible.
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