From the author of Million Dollar Maths comes a fascinating and engaging look at how mathematics is shaping our modern world, and what the future might hold.
How do AI and robots get smarter? What are the limits of space travel? Could we ever have a supercomputer the size of a pinhead?
In this thrilling numerical journey, Hugh Barker explores how mathematics has helped to build the technology of today, and the fascinating ways it is shaping our future. From green energy to 3D printing and from quantum cryptography to machine learning, Quantum Leaps reveals where we're heading, and how it would be impossible to get there without our formidable mathematical armoury.
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Great fun. A clear, original and highly readable account of the curious relationship between mathematics and money. * Professor Ian Stewart on Million Dollar Maths * Hugh Barker makes deep ideas fun and profitable. * William Poundstone on Million Dollar Maths *
INTRODUCTION: Maths, Technology and the Imagination CHAPTER 1: Where Are
We Now? - The Maths of Location and Navigation CHAPTER 2: Robots and AI - How
Maths Underpins the Horizons and Limits of Silicon Valley CHAPTER 3: Pattern
Recognition - Why We All Need to Understand the Mathematics of Patterns and
Algorithms CHAPTER 4: Behind the Wheel - Who's Going to Drive You Home?
CHAPTER 5: Speed and Flight - Getting from A to B CHAPTER 6: Infinity and
Beyond - The Maths of Space Travel CHAPTER 7: Talk About the Weather - From
Calendars to Sunny Spells CHAPTER 8: Blah, Blah, Blah - The Maths of Global
Warming and the Environment CHAPTER 9: The Internet, Cryptography and Social
Media - How Maths Deals with the Interactive Human Race CHAPTER 10: Slices of
Life - 3D Printing and Medical Notes CHAPTER 11: Taking the Red Pill -
Computer Images, Games and Movies CHAPTER 12: The Infinite Future - How
High-Tech Maths Will Continue to Build the Future
Hugh Barker is a non-fiction author and editor; as the latter he has edited several successful popular maths books, including A Slice of Pi. Hugh is a keen amateur mathematician and was accepted to study maths at Cambridge University aged 16.
