If you’re like most people, geometry is a sterile and dimly remembered exercise you gladly left behind in the dust of ninth grade, along with your braces and active romantic interest in pop singers. If you recall any of it, it’s plodding through a series of miniscule steps only to prove some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That’s not geometry. Okay, it is geometry, but only a tiny part, which has as much to do with geometry in all its flush modern richness as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel. Serious mathematics at its intriguing, transporting best . . . [a] humorous, anecdotally rich dive into numerous mathematical theories.” —Kirkus So chess, for all its lore and mystique, is the same kind of thing as Nim and tic-tac-toe. If two absolutely perfect players faced off, either white would always win, white would always lose, or the game would always end in a draw. People often complain that no one likes facts and numbers and reason and science anymore, but as someone who talks about those things in public, I can tell you that’s not true. People love numbers, and are impressed by them, sometimes more than they should be. An argument dressed up in math carries with it a certain authority. If you’re the one who outfitted it that way, you have a special responsibility to get it right.

Alternately admiring and critical, unvarnished, and a closely detailed account of a troubled innovator. Math professor Ellenberg ( How Not to Be Wrong) shows how challenging mathematics informs real-world problems in this breezy survey . . . Math-minded readers will be rewarded with a greater understanding of the world around them.” —Publishers WeeklyShapereveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. The word “geometry,” from the Greek for “measuring the world.” If anything, that’s an undersell. Geometry doesn’t just measure the world—it explains it. Shapeshows us how. If you’re like most people, geometry is a sterile and dimly remembered exercise you gladly left behind in the dust of ninth grade, along with your braces and active romantic interest in pop singers. If you recall any of it, it’s plodding through a series of miniscule steps only to prove some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That’s not geometry. Okay, it isgeometry, but only a tiny part, which has as much to do with geometry in all its flush modern richness as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel. The sections on gerrymandering are excellent. I learned a lot, and Ellenberg did a fantastic job explaining why proportional representation wasn't the ideal metric for dividing up districts and why random walks through the space of possible congressional districts can be a powerful tool.

A warts-and-all portrait of the famed techno-entrepreneur—and the warts are nearly beyond counting.The book is supposedly about geometry, although I found the relation sometimes tangential. Anyway, it was engaging and mind-opening. If you'd like to know about many applications of mathematics in real life (with a hint of geometry), this book can be a good choice. Craftsmanship and quality are at the heart of our collection. Each book shaped bag is designed using high-quality materials that ensure not just style, but durability and reliability as well. We understand the importance of a reliable accessory for everyday use, and we deliver just that - a bag that can withstand the rigours of daily life while maintaining its distinct charm These board books and picture books about shapes for kids will help your preschool and kindergarten children learn about shapes, including circles, squares, triangles, and other geometric figures.

Mathematicians have an imperial tendency - we often see other people's problems as consisting of a true mathematical core surrounded by an irritating amount of domain specific information" the hilarious story of how the Electoral College came about as an exhausted compromise rather than the brilliant design we tout it to be Containing multitudes as he must, Ellenberg’s eyes grow wider and wider, his prose more and more energetic, as he moves from what geometry means to what geometry does in the modern world.” —The Telegraphthe twenty-six smallest states, whose fifty-two representatives make up a majority of the Senate, speak for just 18% of the population. College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, P. R. China He focuses a lot on the history of geometry and that was mostly boring. Lots of names that I will never remember.

We want everyone to understand the importance of reading for pleasure and the benefits it brings not just for children but also for adults. Jordan Ellenberg] is up to the engaging standard of his prior book . . . almost anyone is likely to enjoy Ellenberg’s prose, and mind.” — Harvard Magazinep. 126 Here’s something that happens a lot in math. You sit down to solve one problem, and when you finish, the next day or month or year, you realize you’ve sold a lot more problems at the same time. When a nail requires you to invent a truly new kind of hammer, everything looks like a nail worth hitting with that hammer, and lots of things actually are.