It is impossible to know the exact length of a coastline, as the length of the coastline increases with increasing precision of measurement.
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Mapmatics
Paulina Lowińska (Picador (UK), Belknap Press (US, on sale September 17th))
Mathematics helps us understand the world. Mapmatics: How to navigate the world through numbersthe focus is on its essentiality in creating visual representations of the world, i.e. maps.
As a mathematician, I already knew some of the theory, but this book was full of interesting examples and facts that I didn’t know and I was pleasantly surprised.
Source: www.newscientist.com
