How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143127536ISBN-10:143127535UPC:9780143127536Book Category:Mathematics, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Applied, History & Philosophy, LogicSize:8.60 x 5.30 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCEZ4FTMP1
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
"Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." --Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143127536ISBN-10:143127535UPC:9780143127536Book Category:Mathematics, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Applied, History & Philosophy, LogicSize:8.60 x 5.30 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCEZ4FTMP1
Jordan Ellenberg is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a 2015 Guggenheim fellow. He has lectured around the world on his research in number theory and delivered one of the invited addresses at the 2015 Joint Mathematics Meetings, the largest math conference in the world. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The...
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