The Ten Equations that Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too, by David Sumpter Tony Mann welcomes a compelling account of the power – and ethical challenges – of mathematics in helping us address crucial issues in today’s world Tony Mann 11月 26日
The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History, by Paolo Zellini Tony Mann is impressed by a study of what we mean by numbers that ranges across millennia Tony Mann 5月 14日
The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets, by Graham Farmelo Tony Mann assesses an argument about the role of mathematical beauty as a key to understanding how the universe works Tony Mann 5月 30日
Patently Mathematical: Picking Partners, Passwords and Careers by the Numbers, by Jeff Suzuki Tony Mann learns that ‘applied mathematics’ isn’t what it used to be Tony Mann 4月 18日
The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn’t, by Eugenia Cheng If you want to learn to argue better, don’t ditch emotion, argues Tony Mann Tony Mann 7月 19日
Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World, by Keith Devlin Tony Mann follows a scholar’s journey to get to the root of a game-changing mathematician Tony Mann 5月 25日
Living by Numbers: In Defence of Quantity, by Steven Connor This provocative argument for the importance of number in the humanities is full of wit and insight, says Tony Mann Tony Mann 10月 13日