Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas That Shape Our Reality
暫譯: 壞畫畫的數學：照亮塑造我們現實的思想
Orlin, Ben
- 出版商: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
- 出版日期: 2018-09-18
- 售價: $1,280
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,216
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 376
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 0316509035
- ISBN-13: 9780316509039
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商品描述
A hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world.
In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its myriad uses, its strange symbols, and the wild leaps of logic and faith that define the usually impenetrable work of the mathematician.
Truth and knowledge come in multiple forms: colorful drawings, encouraging jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin shows us how to think like a mathematician by teaching us a brand-new game of tic-tac-toe, how to understand an economic crises by rolling a pair of dice, and the mathematical headache that ensues when attempting to build a spherical Death Star.
Every discussion in the book is illustrated with Orlin's trademark "bad drawings," which convey his message and insights with perfect pitch and clarity. With 24 chapters covering topics from the electoral college to human genetics to the reasons not to trust statistics, Math with Bad Drawings is a life-changing book for the math-estranged and math-enamored alike.
In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its myriad uses, its strange symbols, and the wild leaps of logic and faith that define the usually impenetrable work of the mathematician.
Truth and knowledge come in multiple forms: colorful drawings, encouraging jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin shows us how to think like a mathematician by teaching us a brand-new game of tic-tac-toe, how to understand an economic crises by rolling a pair of dice, and the mathematical headache that ensues when attempting to build a spherical Death Star.
Every discussion in the book is illustrated with Orlin's trademark "bad drawings," which convey his message and insights with perfect pitch and clarity. With 24 chapters covering topics from the electoral college to human genetics to the reasons not to trust statistics, Math with Bad Drawings is a life-changing book for the math-estranged and math-enamored alike.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
一本充滿歡樂、笑話和簡筆畫的數學再教育書，揭示了數學如何以無數實用而美妙的方式結構和塑造我們的世界。
在《用糟糕的畫畫學數學》中，Ben Orlin 向我們揭示了數學的真實面貌；它的無數用途、奇怪的符號，以及定義數學家通常難以理解的工作的邏輯和信念的狂野跳躍。
真理和知識以多種形式出現：色彩繽紛的畫作、鼓舞人心的笑話，以及一位同理心教師的故事和見解，他相信數學應該屬於每個人。Orlin 通過教我們一種全新的井字遊戲，如何通過擲骰子來理解經濟危機，以及在嘗試建造一個球形死亡星時所產生的數學頭痛，向我們展示了如何像數學家一樣思考。
書中的每個討論都配有 Orlin 標誌性的「糟糕畫作」，這些畫作以完美的音調和清晰度傳達了他的訊息和見解。這本《用糟糕的畫畫學數學》涵蓋了從選舉人團到人類基因學，再到為什麼不應該信任統計數據的24個章節，是一本對於數學疏離者和數學愛好者都能改變人生的書。
作者簡介
Ben Orlin is the author of the blog Math With Bad Drawings. He also writes on topics related to math for The Atlantic, Slate, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune. He began his teaching career in Oakland, California, and later taught at King Edward's School in Birmingham, England. He lives with his wife, a mathematician, in Northampton, Massachusetts.
https: //mathwithbaddrawings.com @benorlin
https: //mathwithbaddrawings.com @benorlin
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
本·奧林是部落格《數學與糟糕畫作》的作者。他也為The Atlantic、Slate、洛杉磯時報和芝加哥論壇報撰寫與數學相關的主題。他的教學生涯始於加州奧克蘭，後來在英國伯明翰的金愛德華學校任教。他與妻子（數學家）居住在麻薩諸塞州的北安普頓。
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com @benorlin
