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Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World Audiobook
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An ode to triangles, the shape that makes our lives possible
Trigonometry is perhaps the most essential concept humans have ever devised. The simple yet versatile triangle allows us to record music, map the world, launch rockets into space, and be slightly less bad at pool. Triangles underpin our day-to-day lives and civilization as we know it.
In Love Triangle, Matt Parker argues we should all show a lot more love for triangles, along with all the useful trigonometry and geometry they enable. To prove his point, he uses triangles to create his own digital avatar, survive a harrowing motorcycle ride, cut a sandwich, fall in love, measure tall buildings in a few awkward bounds, and make some unusual art. Along the way, he tells extraordinary and entertaining stories of the mathematicians, engineers, and philosophers—starting with Pythagoras—who dared to take triangles seriously.
This is the guide you should have had in high school—a lively and definitive answer to “Why do I need to learn about trigonometry?” Parker reveals triangles as the hidden pattern beneath the surface of the contemporary world. Like love, triangles actually are all around. And in the air. And they’re all you need.
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"Matt Parker has made me laugh about math many times by showing just how weird it can get. He’s also made me cry about math by showing how transcendently beautiful it is."
— Adam Savage, MythBusters co-host and author of Every Tool’s a Hammer
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Matt Parker is some sort of unholy fusion of prankster, wizard, and brilliant nerd—math is rarely this clever, funny, and ever so slightly naughty.
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Love Triangle is a blissful blend of pure science and pure merriment. Edifying, entertaining, excellent!
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Fine. Triangles are now my favorite shape.
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"A rare book about math sure to make you smile, despite your feelings about the subject. Once again, Parker measures up.
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“A funny and often surprising guide to the history of triangles—and the applications (both practical and highly impractical) of trigonometry.
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A rare book about math sure to make you smile, despite your feelings about the subject. Once again, Parker measures up.
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About Matt Parker
Matt Parker is an author, a stand-up comedian, and a YouTuber with more than 100 million views. He writes about math for the London Guardian, is a host of the Science Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science, and appears regularly on various BBC shows, including More or Less, The Infinite Monkey Cage, and QI. He performs his math stand-up routines in front of audiences of thousands and was the first person to use an overhead projector at the Hammersmith Apollo since Pink Floyd.