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Shape : The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything - Jordan Ellenberg

Shape

The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

By: Jordan Ellenberg

eBook | 25 May 2021

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A whip-smart, entertaining exploration of the geometry that underlies our world, from the bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong

How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does Covid-19 spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry. Seriously!

Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important scientific, political and philosophical conundrums we face. The word 'geometry', from the Greek, means 'measuring the world'. If anything, geometry doesn't just measure the world, it explains it. Shape shows us how.

About the Author

Jordan Ellenberg is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, and the Sunday Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong, as well as an award-winning novel, The Grasshopper King. He has lectured around the world on his research in number theory, and writes regularly for The New York Times, Washington Post and Wired.
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Non-FictionMathematicsGeometryApplied MathematicsHistory of MathematicsScienceScience in GeneralPopular Science

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