mathematics

Photographs, illustrations, and charts describe how fighter pilots use math in order to complete their missions.

Photographs, illustrations, and charts describe how crime fighters use math in order to catch criminals.

Looks at some of the ways in which chefs use math on the job to buy food, plan a menu, follow recipes, charge for meals, and do other tasks.

Looks at some of the many ways in which fashion designers use math to sketch ideas, figure out symmetry, make prototypes, measure, and perform other industry-related tasks.

Looks at some of the many ways in which video game designers use math on a daily basis to customize settings, characters, and actions for the games they create.

Photographs, illustrations, and charts describe how race car drivers use math in order to determine how fast to drive, take turns, and refuel.

Looks at some of the many ways in which baseball managers use math on a daily basis to calculate batting averages, figure out standings, decide which combination of players to put on the field, and other tasks.

Looks at some of the many ways in which astronauts use math to walk and eat in space, exercise, land a spacecraft, and perform other industry-related tasks.

This survey of 46 international projects, compiled and written by leading experts on architectural mathematics, offers a thorough overview of how recent developments in math and physics are being applied to architecture.

Showing readers how to put math to work in their day-to-day activities, this book describes how students use patterns to plant their special school gardens.