Jordan Ellenberg is a professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard and an MFA in creative writing from Johns Hopkins. His areas of research specialization are number theory and algebraic geometry. He has written articles on mathematical topics in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Wired, the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and the Believer, and is a regular columnist for Slate.
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How Not to Be Wrong 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
如果你是一个有“数学焦虑症”的人,你可能不会相信有一天你会爱上数学。 这本书讲得数学知识点都是中学通识难度,它的厉害之处是与社会实践结合的讲法和以培养数学思维模式的目的,学完之后可以明白数学的魅力。 原因在于,我们在学校所学的数学知识看上去不过是一堆沉闷的规...
评分 评分二战期间,数学家亚伯拉罕·瓦尔德所在的研究小组为美军军方提供飞机装甲的优化方案。瓦尔德没有多少空战知识,唯一的依据仅仅是与敌军交火后返航飞机上的弹孔。他给出的答案超出军方的预想:装甲最多的不应是弹孔最多的机身部位,而是弹孔相对较少的引擎部位。这不难理解,引...
评分走出校园多年,就连当年的学霸都要感叹一句:“数学?恐怕只会加减乘除了。”确实,似乎真的没有什么工作会要求数学考级的,除非是与这个领域相关的专研小组吧。 如果你想用一道题难倒你的数学老师,你就问他:“现在学的这些知识到底什么时候能用上呢?”这...
评分走出校园多年,就连当年的学霸都要感叹一句:“数学?恐怕只会加减乘除了。”确实,似乎真的没有什么工作会要求数学考级的,除非是与这个领域相关的专研小组吧。 如果你想用一道题难倒你的数学老师,你就问他:“现在学的这些知识到底什么时候能用上呢?”这...
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The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands
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.
Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It’s a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does “public opinion” really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer?
math theory for dummies,但我真的不喜欢math。
评分李克忠思想法,看着玩玩还行。有些插科打诨,比如说George是真·cutest Beatle,还是很好玩的。
评分能把数学尤其是统计学讲得这么生动也是不易,这是一本可以当故事书看的数学书。
评分作者Ellenbery开始将数学由简单到复杂,解决问题由简单到复杂分成四象限,该书着重讲述简单数学解决复杂问题这个象限。内容从古希腊人无理数的发现,圆周率的计算,概率统计与投资,与彩票设计,几何结构与通信编码,Fisher的假设检验与Neumann的回归分析的争论,Shannon的通信原理,投票选举中的Condorcet 悖论,Condor的提出以数学定量分析的社会科学推动社会前进。整个书涉猎数学范围很广并且与当今社会的空间通信编码,经济,金融投资,社会发展紧密联系,非常好。
评分一本图书馆借的书,读完以后主动去买了自己收藏的统计学科普图书。
How Not to Be Wrong 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书