{"product_id":"alex-through-the-lookingglass-how-life-reflects-numbers-and-numbers-reflect-life-9781408817773","title":"Alex Through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlex Through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life\u003c\/strong\u003e by Alex Bellos. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781408817773.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlex Bellos, author of Snowflake Seashell Star, takes the reader on a tour of his favourite mathematical concepts to reveal the hidden numbers that underpin our everyday lives. In the course of his travels he explores the Ordnance Surveys obsession with trigonometry, explains why rollercoasters are a monument to Newtons innovations, ponders why we have superstitions about certain numbers, delves into the mysteries of hyperboloids and meets an anonymous member of a secret mathematical sect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44979555500085,"sku":"ByrdShop_1408817772","price":28.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781408817773_90de37ff-6b83-4287-8d6d-9e6df4e73872.jpg?v=1778648603","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/alex-through-the-lookingglass-how-life-reflects-numbers-and-numbers-reflect-life-9781408817773","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}