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By (author) Mubeen, Junaid
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How to develop the thinking tools and techniques to understand the maths of modern life
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”Maths needs more demystifiers, and Junaid Mubeen is here to lift back the veil” Eugenia Cheng, author of The Art of LogicTo many of us, so-called ”pure mathematics is downright baffling. The first question in classrooms is often: when will I use this? Yet, when you start to think like a mathematician, modern life can suddenly make a lot more sense.In Think Like a Mathematician, Junaid Mubeen shows how using abstract mathematical concepts as thinking tools can enrich our everyday lives – from prime numbers to fractals and the aspects of calculus. Whether you”re a mathematician or a self-proclaimed mathophobe, you”ll find all of these ideas easy to grasp and rewarding to understand – some may even reshape the way you see the world.
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Think Like A Mathematician elegantly reveals how to tackle familiar problems in a smarter way – from logic and learning to predictions and politics. An essential toolkit for understanding the world around us
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An accessible and innovative trip through some of the deepest and most influential concepts in the mathematician”s mental toolkit
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Think Like a Mathematician democratises the abstract beauty of mathematics, breaking it free from its display cabinet.
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Praise for Mathematical Intelligence: Maths needs more demystifiers, and Junaid Mubeen is here to lift back the veil to show the inner workings of maths and mathematicians
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Insightful
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Junaid Mubeen is a mathematician turned educator. He is co-founder and director of the Parallel Academy, an online initiative whose mission is to increase the number and diversity of excellent young mathematicians. Junaid holds a DPhil in mathematics from Oxford and a master”s in education from Harvard, where he was a Kennedy Scholar. He once earned fleeting fame as a Countdown series winner.
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How to develop the thinking tools and techniques to understand the maths of modern life
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