{"id":237482,"date":"2024-06-28T10:36:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/love-triangle-review-matt-parkers-comic-look-at-trigonometry-is-a-bit-heavy-on-the-maths\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:15:55","slug":"love-triangle-review-matt-parkers-comic-look-at-trigonometry-is-a-bit-heavy-on-the-maths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/love-triangle-review-matt-parkers-comic-look-at-trigonometry-is-a-bit-heavy-on-the-maths\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Triangle review: Matt Parker&#8217;s comic look at trigonometry is a bit heavy on the maths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"2F71A3H A Mallard duck on the River Avon, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=837 837w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=900 900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1003 1003w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1100 1100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1300 1300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1400 1400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1500 1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/25122537\/SEI_209435870.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2436963\" data-caption=\"A duck\u2019s wake always forms an angle of 39 degrees. But what does that say about waves?\" data-credit=\"Colin Underhill\/Alamy\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">A duck\u2019s wake always forms an angle of 39 degrees. But what does that say about waves?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Colin Underhill\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/443151\/love-triangle-by-parker-matt\/9780241505694\">Love Triangle<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>Matt Parker (Allen Lane)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Writing a popular science book that lures readers into often dense and difficult subjects isn\u2019t a task for the faint-hearted. And Matt Parker, the best-selling author of <i>Humble Pi<\/i> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22429930-800-a-comedian-stands-up-for-sums\/\">Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension<\/a>, should know all about that. He is, after all, one of an elite few who make it look effortless. Imagine my surprise, then, at finding his latest book, <i>Love Triangle: The life-changing magic of trigonometry\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26234973-100-matt-parkers-comic-look-at-trigonometry-is-a-bit-heavy-on-the-maths\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A duck\u2019s wake always forms an angle of 39 degrees. But what does that say about waves? 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