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ISBN
1594205221
Subject Area
Mathematics, Philosophy
Publication Name
How Not to Be Wrong : the Power of Mathematical Thinking
Item Length
9.6 in
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Subject
History & Philosophy, General, Logic, Applied, Essays, Mathematical Analysis
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Jordan Ellenberg
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Number of Pages
480 Pages

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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. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It's a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does "public opinion" really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer? How Not to Be Wrong presents the surprising revelations behind all of these questions and many more, using the mathematician's method of analyzing life and exposing the hard-won insights of the academic community to the layman--minus the jargon. Ellenberg chases mathematical threads through a vast range of time and space, from the everyday to the cosmic, encountering, among other things, baseball, Reaganomics, daring lottery schemes, Voltaire, the replicability crisis in psychology, Italian Renaissance painting, artificial languages, the development of non-Euclidean geometry, the coming obesity apocalypse, Antonin Scalia's views on crime and punishment, the psychology of slime molds, what Facebook can and can't figure out about you, and the existence of God. Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. Math, as Ellenberg says, is "an atomic-powered prosthesis that you attach to your common sense, vastly multiplying its reach and strength." With the tools of mathematics in hand, you can understand the world in a deeper, more meaningful way. How Not to Be Wrong will show you how.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594205221
ISBN-13
9781594205224
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175223747

Product Key Features

Author
Jordan Ellenberg
Publication Name
How Not to Be Wrong : the Power of Mathematical Thinking
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History & Philosophy, General, Logic, Applied, Essays, Mathematical Analysis
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics, Philosophy
Number of Pages
480 Pages

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Item Length
9.6 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2014-005394
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Qa99.E45 2014
Reviews
Steven Strogatz, Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, and author, The Joy of x : "With math as with anything else, there's smart, and then there's street smart. This book will help you be both. Fans of Freakonomics and The Signal and the Noise will love Ellenberg's surprising stories, snappy writing, and brilliant lessons in numerical savvy. How Not to Be Wrong is sharp, funny, and right."
Copyright Date
2014
Dewey Decimal
510
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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