Math Without Numbers

<b>Milo Beckman</b> is a maths prodigy from New York. His diverse projects and independent research have been featured in the <i>The</i> <i>New York Times</i> <i>FiveThirtyEight</i> the<i> Huffington Post</i> <i>Business Insider</i> the <i>Economist</i> and others. He worked for three tech companies two banks and a US Senator before retiring at age nineteen to teach math in New York China and Brazil and to write. <b>Genius</b>: an entire book about mathematics in which the only digits are the page numbers. . .<b> fresh delightful and extremely accessible</b> Beckman's book is not only <b>fascinating and enthralling</b> 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) This guide to the maths we didn't get taught at school is<b> full of fascinating revelations</b> <b>I was hooked. . . what is delightful about the book is the vivid clarity</b> A cheerful chatty and charming trip through the world of mathematics and its relation to the world of people - and not a number in sight! <b>Everyone should read this delightful book. Even mathematicians</b> <b>One of those wonderful books you'll want to tell everyone about</b> <b>So delightful</b>! Mathematics is playful surprising and enchanting but those qualities are often obscured behind intimidating equations and formalism. Milo Beckman brings them out into the open for everyone to share. <b>With charm unwavering enthusiasm and a lot of cartoons <i>Math Without Numbers</i> waltzes the reader through a garden of higher mathematics</b> <i>Math Without Numbers</i> explores deep mathematical topics -- and shows how mathematicians think-in completely readable prose. The puzzles and games are bonuses. <b>Very enjoyable</b> <b>A playful paean to the pleasures of studying higher math</b> ... readers with an abundance of curiosity and the time to puzzle over Beckman's many examples riddles and questions will make many fascinating discoveries The book's accessible language and illustrations makes understanding some of the most complex (and possibly most intimidating) math concepts feel as effortless as breathing.<b> Beckman's approachable writing and Erazo's delightful illustration combine to tell an insightful and entertaining story about math</b> This is the book for you if you've ever been curious about the wonderful ideas and concepts underlying modern math but been too frightened to make a start. Milo Beckman gives us a <b>friendly introduction to unfamiliar concepts and ideas</b> that show why modern math is such a fascinating and rewarding branch of human thought <i>Math Without Numbers </i>offers <b>an accessible and whimsically illustrated</b> glimpse of what pure mathematicians study all while capturing the playful spirit with which they do it <p><b>'The whizz-kid making maths supercool. . . A brilliant book that takes everything we know (and fear) about maths out of the equation - starting with numbers' <i>The Times</i><br><br>'A cheerful chatty and charming trip through the world of mathematics. . . Everyone should read this delightful book' Ian Stewart author of <i>Do Dice Play God?</i><br></b><br>The only numbers in this book are the page numbers.<br><br>The three main branches of abstract math - topology analysis and algebra - turn out to be surprisingly easy to grasp. Or at least they are when our guide is a math prodigy. With forthright wit and warm charm Milo Beckman upends the conventional approach to mathematics inviting us to think creatively about shape and dimension the infinite and the infinitesimal symmetries proofs and all how all these concepts fit together. Why is there a million dollar prize for counting shapes? Is anything bigger than infinity? And how is the 'truth' of mathematics actually decided?<br><br>A vivid and wholly original guide to the math that makes the world tick and the planets revolve <i>Math Without Number</i>s makes human and understandable the elevated and hypothetical allowing us to clearly see abstract math for what it is: bizarre beautiful and head-scratchingly wonderful.</p> <p><b>'The whizz-kid making maths supercool. . . A brilliant book that takes everything we know (and fear) about maths out of the equation - starting with numbers' <i>The Times</i><br><br>'A cheerful chatty and charming trip through the world of mathematics. . . Everyone should read this delightful book' Ian Stewart author of <i>Do Dice Play God?</i><br></b><br>The only numbers in this book are the page numbers.<br><br>The three main branches of abstract math - topology analysis and algebra - turn out to be surprisingly easy to grasp. Or at least they are when our guide is a math prodigy. With forthright wit and warm charm Milo Beckman upends the conventional approach to mathematics inviting us to think creatively about shape and dimension the infinite and the infinitesimal symmetries proofs and all how all these concepts fit together. Why is there a million dollar prize for counting shapes? Is anything bigger than infinity? And how is the 'truth' of mathematics actually decided?<br><br>A vivid and wholly original guide to the math that makes the world tick and the planets revolve <i>Math Without Number</i>s makes human and understandable the elevated and hypothetical allowing us to clearly see abstract math for what it is: bizarre beautiful and head-scratchingly wonderful.</p>