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Matematika se skrývá úplně za vším. Bez matematiky by nelétala letadla, nefungovaly počítače, neuměli bychom stavět vysoké budovy. A když je něco úplně všude, můžete se spolehnout na jednu věc: je jen otázkou času, kdy někdo udělá pořádný matematický kiks a něco se kvůli tomu pokazí. Matt Parker je matematik, popularizátor vědy, komik a skvělý vypravěč v jedné osobě, což naznačuje, jakou knihu držíte v ruce: zábavný přehled těch největších matematických omylů v dějinách a jejich nepředvídatelných následků. Nudit se rozhodně nebudete: Věděli jste, že kvůli špatně napsané desetinné čárce skoro zkolabovala burza? Že kvůli nesprávnému převodu jednotek muselo nouzově přistát letadlo? A že válečná loď zůstala stát bezmocná uprostřed oceánu, protože někdo zapomněl, že se nesmí dělit nulou? Nebo že olympijští sportovci zmeškali největší závody svého života jen kvůli tomu, že se v jejich zemi používal jiný kalendář? Pokud jste si mysleli, že matematika není zábavná a že se v každodenním životě k ničemu nehodí, tak pozor – tohle je ten největší matematický omyl vašeho života!

Triangles play a crucial role in various aspects of life, from music and navigation to engineering and even leisure activities like pool. In this engaging exploration, Matt Parker advocates for a greater appreciation of trigonometry and geometry, illustrating their significance through personal anecdotes and creative projects. He shares entertaining stories about historical figures like Pythagoras, showcasing how their contributions have shaped our understanding of triangles and their applications in everyday life.

Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble PiWhy can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? Why does the wake behind a duck always form an angle of exactly 39 degrees? And what did mathematicians have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The answer to each of these questions can be found in the triangle.In Love Triangle, stand-up comedian, ex-maths teacher and Sunday Times number one bestselling author Matt Parker is on a mission to prove why we should all show a lot more love for triangles, along with the useful trigonometry and geometry they enable. To make his point, he uses triangles to create his own digital avatar, survive a harrowing motorcycle ride, cut a sandwich into three equal parts, and measure tall buildings while wearing silly shoes. But soon these hare-brained experiments begin to reveal a genuinely important truth: triangles are the hidden pattern beneath the surface of the contemporary world, used in everything from GPS to CGI via Spotify streaming, the play button and your best mate's triangle tattoo.Join Matt Parker as he demonstrates why there's more to triangles than Pythagoras and SOHCAHTOA. Triangles are everything and everything is triangles.

Why do mobile phones work when you're on a train? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? And what did mathematicians have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The answer to each of these questions can be found in the triangle. Humans have been using triangles for thousands of years to build structures, measure the earth, make music, paint vanishing points, pot snooker balls and much, much more. But trigonometry is not a thing of the past - triangles underpin all of modern data technology. When someone Snapchats a photo, the light travels into the camera as electromagnetic sine waves, Fourier analysis compresses the image and then trigonometry is used to send the data to someone else's phone; when you listen to a track on Spotify, triangles remove the sounds which a human ear can't perceive and reassemble the song so that it's small enough to stream. Triangles are the hidden pattern beneath the surface of the contemporary world. Join Matt Parker, stand-up comedian and author of the first ever maths book to be a No. 1 bestseller, as he uncovers the secrets of trigonometry and shares extraordinary stories about the mathematicians, philosophers and engineers who dared to take triangles seriously.

The story of the British Empire at its maximum territorial extent, including a wider range of voices of the colonised than have ever been recorded before

Inclusion conjures images of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) learning in classes alongside peers in a mainstream school. For pupils in the UK with high-level SEND, who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (formerly a Statement), this implies an everyday educational experience similar to that of their typically-developing classmates. Yet in vital respects, they are worlds apart. Based on the UK's largest observation study of pupils with high-level SEND, The Inclusion Illusion exposes how attendance at a mainstream school is no guarantee of receiving a mainstream education. Observations of nearly 1,500 lessons in English schools show that their everyday experience of school is characterised by separation and segregation. Furthermore, interviews with nearly 500 pupils, parents and school staff reveal the effect of this marginalisation on the quality of their education. The way schools are organised and how classrooms are composed creates a form of 'structural exclusion' that preserves mainstream education for typically-developing pupils and justifies a diluted pedagogical offer for pupils with high-level SEND. Policymakers, not mainstream schools, are indicted over this state of affairs. This book prompts questions about what we think inclusion is and what it looks like. Ultimately, it suggests why a more authentic form of inclusion is needed, and how it might be achieved

The fastest growing and most competitive organizations in the world have no bureaucracies, no bosses, and no bullshit. In this groundbreaking book, technology thought leader and organizational architect Matt K. Parker breaks down the counterintuitive principles and practices that radically collaborative organizations thrive on

Drawing on the lessons from one of the world's leading research and development efforts involving teaching assistants (TAs), this book is the authors' most authoritative text yet on how to design a whole school plan to improve TAs' deployment, practice and preparedness, and put it into action. The authors use robust theories and original research to explore an innovative and integrated approach to making the most of TAs, and recognising the valuable contributions they make to the classroom and the school. Structured around a unique and empirically sound conceptual framework, this book provides essential principles, practical tools and workable strategies, developed through collaboration with hundreds of UK schools. It focuses on ensuring TAs can thrive in their role, and presents the tools and techniques needed to do so accessibly, and is illustrated with case studies on school and classroom practices. Essential reading for all primary school leaders and SENCOs responsible for training and managing TAs, this book is also a useful resource for teachers and teaching assistants looking to optimise the TAs' contributions. Used in combination with The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Effective Interaction, Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants in Primary Schools is a comprehensive and unrivalled guide to supporting school workforce improvement.

