Is math real? : how simple questions lead us to mathematics' deepest truths /

Where does math come from? From a textbook? From rules? From deduction? From logic? Not really, Eugenia Cheng writes in Is Math Real? It comes from curiosity, from instinctive human curiosity, "from people not being satisfied with answers and always wanting to understand more." And most im...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Cheng, Eugenia (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, [2023].
Edition:	First US edition.
Subjects:	Mathematics > Philosophy. Mathematics > Popular works. MATHEMATICS / Essays.