Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths - Paperback
Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths - Paperback
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by Eugenia Cheng (Author)
One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers a new way to look at math--focusing on questions, not answers
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A New Scientist Best Book of the Year
Is Math Real? is a much-needed repudiation of the rigid ways we're taught to do math, and a celebration of the true, curious spirit of the discipline. Written with intelligence and passion, Is Math Real? brings us math as we've never seen it before, revealing how profound insights can emerge from seemingly unlikely sources.
Author Biography
Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has authored numerous titles, including Unequal, How to Bake Pi, The Art of Logic, Beyond Infinity, and x + y. Cheng lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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