How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

by Jordan Ellenberg

Book Overview

"Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . . --Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American

The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143127535
• ISBN13: 9780143127536
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher