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Quantum Leaps

Hugh Barker

How Maths is Shaping the Future

Barcode 9781786497680
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Release Date: 01/05/2025

Edition: Main
Genre: Non-Fiction
Sub-Genre: Science Nature & Math
Label: Atlantic Books
Language: English
Publisher: Atlantic Books

How Maths is Shaping the Future
Discover the hidden maths behind every modern technology.

From the author of Million Dollar Maths comes a fascinating and engaging look at how mathematics is shaping our modern world, and what the future might hold.

How do AI and robots get smarter?
What are the limits of space travel?
Could we ever have a supercomputer the size of a pinhead?

In this thrilling numerical journey, Hugh Barker explores how mathematics has helped to build the technology of today, and the fascinating ways it is shaping our future. From green energy to 3D printing and from quantum cryptography to machine learning, Quantum Leaps reveals where we're heading, and how it would be impossible to get there without our formidable mathematical armoury.