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US: Wiley, 1999. Hardcover. Good. (No Dustjacket) Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket on a Friday? Is bad luck just chan ce, or can it be explained? Is it possible to win every time without cheati ng? And can math greatly increase your odds of getting a date and even fall ing in love? If you've had the sneaking suspicion ever since the third grad e that math is conspiring against you--you're right. Math and the laws of p robability are constantly at work in our lives, affecting everything we do from getting a date to catching a bus. Why Do Buses Come in Threes? is a delightfully entertaining ride for anyone wanting to remind themselves--or discover for the first time--that math is relevant to almost everything we do. Buses that bunch, identical potato ch ips, and slicing a cake evenly for an odd number of guests all have their l inks to intriguing mathematical problems. With great humor and a genuine lo ve for the subject, the authors present the solutions to such conundrums as how fast one…
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Why Do Buses Come in Threes: The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life Hardcover - 1999
by Robert Eastaway; Rob Eastaway; Jeremy Wyndham
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- Title Why Do Buses Come in Threes: The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life
- Author Robert Eastaway; Rob Eastaway; Jeremy Wyndham
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 156
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons, New York, Ny, U. S. A.
- Date March 29, 1999
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780471347569 / 0471347566
- Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 9.6 x 6.57 x 0.74 in (24.38 x 16.69 x 1.88 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mathematics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99021915
- Dewey Decimal Code 510
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