How Not to Be Wrong
The Power of Mathematical Thinking
by Jordan Ellenberg
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“@cleysonl @JohnCUrschel @JSEllenberg It’s a charming book! | @dwr | I?m way late to this book, which came out in 2014. But it?s a gem ? highly recommended summer reading, especially for anyone in high school or college. @JSEllenberg is a mathematician who can write. #DanielPink #JordanEllenberg #HowNotToBeWrong #Mathematician | On the surface it’s about math, but it’s really about how much math plays into our daily lives without our even knowing it. | Written for an audience of people who have historically been intimidated by math and introduces things in a very simple way, and then works up to more complex concepts.”
Source →“@cleysonl @JohnCUrschel @JSEllenberg It’s a charming book! | @dwr | I?m way late to this book, which came out in 2014. But it?s a gem ? highly recommended summer reading, especially for anyone in high school or college. @JSEllenberg is a mathematician who can write. #DanielPink #JordanEllenberg #HowNotToBeWrong #Mathematician | On the surface it’s about math, but it’s really about how much math plays into our daily lives without our even knowing it. | Written for an audience of people who have historically been intimidated by math and introduces things in a very simple way, and then works up to more complex concepts.”
Source →“@cleysonl @JohnCUrschel @JSEllenberg It’s a charming book! | @dwr | I?m way late to this book, which came out in 2014. But it?s a gem ? highly recommended summer reading, especially for anyone in high school or college. @JSEllenberg is a mathematician who can write. #DanielPink #JordanEllenberg #HowNotToBeWrong #Mathematician | On the surface it’s about math, but it’s really about how much math plays into our daily lives without our even knowing it. | Written for an audience of people who have historically been intimidated by math and introduces things in a very simple way, and then works up to more complex concepts.”
Source →“@cleysonl @JohnCUrschel @JSEllenberg It’s a charming book! | @dwr | I?m way late to this book, which came out in 2014. But it?s a gem ? highly recommended summer reading, especially for anyone in high school or college. @JSEllenberg is a mathematician who can write. #DanielPink #JordanEllenberg #HowNotToBeWrong #Mathematician | On the surface it’s about math, but it’s really about how much math plays into our daily lives without our even knowing it. | Written for an audience of people who have historically been intimidated by math and introduces things in a very simple way, and then works up to more complex concepts.”
Source →Recommended by 6 notable people, including Bill Gates and Keith Rabois
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Recommended by 9 sources and appears in Statistics, Books Recommended by Bill Gates, and Most Recommended Books.
The Freakonomics of math?a mathworld superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe 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 t...
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“@cleysonl @JohnCUrschel @JSEllenberg It’s a charming book! | @dwr | I?m way late to this book, which came out in 2014. But it?s a gem ? highly recommended summer reading, especially for anyone in high school or college. @JSEllenberg is a mathematician who can write. #DanielPink #JordanEllenberg #HowNotToBeWrong #Mathematician | On the surface it’s about math, but it’s really about how much math plays into our daily lives without our even knowing it. | Written for an audience of people who have historically been intimidated by math and introduces things in a very simple way, and then works up to more complex concepts.”
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