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Orlin, Ben

 
9780316509039: Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas That Shape Our Reality
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ISBN 10: 0316509035 ISBN 13: 9780316509039
Editorial: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc, 2018

Sinopsis

In MATH WITH BAD DRAWINGS, Ben Orlin answers math's three big questions: Why do I need to learn this? When am I ever going to use it? Why is it so hard? The answers come in various forms-cartoons, drawings, jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone.

Eschewing the tired old curriculum that begins in the wading pool of addition and subtraction and progresses to the shark infested waters of calculus (AKA the Great Weed Out Course), Orlin instead shows us how to think like a mathematician by teaching us a new game of Tic-Tac-Toe, how to understand an economic crisis by rolling a pair of dice, and the mathematical reason why you should never buy a second lottery ticket.

Every example in the book is illustrated with his trademark "bad drawings," which convey both his humor and his message with perfect pitch and clarity. Organized by unconventional but compelling topics such as "Statistics: The Fine Art of Honest Lying," "Design: The Geometry of Stuff That Works," and "Probability: The Mathematics of Maybe," MATH WITH BAD DRAWINGS is a perfect read for fans of illustrated popular science.

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Ben Orlin is the author of the blog Math With Bad Drawings. He also writes on a variety of topics related to math for The Atlantic, Slate, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, and Business Insider. He began his teaching career in Oakland, California in a charter high school populated by students from low-income, immigrant families, where test scores ranked as high as #4 among all high schools in the state of California. He taught at King Edward's School in Birmingham, England, and now lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Editorial
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
Año de publicación
2018
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ISBN 10 
0316509035
ISBN 13 
9780316509039
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Número de páginas
400
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9780316509046: Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas That Shape Our Reality

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ISBN 10:  0316509043 ISBN 13:  9780316509046
Editorial: Hachette Book Group USA, 2023
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