Categories → #mathematics
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Probably Overthinking It: How to Use Data to Answer Questions, Avoid Statistical Traps, and Make Better DecisionsStatistics are in news reports, at the doctor’s office, and in every sort of forecast, from the stock market to the weather. There are right and wrong ways to look at numbers, and Downey will help you see which are which.
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Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything ElseHow should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play Go, and why is learning Go so much easier for them than learning to read a sentence? Can ancient Greek proportions predict the stock market?
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It's a Numberful World: How Math Is Hiding EverywhereWhy aren't left-handers extinct? What makes a rainbow round? How is a pancreas . . . like a pendulum? These may not look like math questions, but they are-because they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, at heart, is the study of patterns.
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Beautiful, Simple, Exact, Crazy: Mathematics in the Real WorldTwo mathematicians explore how math fits into everything from art, music, and literature to space probes and game shows.
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and ScienceIn A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to effectively learning math and science—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier.