{"title":"Mathematics--Applied","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"101-tips-de-matematicas-para-la-vida-real-tu-dia-a-dia-mas-facil-con-la-asignatura-mas-temida-101-math-tips-for-real-life","title":"101 Tips de Matemáticas Para La Vida Real. Tu Día a Día Más Fácil Con La Asignatura Más Temida \/ 101 Math Tips for Real Life","description":"\u003cb\u003e101 tips de matemáticas que te cambiarán la vida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eO, al menos, conseguirán que dejes de contar con los dedos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e La calculadora es tu mejor amiga?  Eres capaz de decir que uno más uno no siempre es dos y quedarte tan ancho?  Te enorgulleces de decir que eres \"de letras puras\"? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSea cual sea tu nivel o lo atragantadas que tengas las mates, este es tu libro. 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Inside you'll find 101 clever tricks and super fun exercises to help you lose your fear of the most dreaded subject in the entire school curriculum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoin the most viral teacher on TikTok as she tackles everyday problems using the best math tips that will make your life a million times easier.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 8410190265\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9788410190269\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Gómez, Laura, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Alfaguara Infantil\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alfaguara Infantil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Oct 2025)","offer_id":45659321041093,"sku":"9788410190269","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9788410190269.jpg?v=1768908229"},{"product_id":"a-mind-for-numbers-how-to-excel-at-math-and-science-even-if-you-flunked-algebra","title":"A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe companion book to COURSERA(R)'s wildly popular massive open online course \"Learning How to Learn\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, \u003ci\u003eA Mind for Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her options--both to rise in the military and to explore other careers--she returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Mind for Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to learning effectively--secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they'd known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. 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Readers will finish this book with an enlightened perspective on the news, the law, medicine, and history, and will be better equipped to make personal decisions and solve problems with math in mind, whether it's choosing the shortest checkout line at the grocery store or halting the spread of a deadly disease.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1982111887\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781982111885\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Yates, Kit\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Apr 2021)","offer_id":46081422262469,"sku":"9781982111885","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781982111885.jpg?v=1776046016"},{"product_id":"humble-pi-when-math-goes-wrong-in-the-real-world","title":"Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, \"When am I ever going to use this in the real world?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, \u003ci\u003eHumble Pi\u003c\/i\u003e is a charming and very readable guide to some of humanity's all-time greatest miscalculations--that also gives you permission to feel a little better about some of your own mistakes.\" --Ryan North, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Invent Everything\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Our whole world is built on math, from the code running a website to the equations enabling the design of skyscrapers and bridges. Most of the time this math works quietly behind the scenes . . . until it doesn't. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMath is easy to ignore until a misplaced decimal point upends the stock market, a unit conversion error causes a plane to crash, or someone divides by zero and stalls a battleship in the middle of the ocean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. 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