Shape : the hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else / Jordan Ellenberg.
| Author/creator | Ellenberg, Jordan, 1971- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Penguin Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else |
| Contents | Where things are and what they look like -- "I vote for Euclid" -- How many holes does a straw have? -- Giving the same name to different things -- A fragment of the sphinx -- "His style was invincibility" -- The mysterious power of trial and error -- Artificial Intelligence as mountaineering -- You are your own negative-first cousin, and other maps -- Three years of Sundays -- What happened today will happen tomorrow -- The terrible law of increase -- The smoke in the leaf -- A rumple in space -- How math broke democracy (and might still save it) -- I prove a theorem and the house expands. |
| Abstract | "Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. Geometry doesn't just measure the world-it explains it. Shape shows us how"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | The power of geometry can help us think better about practically everything in our daily lives: the geometry we learn in school is only a tiny part of the subject. Ellenberg reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face.He shows that geometry doesn't just measure the world-- it explains it. -- adapted from jacket |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Ellenberg, Jordan, Shape First. New York : Penguin Press, 2021. 9781984879066 |
| LCCN | 2020054440 |
| ISBN | 9781984879059 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1984879057 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780593299739 paperback |
| ISBN | 0593299736 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QA446 .E45 2021 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |