Love Triangle How Trigonometry Shapes the World
Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World by Matt Parker, published by Penguin on August 20, 2024, is a 352-page exploration of the significance of triangles in our lives. This book presents trigonometry as a fundamental concept that influences various aspects of daily existence, from music and navigation to engineering and art. Parker emphasizes the importance of triangles, illustrating their role in shaping our civilization and encouraging readers to appreciate their mathematical beauty.
In Love Triangle, readers will find a blend of humor and trivia as Parker shares engaging stories about the mathematicians and thinkers who have contributed to our understanding of triangles. He uses relatable examples, such as creating a digital avatar and measuring tall buildings, to demonstrate how trigonometry is woven into everyday experiences. This edition invites readers to rethink their relationship with mathematics, revealing how triangles are not only essential in theory but also in practical applications throughout the world.
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An ode to triangles, the shape that makes our lives possible
Trigonometry is perhaps the most essential concept humans have ever devised. The simple yet versatile triangle allows us to record music, map the world, launch rockets into space, and be slightly less bad at pool. Triangles underpin our day-to-day lives and civilization as we know it.
In Love Triangle, Matt Parker argues we should all show a lot more love for triangles, along with all the useful trigonometry and geometry they enable. To prove his point, he uses triangles to create his own digital avatar, survive a harrowing motorcycle ride, cut a sandwich, fall in love, measure tall buildings in a few awkward bounds, and make some unusual art. Along the way, he tells extraordinary and entertaining stories of the mathematicians, engineers, and philosophers—starting with Pythagoras—who dared to take triangles seriously.
This is the guide you should have had in high school—a lively and definitive answer to “Why do I need to learn about trigonometry?” Parker reveals triangles as the hidden pattern beneath the surface of the contemporary world. Like love, triangles actually are all around. And in the air. And they’re all you need.
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