Shape

By Jordan Ellenberg,

Book cover of Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else

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An instant New York Times Bestseller!

“Unreasonably entertaining . . . reveals how geometric thinking can allow for everything from fairer American elections to better pandemic planning.” —The New York Times  

From the New York Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong—himself a world-class geometer—a far-ranging exploration of the…

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1 author picked Shape as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A readable, yet profound tour of what math is really all about.

This book will help you have your own ideas because it opens your eyes to mathematical themes that go to the heart of things you care about yet may never have thought of as mathematical. For me, the analysis of gerrymandering was a sobering prime example.

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