Is Maths Real?

How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths

Eugenia Cheng (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2023 | Main
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78816-952-3 (ISBN)

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One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers new ways to look at maths - focusing on questions, not answers

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 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.

Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Honorary Visiting Fellow of Pure Mathematics at City, University of London. A Cambridge graduate, she previously taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Chicago and Nice. She is also a concert pianist, fluent in French, and the author of several Profile bestsellers, including How to Bake Pi and x + y. In 2024, Is Maths Real? won the LA Times Science & Technology Book Prize.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.05.2023
Zusatzinfo	Diagrams
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	144 x 216 mm
Gewicht	443 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
ISBN-10	1-78816-952-2 / 1788169522
ISBN-13	978-1-78816-952-3 / 9781788169523
Zustand	Neuware