Matt Parker 3 Book Set Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension, Humble Pi and Love Triangle

This three-book set brings together Matt Parker’s explorations of mathematics, from hands-on ideas to real-world mishaps and the geometry of triangles. Across the collection, Parker uses a range of examples to introduce mathematical concepts in an accessible way, moving from familiar foundations to more unusual territory.

In Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension, he draws on Klein bottles, extremely small pizza slices, knots and even computers made from dominoes to present ideas that range from simple numbers and algebra to very large numbers and higher dimensions, with something to make or do as you read. Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors looks at what can happen when maths goes wrong in the real world, touching on areas such as computer programmes, finance and engineering. Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry centres on triangles, using questions about rainbows, sine waves, angles and more to show the trigonometry and geometry they enable.

Included titles

• Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
• Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
• Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry

Key details

• Three-book set by Matt Parker
• Includes Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry in hardback
• Covers topics including algebra, large numbers, higher dimensions, maths errors, trigonometry and geometry

Synopses

Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension

Matt Parker uses examples such as Klein bottles, tiny pizza slices, impossible-to-untie knots and domino-built computers to introduce unusual ideas in mathematics. Beginning with simple numbers and algebra, the book progresses to extremely large numbers and dimensions beyond the familiar, with practical activities included along the way.

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors

This book examines what happens when maths fails outside the classroom. Using examples from modern life, including computer programmes, finance and engineering, Matt Parker shows how systems can work smoothly in the background until errors appear, sometimes with unexpected results.

Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry

Matt Parker sets out to show why triangles matter, and what trigonometry and geometry can do. Through questions about rainbows, sine waves, the angle of a duck’s wake and other scenarios, he returns to the triangle as the key to understanding.