数学对我们日常生活至关重要。这本荣获美国佳科普图书奖的《101个应该知道的数学问题》告诉我们，数学是如何应用在日常生活中的，文艺活动、体育锻炼、旅游、美食等许多方面都充满着数学知识。 本书通过生活中的各种实例，让读者很容易理解那些看起来很复杂的数学概念，化难为易，化抽象为直观；同时，它也是一本很好的了解数学史的普及读物。 本书以答题的形式，解答了学生、家长以及教育工作者感兴趣的的101个数学问题。例如：为什么体育竞赛中的一些项目的分数和里氏震级都用9.0来计算，但它们有什么不同呢？

马克·泽维，机械结构和信息技术方面的工程师，科普作家。凯文·赛格尔加州大学应用数学硕士，科普作家。那森·利威科普专业作家。创作多部科普作品。

致谢 前言：三个路径，一个目标 1 如何使用这本书 8 问题 事实，关于数学事实的问题 ?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?19 健康、食品和营养问题 ?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?117 旅游问题 ?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?125 娱乐和体育问题 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83 旅游问题的答案 ?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?199 娱乐和体育问题的答案 ?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1 113 经济问题的答案 ?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1 127 自然、音乐和艺术问题的答案 ?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1?6?1149 混合问题的答案 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