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Author： Jordan Ellenberg Publisher： Penguin Press HC 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
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Author： Jordan Ellenberg
Publisher： Penguin Press HC
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 us how terribly limiting this view is： Math isn't confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life， but rather touches everything we do -- the whole world is shot through with it.
学校里所学的数学就像是一套沉闷的规则，很早就被约定俗成且不容置疑。在本书里，作者向人们展示了这种想法的巨大局限性：数学并不局限于不会在现实生活中出现的抽象事件，而是跟所有的事情都息息相关——整个世界都贯穿着数学。
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