Mapmatics : How We Navigate the World Through Numbers by Paulina Rowinska

Mapmatics : How We Navigate the World Through Numbers by Paulina Rowinska'Historical insights and human stories . . . Highly readable' Ian Stewart, author of What's the Use?'An adventure' Edward Brooke Hitching, author of The Phantom AtlasHow does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single working day? Why does remote Alaska have such a large airport? Where should we look for elusive serial killers? The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and maths. In Mapmatics, Dr Paulina Rowinska

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