Ebook {Epub PDF} How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg

In “How Not to be Wrong” Jordan Ellenberg commits the cardinal sin of not knowing his audience. I really don’t know who he wrote this book for. For those with little math experience, the concepts in this book will be relatively complex and the explanations poor.4/5.  · HOW NOT TO BE WRONG The Power of Mathematical Thinking By Jordan Ellenberg Penguin Press, $ Every math teacher cringes at the inevitable question from students: “When am Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. 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 wrong this view is: Math touches everything we do, allowing us to see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. It’s a science of not being wrong, worked out through centuries of hard Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.

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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking, by Jordan Ellenberg, is a blueprint for mathematical and logical thinking. When going through school, the different theories and concepts we learn are not always presented with the everyday reasoning behind them. 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 isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do—the whole world is shot through with it. 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 wrong this view is: Math touches everything we do, allowing us to see the hidden structures beneath the messy and chaotic surface of our daily lives. It’s a science of not being wrong, worked out through centuries of hard work and argument.