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In Our Time: 25 Theories and Thinkers in the History of Mathematics

A BBC Radio 4 Collection

av Melvyn Bragg ...

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18 timer 30 min

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 pivotal concepts, theorists and developments that have advanced the science of mathematics'Might be the best radio programme ever' Oliver Burkeman, The GuardianIn Our Time is a Radio 4 phenomenon, a knowledge juggernaut that has informed and entertained over 2 million listeners each week since its first broadcast in 1998. In its 25 years on air, it has covered an ... Les mer

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss 25 pivotal concepts, theorists and developments that have advanced the science of mathematics'Might be the best radio programme ever' Oliver Burkeman, The GuardianIn Our Time is a Radio 4 phenomenon, a knowledge juggernaut that has informed and entertained over 2 million listeners each week since its first broadcast in 1998. In its 25 years on air, it has covered an
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How Not to Be Wrong

The Power of Mathematical Thinking

av Jordan Ellenberg ...

Fortalt av Jordan Ellenberg ...

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13 timer 29 min

The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe 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 ... Les mer

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The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our handsThe 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
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Pluses and Minuses

How Maths Makes the World More Manageable

av Stefan Buijsman ...

Fortalt av Gavin Osborn ...

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5 timer 1 min

Thousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's behind almost everything, from search-engines to cruise-control, from coffee-makers to timetables. But now that we hardly ever need to do arithmetic, how relevant is mathematics to everyday life?Pluses and Minuses demonstrates the role mathematics plays in human ... Les mer

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Thousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's behind almost everything, from search-engines to cruise-control, from coffee-makers to timetables. But now that we hardly ever need to do arithmetic, how relevant is mathematics to everyday life?Pluses and Minuses demonstrates the role mathematics plays in human
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Pluses and Minuses

How Math Solves Our Problems

av Stefan Buijsman ...

Fortalt av René Ruiz ...

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5 timer 11 min

A guide to changing how you think about numbers and mathematics, from the prodigy changing the way the world thinks about math.We all know math is important: we live in the age of big data, our lives are increasingly governed by algorithms, and we're constantly faced with a barrage of statistics about everything from politics to our health. But what might be less obvious is how math factors into ... Les mer

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A guide to changing how you think about numbers and mathematics, from the prodigy changing the way the world thinks about math.We all know math is important: we live in the age of big data, our lives are increasingly governed by algorithms, and we're constantly faced with a barrage of statistics about everything from politics to our health. But what might be less obvious is how math factors into
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Size

How It Explains the World

av Vaclav Smil ...

Fortalt av Stephen Perring ...

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8 timer 42 min

Brought to you by Penguin.100 words: The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver's Travels - the giant ... Les mer

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Brought to you by Penguin.100 words: The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth.Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil busts myths around proportions - from bodies to paintings and the so-called golden ratio - tells us what Jonathan Swift got wrong in Gulliver's Travels - the giant
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Robin Hood Math

Take Control of the Algorithms That Run Your Life

av Noah Giansiracusa ...

Fortalt av Dan Bittner ...

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5 timer 57 min

How the rich and powerful use math to exploit you, and what you can do to beat them at their own gameEverything we do today is recorded as data that's sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It's easy to feel like an insignificant number in a ... Les mer

166,72 kr

How the rich and powerful use math to exploit you, and what you can do to beat them at their own gameEverything we do today is recorded as data that's sold to the highest bidder. Plugging our personal data into impersonal algorithms has made government agencies more efficient and tech companies more profitable. But all this comes at a price. It's easy to feel like an insignificant number in a
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The Egyptian Pyramids Revisited

av Moustafa Gadalla ...

Fortalt av Susie Hennessy ...

