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Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything by Jordan Ellenberg (Hardcover, 2021)

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A whip-smart, entertaining exploration of the geometry that underlies our world, from the bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play chess? Can ancient Greek proportions predict the stock market? (Sorry, no.) What should your kids learn in school if they really want to learn to think? The answers to all these questions can be found in geometry. If you're like most people, geometry is a dimly-remembered exercise, handed down from the ancients, that you gladly left behind in school. It seemed to be a tortuous way of proving some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That's not geometry. OK, it is geometry, but only a tiny part, that has as much to do with the modern, fast-moving discipline as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel. In Shape, Sunday Times-bestselling author Jordan Ellenberg reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face, from the spread of coronavirus to rise of machine learning. The word 'geometry,' from the Greek, means 'measuring the world.' But geometry doesn't just measure the world - it explains it. Shape shows us how.

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PublisherPenguin Books Ltd

ISBN-139780241413524

eBay Product ID (ePID)18049050160

Product Key Features

Number of Pages480 Pages

Publication NameShape: the Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

LanguageEnglish

SubjectScience, Mathematics

Publication Year2021

TypeTextbook

AuthorJordan Ellenberg

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height240 mm

Item Weight723 g

Item Width162 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorJordan Ellenberg