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Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths de Eugenia Cheng

Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths

Autor Eugenia Cheng
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 iun 2024
A New Scientist Best Book of 2023Why is -(-1) = 1? Why do odd and even numbers alternate? What's the point of algebra? Is maths even real? From imaginary numbers to the perplexing order of operations we all had drilled into us, Eugenia Cheng - mathematician, writer and woman on a mission to rid the world of maths phobia - brings us maths as we've never seen it before, revealing how profound insights can emerge from seemingly unlikely sources.Written with intelligence and passion, Is Maths Real? is a celebration of the true, curious spirit of the discipline.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781788169530
ISBN-10: 1788169530
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: Diagrams
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Ediția:Main
Editura: Profile
Colecția Profile Books
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Honorary Visiting Fellow of Pure Mathematics at City, University of London. A Cambridge graduate, she previously taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Chicago and Nice. She is also a concert pianist, fluent in French, and the author of several Profile bestsellers, including How to Bake Pi and x + y.

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A generous tour of mathematics for anyone whose instincts tend less towards "Just tell me the answer" and more towards "Wait, but why?"
A brilliant rebuttal to those who see math as only about right answers, rather than about creative discovery. [Cheng] masterfully uncovers what's simply profound in the profoundly simple
Intriguing ... Celebrates the dizziness and disorientation engendered by childlike questions that hint at the deep mysteries beneath
Discover what it feels like to be a real mathematician ... This is a human pursuit, depicted here from the inside
An entertaining foray into the more philosophical realms of mathematics ... for the budding mathematician in the house, to say nothing of lovers of puzzles and enigmas
Reminds us that maths is driven by human curiosity and creativity - not by right and wrong answers