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3 timer 46 min

SHORT DESCRIPTIONThe new expanded edition provides complete information about the pyramids of Ancient Egypt in the Giza Plateau. It contains the locations and dimensions of interiors and exteriors of these pyramids; the history and builders of the pyramids; theories of construction; theories on their purpose and function; the sacred geometry that was incorporated into the design of the pyramids; ... Les mer

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SHORT DESCRIPTIONThe new expanded edition provides complete information about the pyramids of Ancient Egypt in the Giza Plateau. It contains the locations and dimensions of interiors and exteriors of these pyramids; the history and builders of the pyramids; theories of construction; theories on their purpose and function; the sacred geometry that was incorporated into the design of the pyramids;
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers

How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

av Graham Farmelo ...

Fortalt av Hugh Kermode ...

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8 timer 38 min

**An award-winning science writer shows how math helps us solve the universe’s mysteries.“If you like reading about math without having to do math, this is a stellar book.” —Forbes**One of the great insights of science is that the universe has an underlying order. The supreme goal of physicists is to understand this order through laws that describe the behavior of the most basic particles and the ... Les mer

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**An award-winning science writer shows how math helps us solve the universe’s mysteries.“If you like reading about math without having to do math, this is a stellar book.” —Forbes**One of the great insights of science is that the universe has an underlying order. The supreme goal of physicists is to understand this order through laws that describe the behavior of the most basic particles and the
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The Ten Equations that Rule the World

And How You Can Use Them Too

av David Sumpter ...

Fortalt av Sam Woolf ...

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9 timer 21 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can ... Les mer

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Brought to you by Penguin.Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can
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Numbers Tell Stories

How Data Can Reveal the Surprising Truths about Our World from the Bestselling Author

av Vaclav Smil ...

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Brought to you by Penguin.From the internationally bestselling author, a revealing look at the surprising numbers that uncover the hidden forces shaping our worldWhat do marriage, milk and the black market tell us about the state of humanity? Most people would say, not much at all. But the numbers reveal startling truths about who we are, how we live and where we’re headed. For centuries we’ve ... Les mer

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Brought to you by Penguin.From the internationally bestselling author, a revealing look at the surprising numbers that uncover the hidden forces shaping our worldWhat do marriage, milk and the black market tell us about the state of humanity? Most people would say, not much at all. But the numbers reveal startling truths about who we are, how we live and where we’re headed. For centuries we’ve
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Randomness Explained

av Introbooks Team ...

Fortalt av Tracy Tupman ...

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45 min

Randomness is a concept used (and less formally) in mathematics to imply that there is no way to accurately predict an event (to know what will happen before it takes place) or to sense a trend. Anything that is randomly selected for no conscious purpose can be assumed to be simply by chance factor. An illustration of an occurrence random event is a financial windfall, a lottery win. A computer ... Les mer

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Randomness is a concept used (and less formally) in mathematics to imply that there is no way to accurately predict an event (to know what will happen before it takes place) or to sense a trend. Anything that is randomly selected for no conscious purpose can be assumed to be simply by chance factor. An illustration of an occurrence random event is a financial windfall, a lottery win. A computer
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The Number Mysteries

A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life

av Marcus du Sautoy ...

Fortalt av James Bryce ...

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9 timer 50 min

From the author of ‘The Music of the Primes’ and ‘Finding Moonshine’ comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved – and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.Every time we download a song from Itunes, take a flight across the Atlantic or talk on our mobile phones, we are relying on great mathematical inventions. Maths may fail to provide ... Les mer

248,09 kr

From the author of ‘The Music of the Primes’ and ‘Finding Moonshine’ comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved – and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.Every time we download a song from Itunes, take a flight across the Atlantic or talk on our mobile phones, we are relying on great mathematical inventions. Maths may fail to provide
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Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 1

The Flying Car and the Privatization of Space

av Joe Bevilacqua, Dr. Scott C. Viguié ...

Fortalt av a full cast, Chris Harrington, Phillip Harrington, Calliope Collacott, Sacha Dzuba, Dr. Scott C. Viguié, Debbie Viguié ...

