Mapmatics evaluate: Participating new guide explores how very important arithmetic is to map-making

Mapmatics
Paulina Rowińska (Picador (UK); Belknap Press (US, out 17 September))

Arithmetic helps us perceive the world, and in Paulina Rowińska’s Mapmatics: How we navigate the world by way of numbers, the main focus is on its indispensability within the making of visible representations of that world – maps.

As a mathematician, I already knew a number of the principle, however it was a pleasing shock to seek out this guide filled with fascinating examples and information that I didn’t know, together with…