illuminating the ideas that shape our reality Orlin, Ben creator author. text monographic eng

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367 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm In Math with Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals what math is all about. His tools are unorthodox: stick-figure cartoons, strange-but-true stories, roughly six million jokes, and beneath it all, the empathy of a veteran teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin helps us to think like mathematicians by teaching a brand-new game of the tic-tac-toe, introducing the ten people you meet in line for the lottery, and laying out the headaches that ensue when the Evil Empire attempts to build a spherical Death Star. Math with Bad Drawings will change the way you see the subject – and the world. Ben Orlin. Includes bibliographical references. Mathematics Mathematics Popular works QA 93 .O75 2023 9780316509046 260224 20260224165706.0