As the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) grows in importance, its associated security risks to individuals, hospitals, and data become increasingly evident. In this exploration, cybersecurity expert Matthew Webster, with over 25 years of IT and information security experience, delves into the health benefits of IoMT alongside the security challenges they pose. He outlines essential steps for protecting yourself, your organization, and patients from potential harm. The book highlights how high barriers to safeguarding connected medical devices can hinder lifesaving innovations that have the potential to transform healthcare and disease treatment. It emphasizes the urgent need for change within the healthcare industry while balancing this with regulatory requirements that safeguard patient data and health. Targeted at medical device researchers, manufacturers, business leaders, cybersecurity professionals, healthcare providers, and system administrators, the book provides crucial insights into patient privacy, cybersecurity, and IoMT. Key topics include the expansion of the medical device industry, the risks associated with the demand for IoMT devices, the regulatory landscape, and strategies for protecting health data from common threats. It also discusses how various cybersecurity disciplines can empower hospitals and organizations to defend against cybercriminals and nation-state threats.

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICK The 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?” “Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi 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 How to Invent Everything 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. Math 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. 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. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.

Co je to imaginární číslo? Mohou se dvě paralelní přímky protnout? Jak může matematika předpovídat budoucnost? V průběhu historie si matematici kladli podobné otázky a hledali odpovědi, které nám pomohly pochopit vše od zákonitostí v přírodě až po moderní počítačové technologie. Další titul ze série přehledových oborových publikací představuje zasvěcený úvod do oboru matematiky využívá formu mozaiky a prostřednictvím textů, doprovodných ilustrací a názorných schémat přináší odpovědi na matematické otázky. Ať už jste nadšený student, nebo zapálený matematický nadšenec, v této knize najdete mnoho zajímavého a podnětného z historie matematiky.

What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? How do billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? How does a building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world. As Matt Parker shows us, our modern lives are built on maths- computer programmes, finance, engineering. And most of the time this maths works quietly behind the scenes, until ... it doesn't. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near-misses and mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman empire and a hapless Olympic shooting team, Matt Parker shows us the bizarre ways maths trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. This book shows how, by making maths our friend, we can learn from its pitfalls. It also contains puzzles, challenges, geometric socks, jokes about binary code and three deliberate mistakes. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.

THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Completely fascinating, authoritative and intriguing' William Boyd 'The big bang of Bond books ... Beautiful, brilliant' Tony Parsons Goldeneye: the story of Ian Fleming in Jamaica and the creation of British national icon, James Bond

Stand-up mathematician and star of Festival of the Spoken Nerd, Matt Parker presents Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension -- a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers, with audience participation- Cut pizzas in new and fairer ways!- Fit a 2p coin through an impossibly small hole!- Make a perfect regular pentagon by knotting a piece of paper!- Tie your shoes faster than ever before, saving literally seconds of your life!- Use those extra seconds to contemplate the diminishing returns of an exclamation-point at the end of every bullet-point!- Make a working computer out of dominoes!Maths is a game. This book can be cut, drawn in, folded into shapes and will even take you to the fourth dimension. So join stand-up mathematician Matt Parker on a journey through narcissistic numbers, optimal dating algorithms, at least two different kinds of infinity and more.

Eileen, dcera irských imigrantů, se v New Yorku 50. let snaží za každou cenu vymanit z prostředí poznamenaného chudobou a alkoholem. Šanci na splnění svého ambiciózního snu o bohatství a velkém domě na předměstí spatřuje ve slibném mladém vědci, za nějž se provdá. Edovy představy o úspěchu se však od Eileeniných liší - a jak léta plynou, jeho přemrštěná zásadovost a puntičkářství se postupně ukazují jako příznaky nevratné mentální změny. Střet s vážnou chorobou znamená pro Eileen novou výzvu: nepřijít o někdejší ideály a zachovat si důstojnost až do samého konce.

For some 200 years after 1650, the West Indies were the strategic center of the western world, witnessing one of the greatest power struggles of the age as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar--a commodity so lucrative it became known as "white gold."

Okolí starobylého kláštera Monte Cassino bylo v roce 1944 dějištěm jedné z nejtvrdších bitev 2. světové války, v níž se vojáci 20 spojeneckých národů snažili prolomit silné německé pozice blokující cestu na Řím. V nepřístupném terénu byla těžká technika k ničemu a o vítězství rozhodovala vůle a odvaha obyčejných vojáků, kterých bylo na obou stranách za šest měsíců krvavých bojů na čtvrt miliónu zabito či zraněno. Na základě očitých svědectví veteránů ze všech koutů světa autor tuto epochální bitvu oživil.

In the summer of 1940, Britain's army had been driven ignominously from France, her allies had collapsed and the population was seized with invasion panic. It seemed only a matter of time before Britain was forced to surrender to Germany's terrifying and efficient fighting machine. Into this terrible moment stepped Winston Churchill and the fighter squadrons of the RAF. A ruthless battle to the death ensued in the skies of southern England. The story of how Britain survived the rest of that year to inflict on Hitler his very first defeat is about tactics, aircraft and leadership. But above all, it is a story of heroism and endurance told from both sides.