Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything - Jordan Ellenberg torrent

Category: Computer, Science
Language: English
Keywords: Computer Democratic Process geometry Greek Philosophy History Of Ideas History Of Mathematics Mathematics Philosophy Politics Science Science & Engineering Thinking Skills

Written by Jordan Ellenberg
Read by Jordan Ellenberg
Format: MP3
Unabridged

How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess and why is chess easier for them than analysing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry.

Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important scientific, political and philosophical conundrums we face.

The word ‘geometry’, from the Greek, means ‘measuring the world’. If anything, geometry doesn’t just measure the world - it explains it.

Shape shows us how.