- Published: 3 May 2022
- ISBN: 9780141996325
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 224
A witty, illustrated tour of the structures and patterns of mathematics from a math prodigy
The only numbers in this book are the page numbers.
Math Without Numbers is a vivid and wholly original guide to the three main branches of abstract math – topology, analysis, and algebra – which turn out to be surprisingly easy to grasp. Milo Beckerman upends the conventional approach to mathematics, inviting you to think creatively about shape and dimension, the infinite and infinitesimal, symmetries, proofs, and how these concepts all fit together. How many shapes are there? Is anything bigger than infinity? And can mathematics even be described as ‘true’?
Genius: an entire book about mathematics in which the only digits are the page numbers. . . fresh, delightful and extremely accessible
ALEX BELLOS, GUARDIAN
Beckman’s book is not only fascinating and enthralling but also one I actually kept my eyes open long enough to finish (in part because – and this is a massively underrated virtue in popular science books – it is short)
TOM WHIPPLE, THE TIMES
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