| Description |
463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pagees [427]-444) and index. |
| Contents |
Where things are and what they look like -- "I vote for Euclid" -- How many holes does a straw have? -- Giving the same name to different things -- A fragment of the sphinx -- "His style was invincibility" -- The mysterious power of trial and error -- Artificial Intelligence as mountaineering -- You are your own negative-first cousin, and other maps -- Three years of Sundays -- What happened today will happen tomorrow -- The terrible law of increase -- The smoke in the leaf -- A rumple in space -- How math broke democracy (and might still save it) -- I prove a theorem and the house expands. |
| Summary |
"Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. Geometry doesn't just measure the world-it explains it. Shape shows us how"-- Provided by publisher. |
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The power of geometry can help us think better about practically everything in our daily lives: the geometry we learn in school is only a tiny part of the subject. Ellenberg reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. He shows that geometry doesn't just measure the world-- it explains it. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
Geometry.
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Shapes.
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MATHEMATICS / General.
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Geometry. (OCoLC)fst00940864
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Shapes. (OCoLC)fst01115245
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| Added Title |
Hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Ellenberg, Jordan, Shape First. New York : Penguin Press, 2021. 9781984879066 (DLC) 2020054441 |
| ISBN |
9781984879059 (hardcover) |
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1984879057 (hardcover) |
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9780593299739 (paperback) |
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0593299736 (paperback) |
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9781984879066 electronic book |
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