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Pluses and Minuses : How Math Solves Our Problems by Stefan Buijsman (2020, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143134582

ISBN-139780143134589

eBay Product ID (ePID)14038274230

Product Key Features

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePluses and Minuses : How Math Solves Our Problems

Publication Year2020

SubjectHistory & Philosophy, General, Study & Teaching, Applied

TypeTextbook

AuthorStefan Buijsman

Subject AreaMathematics

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight6 Oz

Item Length7.4 in

Item Width5.8 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2020-022838

Reviews"An illuminating history of mathematics that also touches on fascinating philosophical questions surrounding math...Buijsman's enjoyable survey makes a convincing argument that understanding these basics will provide the tools necessary to better evaluate the modern world's information onslaught." -- Publisher's Weekly

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SynopsisAll things being equal, a lot of us try to avoid doing math. We all know math is important: we live in the age of big data, our lives are governed by an ever-multiplying array of algorithms, and we're faced with a daily barrage of statistics about the divisions in our society. But what might be less obvious is how math factors into our daily lives, and why we had to memorize all of those formulas in school. Math prodigy Stefan Buijsman is beginning to change our awareness through his pioneering research into the way we learn math. Taking readers on a journey around the world to visit societies that have developed entirely different conceptions of math, and through history to learn the unexpected origins of the different disciplines of mathematics, Buijsman shows the vital importance of math, and how a better understanding of mathematics will give us an exponentially better understanding of the world as a whole. Book jacket., A guide to changing how you think about numbers and mathematics, from the prodigy changing the way the world thinks about math. We all know math is important: we live in the age of big data, our lives are increasingly governed by algorithms, and we're constantly faced with a barrage of statistics about everything from politics to our health. But what might be less obvious is how math factors into your daily life, and what memorizing all of those formulae in school had to do with it. Math prodigy Stefan Buijsman is beginning to change that through his pioneering research into the way we learn math. Plusses and Minuses is based in the countless ways that math is engrained in our daily lives, and shows readers how math can actually be used to make problems easier to solve. Taking readers on a journey around the world to visit societies that have developed without the use of math, and back into history to learn how and why various disciples of mathematics were invented, Buijsman shows the vital importance of math, and how a better understanding of mathematics will give us a better understanding of the world as a whole. Stefan Buijsman has become one of the most sought-after experts in math education after he completed his PhD at age 20. In Plusses and Minuses , he puts his research into practice to help anyone gain a better grasp of mathematics than they have ever had.

LC Classification NumberQA93.B8513 2020