Is Maths Real?
How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths
(Sprache: Englisch)
WINNER OF THE LA TIMES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023 BOOK PRIZE
A New Scientist Best Book of 2023
Why is -(-1) = 1?
Why do odd and even numbers alternate?
What's the point of algebra?
Is maths even real?
From imaginary...
A New Scientist Best Book of 2023
Why is -(-1) = 1?
Why do odd and even numbers alternate?
What's the point of algebra?
Is maths even real?
From imaginary...
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WINNER OF THE LA TIMES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023 BOOK PRIZEA New Scientist Best Book of 2023
Why is -(-1) = 1?
Why do odd and even numbers alternate?
What's the point of algebra?
Is maths even real?
From imaginary numbers to the perplexing order of operations we all had drilled into us, Eugenia Cheng - mathematician, writer and woman on a mission to rid the world of maths phobia - brings us maths as we've never seen it before, revealing how profound insights can emerge from seemingly unlikely sources.
Written with intelligence and passion, Is Maths Real? is a celebration of the true, curious spirit of the discipline.
Autoren-Porträt von Eugenia Cheng
Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Honorary Visiting Fellow at City, University of London. A concert pianist, she also speaks French and Cantonese, and is the author of The Art of Logic, How to Bake Pi and Beyond Infinity, the last of which was shortlisted for the 2017 Royal Society Science Book Prize.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Eugenia Cheng
- 2023, Main, 328 Seiten, Maße: 13,8 x 21,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Profile Books
- ISBN-10: 1788169522
- ISBN-13: 9781788169523
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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