Main entry:

Rowińska, Paulina, author.

Title & Author:

Mapmatics : a mathematician's guide to navigating the world / Paulina Rowińska.

Edition:

First Belknap Press of Harvard University Press edition.

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2024.

Description:

292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-278) and index.
Introduction: How to fall in love with maps and mathematics -- Curved : how to describe the Earth -- Flat : how to make a map -- Scaled : how to measure a line -- Distanced : how to navigate -- Connected : how to simplify a map -- Divided : how to shape society -- Found : how to save a life -- Deep : how to map the invisible -- Conclusion: How to Keep Up with Change.

Summary:

"Explore the surprising connections between math and maps--and the myriad ways they've shaped our world and us. Why are coastlines and borders so difficult to measure? How does a UPS driver deliver hundreds of packages in a single day? And where do elusive serial killers hide? The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and math. In Mapmatics, mathematician Paulina Rowińska leads us on a riveting journey around the globe to discover how maps and math are deeply entwined, and always have been. From a sixteenth-century map, an indispensable navigation tool that exaggerates the size of northern countries, to public transport maps that both guide and confound passengers, to congressional maps that can empower or silence whole communities, she reveals how maps and math have shaped not only our sense of space but our worldview. In her hands, we learn how to read maps like a mathematician--to extract richer information and, just as importantly, to question our conclusions by asking what we don't see. Written with authority and compassion, wit and unforgettable storytelling, this is math exposition at its best. By unpacking the math behind the maps we depend on, Mapmatics illuminates how our world works and, ultimately, how we can better look after it"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780674294233 (cloth)
0674294238 (cloth)
(electronic book)
9780674298286

Subject:

Cartography Mathematics.
Maps.
Mathematical geography.
Map reading.
Cartography Social aspects.
Cartographie Mathématiques.
Cartes géographiques.
Géographie mathématique.
Lecture de cartes.
Cartographie Aspect social.
Cartography
Social aspects
Geography.
Mathematics.
Human geography.

Added entries:

Mathematician's guide to navigating the world

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320225
Call No.: 320225
Copy: 1
Status: Available