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Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths

By Eugenia Cheng
Narrated by: Eugenia Cheng
Unabridged — 10 hours, 33 minutes
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By Eugenia Cheng
Narrated by: Eugenia Cheng
Unabridged — 10 hours, 33 minutes
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One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers a¿new way to look at math-focusing on questions, not answers¿¿¿¿


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Winner of the¿Los Angeles Times¿Book Prize

A New Scientist¿Best Book of the Year ¿¿





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Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not really, according to mathematician Eugenia Cheng: we learn it from human curiosity-most importantly, from asking questions. This may come as a surprise to those who think that...