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

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

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

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Winner of the Book Prize and a Best Book of the Year     Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not really, according to mathematician Eugenia Cheng: we learn it from human curiosity—most importantly, from asking questions. This may come as a surprise to those who think that math is about finding the one right answer, or those who were told that the “dumb” question they asked just proved they were bad at math. But Cheng shows why people who ask questions like “Why does 1 + 1 = 2?” are at the very heart of the search for mathematical truth. is a much-needed repudiation of the rigid ways we’re taught to do math, and a celebration of the true, curious spirit of the discipline. Written with intelligence and passion, brings us math as we’ve never seen it before, revealing how profound insights can emerge from seemingly unlikely sources.

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