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Math With Bad Drawings: Illuminating The Ideas That Shape Our Reality
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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.
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OMG this book is hilarious AND I'm learning!
Derived From Web , Mar 7, 2022
This book is seriously the shiz. I already pre-ordered his next Math Games with Bad Drawings. He has a comical and very approachable way of making the seemingly too complex completely digestible in a damn, I wish someone had explained it this way YEARS ago. It is a fast and funny read, and I can not recommend it enough!
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Fun!
Derived From Web , Sep 6, 2019
Laugh out math summaries of the loud thoughts. I especially liked what he showed about math and the measurement of school success and labor and production.
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Couldn't get into it
Derived From Web , Feb 11, 2019
I just couldn t get into this and follow it along. I was hoping that I would find something to interest me in my least favorite subject more, but it did not grab me the way I hoped. I read it and learned some things, but would not recommend to a non-math person.
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Way cool book with lots of math insight for adults
Derived From Web , Jan 1, 2019
I usually buy books like this for my middle school for my grand children and teachers.
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Best bad drawings on the record
Derived From Web , Nov 29, 2018
Orlin has an authentic taste in mathematics - education and his approach to overcome traditional burdens in this topic are novel, simple and come from understanding the source of frustration that our students feel. He takes on the problem by starting at the artistic goals of all mathematics that we preach to students, but never get there, whether it is the final beauty of it or it is very concrete applications.
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Perhaps Math by Anecdote should be the title
Derived From Web , Nov 26, 2018
I expected some new insights from this book, but received none. The drawings make for a striking title, but I don 't think they add much beyond what the lyrics offers. For a math book, I am not looking for proof from Simile. Saying that a function is pronounced as distinctly nonmathmatical, I am not sure who the target audience is, but seems too dense for younger children and not rigorous enough for people interested in mathematics and science. Perhaps best for people who have never taken college math classes, but are looking for something sciencey...
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More of what you love
Derived From Web , Nov 11, 2018
If you love the blog, you will get exactly what makes it great. Kudos '' on formatting is very engaging.
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Great Book!
Derived From Web , Nov 6, 2018
I love this book really! Regardless of their background in math or other technical fields, I recommended it to many friends.
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Excellent book drawn from an excellent blog
Derived From Web , Nov 3, 2018
Orlin has a knack for rendering simple mathematics into readable and complex language, with wit and humor. The bad drawings are actually illuminative and illuminative. For anyone interested in what math is like for fo4 mathematicians, this book is awesome.
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This is a great book!
Derived From Web , Oct 31, 2018
This book will love you! It is the best book I read that year, and I don 't say that the author is my son. You should buy it for yourself and give this book as a gift to anyone who loves math or likes math, or at least is not phobic about math. You should definitely give this book as a gift to each of your children, assuming that your child is at least 12 years old and not the author. The author, by the way, refers to bad drawings. I find the drawings sweet and endearing ''.
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