Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths
Eugenia Cheng, "Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths"
English | ISBN: 1541601823 | 2023 | 336 pages | AZW3 | 19 MB
English | ISBN: 1541601823 | 2023 | 336 pages | AZW3 | 19 MB
One of the world’s most creative mathematicians offers a new way to look at math—focusing on questions, not answers
Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not really, according to mathematician Eugenia Cheng: we learn it from human curiosity—most importantly, from asking questions. This may come as a surprise to those who think that math is about finding the one right answer, or those who were told that the “dumb” question they asked just proved they were bad at math. But Cheng shows why people who ask questions like “Why does 1 + 1 = 2?” are at the very heart of the search for mathematical truth.
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