A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age

A "moving and original" memoir from the award-winning New Yorker writer about the profound discoveries he makes while learning math as an adult (Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times)

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

Decades after struggling to understand math as a boy, Alec Wilkinson embarks on a journey to learn it as a middle-aged man. What begins as a personal challenge—and it is challenging—soon transforms into something greater than a belabored effort to learn math. Despite hi...