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Eugenia Cheng

Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths

Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths

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Eugenia Cheng, a mathematician, writer, and woman on a mission to rid the world of maths phobia, presents maths as we've never seen it before, revealing how profound insights can emerge from seemingly unlikely sources.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 01 June 2023
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd


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 math 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 math phobia, brings us math 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.

Weight: 440g
Dimension: 146 x 224 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781788169523
Edition number: Main

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