How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

by Jordan Ellenberg

Book Overview

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 this view is: Math isn't confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594205221
• ISBN13: 9781594205224
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"