How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Editorial Penguin USA
Colección LONGMAN, Número 0
Fecha de edición mayo 2015 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9780143127536
480 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
Dimensiones 140 mm x 213 mm
Resumen del libro
"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 limiting this view is: Math isn't confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do-the whole world is shot through with it.
