EAN: 9780141996325

MATH WITHOUT NUMBERS - MILO BECKMAN TASCHENBUCH

'The whizz-kid making maths supercool. . . A brilliant book that takes everything we know (and
fear) about maths out of the equation - starting with numbers' The Times   'A cheerful  chatty
and charming trip through the world of mathematics. . . Everyone should read this delightful
book' Ian Stewart  author of Do Dice Play God?    The only numbers in this book are the page
numbers.  The three main branches of abstract math - topology  analysis  and algebra - turn out
to be surprisingly easy to grasp. Or at least  they are when our guide is a math prodigy. With
forthright wit and warm charm  Milo Beckman upends the conventional approach to mathematics 
inviting us to think creatively about shape and dimension  the infinite and the infinitesimal 
symmetries  proofs  and all how all these concepts fit together. Why is there a million dollar
prize for counting shapes? Is anything bigger than infinity? And how is the 'truth' of
mathematics actually decided?  A vivid and wholly original guide to the math that makes the
world tick and the planets revolve  Math Without Number s makes human and understandable the
elevated and hypothetical  allowing us to clearly see abstract math for what it is: bizarre 
beautiful  and head-scratchingly wonderful.

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