Shape : the hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else Jordan Ellenberg
How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? All of these are questions about geometry.
In ‘Shape’ Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. The word 'geometry' comes from the Greek meaning 'measuring the world'. If anything, geometry doesn't just measure the world, it explains it. ‘Shape’ shows us how. (Penguin Press release)
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