Parametri
- 468pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
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A brilliant tour of mathematical thought and a guide to becoming a better thinker, How Not to Be Wrong shows that math is not just a long list of rules to be learned and carried out by rote. Math touches everything we do; It's what makes the world make sense. Using the mathematician's methods and hard-won insights-minus the jargon-professor and popular columnist Jordan Ellenberg guides general readers through his ideas with rigor and lively irreverence, infusing everything from election results to baseball to the existence of God and the psychology of slime molds with a heightened sense of clarity and wonder. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. How Not to Be Wrong shows us how--Publisher's description.
Acquisto del libro
How not to be wrong : the power of mathematical thinking, Jordan Ellenberg
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2014
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- (Copertina rigida)
Metodi di pagamento
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Jordan Ellenberg
- Editore
- Penguin Press
- Pubblicato
- 2014
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 468
- ISBN10
- 1594205221
- ISBN13
- 9781594205224
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Commercio, Scienza e Matematica, Auto-aiuto, Temi psicologici, Tematica filosofica, Filosofia, Crescita personale, Scienza, Matematica
- Valutazione
- 3,95 su 5
- Descrizione
- A brilliant tour of mathematical thought and a guide to becoming a better thinker, How Not to Be Wrong shows that math is not just a long list of rules to be learned and carried out by rote. Math touches everything we do; It's what makes the world make sense. Using the mathematician's methods and hard-won insights-minus the jargon-professor and popular columnist Jordan Ellenberg guides general readers through his ideas with rigor and lively irreverence, infusing everything from election results to baseball to the existence of God and the psychology of slime molds with a heightened sense of clarity and wonder. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. How Not to Be Wrong shows us how--Publisher's description.