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Beckman, Milo

 
9780141996325: Math Without Numbers
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ISBN 10: 0141996323 ISBN 13: 9780141996325
Editorial: Penguin, 2022

Sinopsis

'The whizz-kid making maths supercool. . . A brilliant book that takes everything we know (and fear) about maths out of the equation - starting with numbers' The Times

'A cheerful, chatty, and charming trip through the world of mathematics. . . Everyone should read this delightful book' Ian Stewart, author of Do Dice Play God?

The only numbers in this book are the page numbers.

The three main branches of abstract math - topology, analysis, and algebra - turn out to be surprisingly easy to grasp. Or at least, they are when our guide is a math prodigy. With forthright wit and warm charm, Milo Beckman upends the conventional approach to mathematics, inviting us to think creatively about shape and dimension, the infinite and the infinitesimal, symmetries, proofs, and all how all these concepts fit together. Why is there a million dollar prize for counting shapes? Is anything bigger than infinity? And how is the 'truth' of mathematics actually decided?

A vivid and wholly original guide to the math that makes the world tick and the planets revolve, Math Without Numbers makes human and understandable the elevated and hypothetical, allowing us to clearly see abstract math for what it is: bizarre, beautiful, and head-scratchingly wonderful.

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Acerca del autor

Milo Beckman is a maths prodigy from New York. His diverse projects and independent research have been featured in the The New York Times, FiveThirtyEight, the Huffington Post, Business Insider, the Economist, and others. He worked for three tech companies, two banks, and a US Senator before retiring at age nineteen to teach math in New York, China, and Brazil, and to write.

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Editorial
Penguin
Año de publicación
2022
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0141996323
ISBN 13 
9780141996325
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
224
Contacto del fabricante
Penguin
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/

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ISBN 10:  1524745545 ISBN 13:  9781524745547
Editorial: Dutton, 2021
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