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The Mathemtaics of Love
Hannah Fry
Simon & Schuster
February 2015
On Sale: February 3, 2015
ISBN: 1476784884
EAN: 9781476784885
Kindle: B00NZWJE70
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In this must-have for anyone who wants to better understand
their love life, a mathematician pulls back the curtain and
reveals the hidden patterns—from dating sites to divorce,
sex to marriage—behind the rituals of love. The roller coaster of romance is hard to quantify; defining
how lovers might feel from a set of simple equations is
impossible. But that doesn’t mean that mathematics isn’t a
crucial tool for understanding love. Love, like most things in life, is full of patterns. And
mathematics is ultimately the study of patterns—from
predicting the weather to the fluctuations of the stock
market, the movement of planets or the growth of cities.
These patterns twist and turn and warp and evolve just as
the rituals of love do. In The Mathematics of Love, Dr. Hannah Fry takes the reader
on a fascinating journey through the patterns that define
our love lives, applying mathematical formulas to the most
common yet complex questions pertaining to love: What’s the
chance of finding love? What’s the probability that it will
last? How do online dating algorithms work, exactly? Can
game theory help us decide who to approach in a bar? At what
point in your dating life should you settle down? From evaluating the best strategies for online dating to
defining the nebulous concept of beauty, Dr. Fry proves—with
great insight, wit, and fun—that math is a surprisingly
useful tool to negotiate the complicated, often baffling,
sometimes infuriating, always interesting, mysteries of love.
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