Mathematical thinking, Jordan Ellenberg argues, is ordinary common sense carried out with more care and applied to questions most people never connect with maths at all.
The book moves across elections, lotteries, missing aircraft, medical trials and public arguments about risk, using each one to introduce an idea from probability, statistics, geometry or inference. Ellenberg writes with humour and keeps the technical load manageable, so a reader follows the logic without needing to follow the algebra. This Penguin paperback runs to 480 pages.
A closer look:
• Everyday puzzles used as entry points into serious mathematical ideas
• Sections on probability, inference, regression and expected value
• Examples taken from politics, medicine, gambling and public debate
• 480 pages in paperback from Penguin
A sound choice for curious general readers, students and anyone who argues with statistics, published by Penguin and sold at Boipoka.
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