Viser: Thinking Better - The Art of the Shortcut
Thinking Better
The Art of the Shortcut
Marcus du Sautoy
(2022)
Sprog: Engelsk
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- Paperback: 352 sider
- Udgiver: HarperCollins Publishers Limited (Juli 2022)
- ISBN: 9780008393953
Mathematics is full of better ways of thinking, and with over 2,000 years of knowledge to draw on, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy interrogates his passion for shortcuts in this fresh and fascinating guide. After all, shortcuts have enabled so much of human progress, whether in constructing the first cities around the Euphrates 5,000 years ago, using calculus to determine the scale of the universe or in writing todayâe(tm)s algorithms that help us find a new life partner.
As well as looking at the most useful shortcuts in history âe" such as measuring the circumference of the earth in 240 BC to diagrams that illustrate how modern GPS works âe" Marcus also looks at how you can use shortcuts in investing or how to learn a musical instrument to memory techniques. He talks to, among many, the writer Robert MacFarlane, cellist Natalie Clein and the psychologist Suzie Orbach, asking whether shortcuts are always the best idea and, if so, when they use them.
With engaging puzzles and conundrums throughout to illustrate the shortcutâe(tm)s ability to find solutions with speed, Thinking Better offers many clever strategies for daily complex problems.
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