La poesia dei numeri. Come la matematica mi illumina la vita. Con e-book

I can’t resist picking up mathy books when I’m in a bookstore. As a mathematician, I love broadening my knowledge about the field—and seeing what passes for “popular mathematics” these days. Thinking in Numbers is a slim volume that promises to “change the way you think about maths and fire your ima Leggi tutto

When it comes to math and numbers, generally speaking, I am not a fan. I'm a word girl. And yet, in THINKING IN NUMBERS, Daniel Tammet has found a way to help me appreciate the complexity, the magic and, yes, even the beauty he sees in numbers. Early on in this book of essays, Tammet put math into t Leggi tutto

Speechless. So here are some quotes. Epigraph: "Like all great rationalists you believed in things that were twice as incredible as theology." ~Halldor Laxness "the play between numerical concepts saturates the way we experience the world." (xvii) "Like works of literature, mathematical ideas help expa Leggi tutto

This is a philosophy book, a psychology book, an autobiography and a history book. But ultimately it's not a maths book, despite what the cover claims. Sure, it dabbles in numbers and multiplication somewhat, but nothing beyond basic primary school level. I'm all for encouraging learning in areas whe Leggi tutto

Interesting and poetic. Caveat: much of this book is about numbers, but very little of it is about math. Its main value is the insight it offers into the author's differently-functioning brain. I'm unable to quit without mentioning that the author fell into a couple of mathematical errors. The first Leggi tutto

In turns fascinating and exasperating, as I imagine it might be to talk with someone, whom, like the author, is a savant in a particular area of knowledge, but not others. The author's abilities with numbers and linguistics are notable, and that comes through in page after page of these short essays Leggi tutto

Finally finished! Not that this was a bad book - no, it was genuinely interesting with spots of true insight and genius and lots of chin rubbing, hmmmmm moments. No, it was a worthy read. But it was the best soporific book I've ever had the pleasure to read. My reading habits have been - uhh...... 'c Leggi tutto

I received this book from the GoodReads First reads giveaway program. Thank you author/publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book. Thinking in Numbers by Daniel Tammet is a book of twenty-five short essays relating to math and our lives. I personally liked several of the essays but th Leggi tutto