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How Not to Be Wrong

The Power of Mathematical Thinking

By: Jordan Ellenberg

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How Not to Be Wrong

The Power of Mathematical Thinking

By: Jordan Ellenberg

“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific American The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: Math isn’t confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do—the whole world is shot through with it. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It’s a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does “public opinion” really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer? How Not to Be Wrong presents the surprising revelations behind all of these questions and many more, using the mathematician’s method of analyzing life and exposing the hard-won insights of the academic community to the layman—minus the jargon. Ellenberg chases mathematical threads through a vast range of time and space, from the everyday to the cosmic, encountering, among other things, baseball, Reaganomics, daring lottery schemes, Voltaire, the replicability crisis in psychology, Italian Renaissance painting, artificial languages, the development of non-Euclidean geometry, the coming obesity apocalypse, Antonin Scalia’s views on crime and punishment, the psychology of slime molds, what Facebook can and can’t figure out about you, and the existence of God. Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. Math, as Ellenberg says, is “an atomic-powered prosthesis that you attach to your common sense, vastly multiplying its reach and strength.” With the tools of mathematics in hand, you can understand the world in a deeper, more meaningful way. How Not to Be Wrong will show you how.

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How Not to Be Wrong

The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

By: Jordan Ellenberg

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How Not to Be Wrong

The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

By: Jordan Ellenberg

The maths we learn in school can seem like an abstract set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In fact, Jordan Ellenberg shows us, maths touches on everything we do, and a little mathematical knowledge reveals the hidden structures that lie beneath the world's messy and chaotic surface. In How Not to be Wrong, Ellenberg explores the mathematician's method of analyzing life, from the everyday to the cosmic, showing us which numbers to defend, which ones to ignore, and when to change the equation entirely. Along the way, he explains calculus in a single page, describes Gödel's theorem using only one-syllable words, and reveals how early you actually need to get to the airport.

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Penguin UK

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0718196058

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Shape

The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else

By: Jordan Ellenberg

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Shape

The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else

By: Jordan Ellenberg

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"--

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0593299736

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9780593299739

How Not to Be Wrong

The Power of Mathematical Thinking

By: Jordan Ellenberg

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The Power of Mathematical Thinking

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Shape

The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else

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The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else

By: Jordan Ellenberg

An instant New York Times Bestseller! “Unreasonably entertaining . . . reveals how geometric thinking can allow for everything from fairer American elections to better pandemic planning.” —The New York Times From the New York Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong—himself a world-class geometer—a far-ranging exploration of the power of geometry, which turns out to help us think better about practically everything. How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play Go, and why is learning Go so much easier for them than learning to read a sentence? Can ancient Greek proportions predict the stock market? (Sorry, no.) What should your kids learn in school if they really want to learn to think? All these are questions about geometry. For real. If you're like most people, geometry is a sterile and dimly remembered exercise you gladly left behind in the dust of ninth grade, along with your braces and active romantic interest in pop singers. If you recall any of it, it's plodding through a series of miniscule steps only to prove some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That's not geometry. Okay, it is geometry, but only a tiny part, which has as much to do with geometry in all its flush modern richness as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel. 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. The word "geometry"comes from the Greek for "measuring the world." If anything, that's an undersell. Geometry doesn't just measure the world—it explains it. Shape shows us how.

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1984879073

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Edible Memory

The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods

By: Jennifer A. Jordan

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Edible Memory

The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods

By: Jennifer A. Jordan

Each week during the growing season, farmers’ markets offer up such delicious treasures as brandywine tomatoes, cosmic purple carrots, pink pearl apples, and chioggia beets—varieties of fruits and vegetables that are prized by home chefs and carefully stewarded by farmers from year to year. These are the heirlooms and the antiques of the food world, endowed with their own rich histories. While cooking techniques and flavor fads have changed from generation to generation, a Ribston Pippin apple today can taste just as flavorful as it did in the eighteenth century. But how does an apple become an antique and a tomato an heirloom? In Edible Memory, Jennifer A. Jordan examines the ways that people around the world have sought to identify and preserve old-fashioned varieties of produce. In doing so, Jordan shows that these fruits and vegetables offer a powerful emotional and physical connection to a shared genetic, cultural, and culinary past. Jordan begins with the heirloom tomato, inquiring into its botanical origins in South America and its culinary beginnings in Aztec cooking to show how the homely and homegrown tomato has since grown to be an object of wealth and taste, as well as a popular symbol of the farm-to-table and heritage foods movements. She shows how a shift in the 1940s away from open pollination resulted in a narrow range of hybrid tomato crops. But memory and the pursuit of flavor led to intense seed-saving efforts increasing in the 1970s, as local produce and seeds began to be recognized as living windows to the past. In the chapters that follow, Jordan combines lush description and thorough research as she investigates the long history of antique apples; changing tastes in turnips and related foods like kale and parsnips; the movement of vegetables and fruits around the globe in the wake of Columbus; and the poignant, perishable world of stone fruits and tropical fruit, in order to reveal the connections—the edible memories—these heirlooms offer for farmers, gardeners, chefs, diners, and home cooks. This deep culinary connection to the past influences not only the foods we grow and consume, but the ways we shape and imagine our farms, gardens, and local landscapes. From the farmers’ market to the seed bank to the neighborhood bistro, these foods offer essential keys not only to our past but also to the future of agriculture, the environment, and taste. By cultivating these edible memories, Jordan reveals, we can stay connected to a delicious heritage of historic flavors, and to the pleasures and possibilities for generations of feasts to come.

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University of Chicago Press

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022622824X

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9780226228242

Rabbinic Drinking

What Beverages Teach Us About Rabbinic Literature

By: Jordan D. Rosenblum

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Rabbinic Drinking

What Beverages Teach Us About Rabbinic Literature

By: Jordan D. Rosenblum

Though ancient rabbinic texts are fundamental to analyzing the history of Judaism, they are also daunting for the novice to read. Rabbinic literature presumes tremendous prior knowledge, and its fascinating twists and turns in logic can be disorienting. Rabbinic Drinking helps learners at every level navigate this brilliant but mystifying terrain by focusing on rabbinic conversations about beverages, such as beer and wine, water, and even breast milk. By studying the contents of a drinking vessel—including the contexts and practices in which they are imbibed—Rabbinic Drinking surveys key themes in rabbinic literature to introduce readers to the main contours of this extensive body of historical documents. Features and Benefits: Contains a broad array of rabbinic passages, accompanied by didactic and rich explanations and contextual discussions, both literary and historical Thematic chapters are organized into sections that include significant and original translations of rabbinic texts Each chapter includes in-text references and concludes with a list of both referenced works and suggested additional readings

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University of California Press

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0520300432

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9780520300439

Becoming a Data Head

How to Think, Speak, and Understand Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning

By: Alex J. Gutman,Jordan Goldmeier

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Becoming a Data Head

How to Think, Speak, and Understand Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning

By: Alex J. Gutman,Jordan Goldmeier

Turn yourself into a Data Head. You'll become a more valuable employee and make your organization more successful." Thomas H. Davenport, Research Fellow, Author of Competing on Analytics, Big Data @ Work, and The AI Advantage You've heard the hype around data—now get the facts. In Becoming a Data Head: How to Think, Speak, and Understand Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning, award-winning data scientists Alex Gutman and Jordan Goldmeier pull back the curtain on data science and give you the language and tools necessary to talk and think critically about it. You'll learn how to: Think statistically and understand the role variation plays in your life and decision making Speak intelligently and ask the right questions about the statistics and results you encounter in the workplace Understand what's really going on with machine learning, text analytics, deep learning, and artificial intelligence Avoid common pitfalls when working with and interpreting data Becoming a Data Head is a complete guide for data science in the workplace: covering everything from the personalities you’ll work with to the math behind the algorithms. The authors have spent years in data trenches and sought to create a fun, approachable, and eminently readable book. Anyone can become a Data Head—an active participant in data science, statistics, and machine learning. Whether you're a business professional, engineer, executive, or aspiring data scientist, this book is for you.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119741718

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Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Thomas J. Salerno,Jordan A. Kroop

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Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Thomas J. Salerno,Jordan A. Kroop

Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice: A Practitionerand’s Guide, Fourth Edition serves as the comprehensive reference on bankruptcy litigation topics for legal practitioners in all specialties. For the generalist and commercial law practitioner it clarifies basic Bankruptcy Code issues and practical features of bankruptcy litigation including consumer bankruptcies, business and corporate reorganizations, liquidations and personal debt restructuring. For the bankruptcy professional, it serves as a sophisticated compendium of reliable forms, recent case law, and statutory amendments relating to all major bankruptcy topics including: Automatic stay Preferences Dischargeability Executory contracts The Chapter 11 confirmation process Appellate procedures Chapter 13 individual debt restructurings The rights and obligations of secured and unsecured creditors And much more! Only Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice: A Practitionerand’s Guide delivers instant access to: An exclusive collection of key bankruptcy litigation resource materials Practical insights into the bankruptcy court system A consolidated presentation and analysis of bankruptcy provisions common to all cases Reliable, practice-based coverage of Chapter 7, 11, 12, and 13 cases Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice: A Practitionerand’s Guide delivers broad coverage that keeps you completely current with the latest law in all key areas. Updated twice annually, this one-of-a-kind reference serves as the foundation of your bankruptcy library by providing: The starting point for researching the widest range of bankruptcy litigation issues A guide throughout all stages of bankruptcy litigation A consolidated resource and practical tool that combines case law and analysis as well as a valuable CD-ROM to help you navigate familiar and unfamiliar areas of bankruptcy litigation

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Wolters Kluwer

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0735561931

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9780735561939

Jordan

By: Arthur J. Jordan

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Jordan

By: Arthur J. Jordan

In remote central Montana and northeastern Wyoming colorful pioneers blazed the old west as its history faded into a land of cattlemen and homesteading settlers. Jordan is a story of the closing days of the old West, and the early years of the new West.

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Mountain Press

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0878421629

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9780878421626

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How Not to Be Wrong

How Not to Be Wrong

How Not to Be Wrong

How Not to Be Wrong

Shape

Shape

How Not to Be Wrong

How Not to Be Wrong

Shape

Shape

Edible Memory

Edible Memory

Rabbinic Drinking

Rabbinic Drinking

Becoming a Data Head

Becoming a Data Head

Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice

Bankruptcy Litigation and Practice

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