How Not to be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

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How Not to be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical ThinkingWitty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American The Freakonomics of matha 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 isnt confined to abstract incidents

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