It’s not possible to discover a shoreline’s actual size, because it grows with the rising precision of measurements
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Mapmatics
Paulina Rowińska (Picador (UK); Belknap Press (US, out 17 September))
Arithmetic helps us perceive the world, and in Paulina Rowińska’s Mapmatics: How we navigate the world by numbers, the main target is on its indispensability within the making of visible representations of that world – maps.
As a mathematician, I already knew a number of the concept, nevertheless it was a nice shock to seek out this guide filled with fascinating examples and information that I didn’t know, together with…
