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A Divine Language Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age

Name: A Divine Language
Author: Alec Wilkinson

Auteur: Alec Wilkinson

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Alec Wilkinson

Engels
Hardcover
9781250168573
12 juli 2022
304 pagina's

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

"Wilkinson has accomplished something more moving and original, braiding his stumbling attempts to get better at math with his deepening awareness that theres an entire universe of understanding that will, in some fundamental sense, forever lie outside his reach." Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times

"There is almost no writer I admire as much as I do Alec Wilkinson. His work has enduring brilliance and humanity. Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book

A spirited, metaphysical exploration into math's deepest mysteries and conundrums at the crux of middle age.

Decades after struggling to understand math as a boy, Alec Wilkinson decides to embark on a journey to learn it as a middle-aged man. What begins as a personal challengeand it's challengingsoon transforms into something greater than a belabored effort to learn math. Despite his incompetence, Wilkinson encounters a universe of unexpected mysteries in his pursuit of mathematical knowledge and quickly becomes fascinated; soon, his exercise in personal growth (and torture) morphs into an intellectually expansive exploration.

In A Divine Language, Wilkinson, a contributor to The New Yorker for over forty years, journeys into the heart of the divine aspect of mathematicsits mysteries, challenges, and revelationssince antiquity. As he submits himself to the lure of deep mathematics, he takes the reader through his investigations into the subjects big questionsnumber theory and the creation of numbers, the debate over maths human or otherworldly origins, problems and equations that remain unsolved after centuries, the conundrum of prime numbers. Writing with warm humor and sharp observation as he traverses practical maths endless frustrations and rewards, Wilkinson provides an awe-inspiring account of an adventure from a land of strange sights. Part memoir, part metaphysical travel book, and part journey in self-improvement, A Divine Language is one mans second attempt at understanding the numbers in front of him, and the world beyond.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 12 juli 2022
Aantal pagina's: 304

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Hoofdauteur: Alec Wilkinson
Hoofduitgeverij: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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Product breedte: 143 mm
Product hoogte: 29 mm
Product lengte: 214 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 142 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 28 mm
Verpakking lengte: 216 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 715 g

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EAN: 9781250168573

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