Is math real? how simple questions lead us to mathematics' deepest truths
"Where does math come from? From a textbook? From rules? From deduction? From logic? Not really, Eugenia Cheng writes in Is Math Real?: it comes from curiosity, from instinctive human curiosity, "from people not being satisfied with answers and always wanting to understand more." And most importantl...
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New York, NY :
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group,
2023.
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Where math comes from
- How math works
- Why we do math
- What makes math good
- Letters
- Formulas
- Pictures
- Stories.