Serie Lydbok 1 - Doctor Geek’s Laboratory
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6 timer 3 min

Science fiction meets real-world technology in Doctor Geek's Laboratory, Season 1It's the twenty-first century—have you ever wondered what happened to all those inventions, conveniences, and other concepts the future was supposed to bring? Doctor Geek's Laboratory, Season 1 explores all the realms of applied geekdom, examining the future that was, the future that is, and the future that has not ... Les mer

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Science fiction meets real-world technology in Doctor Geek's Laboratory, Season 1It's the twenty-first century—have you ever wondered what happened to all those inventions, conveniences, and other concepts the future was supposed to bring? Doctor Geek's Laboratory, Season 1 explores all the realms of applied geekdom, examining the future that was, the future that is, and the future that has not
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Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them

A Journey to the Edge of Physics

av Antonio Padilla ...

Fortalt av Antonio Padilla ...

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13 timer 52 min

Brought to you by Penguin.For particularly brilliant theoretical physicists like James Clerk Maxwell, Paul Dirac or Albert Einstein, the search for mathematical truths - via ever more mind-boggling numbers - led to strange new understandings of reality. But what are these mysterious numbers that explain the universe?In Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them, leading theoretical physicist and ... Les mer

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Brought to you by Penguin.For particularly brilliant theoretical physicists like James Clerk Maxwell, Paul Dirac or Albert Einstein, the search for mathematical truths - via ever more mind-boggling numbers - led to strange new understandings of reality. But what are these mysterious numbers that explain the universe?In Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them, leading theoretical physicist and
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Applied Mathematics: A Practical Audio Guide to Modeling Real‑World Problems, Data, and Decisions

av Daniel Kreuzer ...

Fortalt av Daniel Kreuzer ...

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1 time 52 min

Master real-world data and sharpen your everyday decision-making with this conversational, formula-free STEM guide. Whether you are upskilling on your morning commute or searching for analytical clarity to grow a business, you can train your brain to spot patterns in the chaos. Transform intimidating numbers into an empowering toolkit for answering life's most complex questions.Leave the ... Les mer

92,53 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

Master real-world data and sharpen your everyday decision-making with this conversational, formula-free STEM guide. Whether you are upskilling on your morning commute or searching for analytical clarity to grow a business, you can train your brain to spot patterns in the chaos. Transform intimidating numbers into an empowering toolkit for answering life's most complex questions.Leave the
... Les mer
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Love Triangle

The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry

av Matt Parker ...

Fortalt av Matt Parker ...

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8 timer 56 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Why do mobile phones work when you're on a train? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? And what did mathematicians have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The answer to each of these questions can be found in the triangle.Humans have been using triangles for thousands of years to build structures, measure ... Les mer

174,07 kr

Brought to you by Penguin.Why do mobile phones work when you're on a train? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? And what did mathematicians have to do with the great pig stampede of 2012? The answer to each of these questions can be found in the triangle.Humans have been using triangles for thousands of years to build structures, measure
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Counting

How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters

av Deborah Stone ...

Fortalt av Donna Postel ...

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7 timer 27 min

What do people do when they count? What do numbers really mean? We all know that people can lie with statistics, but in this groundbreaking work, eminent political scientist Deborah Stone uncovers a much deeper problem. With help from Dr. Seuss and Cookie Monster, she explains why numbers can't be objective: in order to count, one must first decide what counts. Every number is the ending to a ... Les mer

185,16 kr

What do people do when they count? What do numbers really mean? We all know that people can lie with statistics, but in this groundbreaking work, eminent political scientist Deborah Stone uncovers a much deeper problem. With help from Dr. Seuss and Cookie Monster, she explains why numbers can't be objective: in order to count, one must first decide what counts. Every number is the ending to a
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Topology

A Very Short Introduction

av Richard Earl ...

Fortalt av Bruce Mann ...

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4 timer 45 min

How is a subway map different from other maps? What makes a knot knotted? What makes the Möbius strip one-sided? These are questions of topology, the mathematical study of properties preserved by twisting or stretching objects. In the 20th century topology became as broad and fundamental as algebra and geometry, with important implications for science, especially physics.In this Very Short ... Les mer

120,32 kr

How is a subway map different from other maps? What makes a knot knotted? What makes the Möbius strip one-sided? These are questions of topology, the mathematical study of properties preserved by twisting or stretching objects. In the 20th century topology became as broad and fundamental as algebra and geometry, with important implications for science, especially physics.In this Very Short
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The Signal and the Noise

The Art and Science of Prediction

av Nate Silver ...

