Jordan Ellenberg: 3 books

The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows...

«Il talento di Ellenberg nel trovare situazioni della vita reale che nascondono principi matematici potrebbe fare invidia a molti insegnanti di matematica» The Washington Post «Un allegato manifesto sull'utilità del pensiero matematico. La prosa di Ellenberg è straordinaria - informale...

Chandler State University is the one thing keeping the dusty, Western town of Chandler on the map. Now that its basketball program has fallen apart, CSU’s only claim to fame is its Gravinics Department, dedicated to the study of an obscure European country—its mythology, its extraordinarily difficult...