How Not to Be Wrong
The Power of Mathematical Thinking
by Jordan Ellenberg
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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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