Fortalt av Mike Chamberlain ...

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16 timer 21 min

Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future. Yet from the global financial crisis to 9/11 to the Fukushima disaster, we often fail to foresee hugely significant events. In The Signal and the Noise, the New York Times' political forecaster and statistics guru Nate Silver explores the art ... Les mer

198,94 kr

Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future. Yet from the global financial crisis to 9/11 to the Fukushima disaster, we often fail to foresee hugely significant events. In The Signal and the Noise, the New York Times' political forecaster and statistics guru Nate Silver explores the art
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Something Doesn't Add Up

Surviving Statistics in a Post-Truth World

av Paul Goodwin ...

Fortalt av Roger Davis ...

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8 timer 44 min

Some people fear and mistrust numbers. Others want to use them for everything. After a long career as a statistician, Paul Goodwin has learned the hard way that the ones who want to use them for everything are a very good reason for the rest of us to fear and mistrust them. Something Doesn't Add Up is a tour of the stupidest, self-defeating, self-blinding ways supposedly clever people use maths in ... Les mer

296,31 kr

Some people fear and mistrust numbers. Others want to use them for everything. After a long career as a statistician, Paul Goodwin has learned the hard way that the ones who want to use them for everything are a very good reason for the rest of us to fear and mistrust them. Something Doesn't Add Up is a tour of the stupidest, self-defeating, self-blinding ways supposedly clever people use maths in
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Dark Psychology 101

Learn The Secrets Of Covert Emotional Manipulation, Dark Persuasion, Undetected Mind Control, Mind Games, Deception, Hypnotism, Brainwashing And Other Tricks Of The Trade

av Michael Pace ...

Fortalt av Jim D. Johnston ...

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3 timer 41 min

Dark Psychology is one of the most powerful forces at work in the world today. It is used by the most powerful influencers the world has ever known. Those who are unaware of it risk having it used against them. Don’t run that risk!In his book entitled Dark Psychology 101 author Michael Pace offers a cutting-edge distillation of some of the most powerful principles in the world of dark psychology. ... Les mer

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Dark Psychology is one of the most powerful forces at work in the world today. It is used by the most powerful influencers the world has ever known. Those who are unaware of it risk having it used against them. Don’t run that risk!In his book entitled Dark Psychology 101 author Michael Pace offers a cutting-edge distillation of some of the most powerful principles in the world of dark psychology.
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A Mind for Numbers

How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

av Barbara Oakley PhD ...

Fortalt av Grover Gardner ...

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7 timer 4 min

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand ... Les mer

162,09 kr

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand
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Hidden Figures

The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race

av Margot Lee Shetterly ...

Fortalt av Robin Miles ...

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10 timer 47 min

The Top 10 Sunday Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating ... Les mer

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The Top 10 Sunday Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating
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Shape

The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

av Jordan Ellenberg ...

Fortalt av Jordan Ellenberg ...

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14 timer 23 min

Brought to you by Penguin.How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry.Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important ... Les mer

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Brought to you by Penguin.How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry.Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important
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In Our Time: 25 Theories and Thinkers in the History of Mathematics

How Not to Be Wrong

Pluses and Minuses

Pluses and Minuses

Size

Robin Hood Math

The Egyptian Pyramids Revisited

The Universe Speaks in Numbers

The Ten Equations that Rule the World

Numbers Tell Stories

Randomness Explained

The Number Mysteries

Doctor Geek’s Laboratory, Season 1

Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them

Applied Mathematics: A Practical Audio Guide to Modeling Real‑World Problems, Data, and Decisions

Love Triangle

Counting

Topology

The Signal and the Noise

Something Doesn't Add Up

Dark Psychology 101

A Mind for Numbers

Hidden Figures

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