Author: Mark Parker
Title: Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
Publication Date: January 21, 2020
Duration: 09:33:19
Setting: Various
Time Period: Various
Subject Headings: Mathematics, Popular Works, Humor
Book Summary: Mathematician, Mark Parker, takes readers on a tour around the world and through time illustrate how seemingly small miscalculations can result disastrous unintended consequences with real examples.
1. Where is the book on the narrative continuum?
---A Mix of narrative and fact based
2. What is the subject of the book?
---A story of how mathematics, if not done correctly, can lead to humiliating blunders and even fatalities.
3. What type of book is it?
---A humorous science book.
4. A.Pacing?
---Fast paced but still offers the reader a whole world of knowledge.
B. Characters?
----Although the people in this book made mistakes due to lack of forethought or a coding error, Mark Parker doesn't speak evil of them. He uses their mistakes to highlight the importance of mathematics in everyday life.
C. How does the story feel?
---Upbeat, humorous,
D. Author's intent?
---To provide insight to the common person about how these mistakes had been made by intelligent persons.
E. Does the language matter?
---YES
F. Is the setting important and well described?
---Since the accounts take place locations and different times, the setting is very important to this story. Parker does a good job painting the picture of the setting without overwhelming the reading with needless details.
G. Are there details and of what?
---Parker goes most into detail about different computer programs and codes along with mathematical computations.
H. Does the book stress moments of learning, understanding, or experience?
---The book stresses most on the importance of learning from and understanding how mistakes take place.
I. Any graphs?
---Not in the audiobook
5. Why would a reader enjoy this book?
---learning, humor, passion of the author about the subject matter
Okay, this would have been a great Non-fiction read-alike for my Lit Fic novel this week! I will have to check this out. Thanks for the great information!
ReplyDeleteI did also want to ask, though, how this was as an audiobook? Do you feel like you missed anything?
DeleteI have never been one to enjoy math, but this sounds like a really interesting book. I do prefer math when it relates to real-life. I also like that this book uses people's math mistakes to teach others. Real world examples can really help readers understand a concept.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! This book sounds really interesting. Math is such a serious subject, it's nice to hear the humor of it and how it relates to real life. I will have to give this one a look!
ReplyDeleteOMG - I need to read this book! I'm a math nerd who loves humor and loves to read (and my husband fits these so he needs to read it too). I'm so excited you picked it and I can't wait to read it!
ReplyDeleteI identify with Rachel Siska as I feel similarly about math. I am not a big fan, but this does sound very interesting and I enjoy it more when it applies to real-life applications. One time in a college math class, I had to relate my English major to math somehow, I wish I knew about this book then.
ReplyDeleteExcellent job filling out the matrix (loved your post title). Full points! This book sounds super intriguing!
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