How Pi Can Save Your Life Using Math to Survive Plane Crashes Zombie Attacks Alien Encounters and Other Improbable RealWorld Situations by Chris Waring

Discover how you can guard a priceless painting in the Louvre pilot a space shuttle back to Earth and survive other ridiculousyetpossible scenarios using the allencompassing power of mathematical equations. Whether you paid much attention in math class or not the inescapable truth is that real life is full of equations. You use differentiation when driving from point A to B and apply basic geometry when youre crossing the road between traffic even if you dont realize it. But what if you were