Can maths make people rich on the stock market? Can formulas to predict which sports teams will win more games? Can equations explain the mysteries of the universe? The short answer to all these is YES. This book explores and explains the ways that the tools of mathematics help people to make sense of the world around them, to predict the future and, just maybe, how to make life itself better.
About the Author
Sarah Hull (Author) Sarah grew up in London, then studied German and Fine Art in Oxford and Hamburg. She joined Usborne after working at Profile Books and Thames && Hudson, and now spends her time writing about art, investigating germs and devising ways to stave off boredom - all the important things, basically. Tom Mumbray (Author) Tom studied History at university before joining Usborne in 2018. Since then he s worked on books about Planet Earth, technology, maths and inventions (and learned lots of amazing facts about everything from paleoburrows to fireworks along the way).
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