Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths by Eugenia Cheng

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

Eugenia Cheng

336 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics challenging informative medium-paced
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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:...

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