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.
| ISBN: | 9780241510452 |
| Publication date: | 25th May 2021 |
| Author: | Jordan Ellenberg |
| Publisher: | Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 463 pages |
| Genres: |
Geometry Popular Science |
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.
Shape features in the following genres: Geometry, Popular Science
Shape is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Shape was written by Jordan Ellenberg and published by Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Shape has 463 pages