Shape : the hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else
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New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
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9781984879059, 1984879057, 9780593299739, 0593299736, 9781984879073, 1984879073
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Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2021.
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Book
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463 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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English
ISBN
9781984879059, 1984879057, 9780593299739, 0593299736, 9781984879073, 1984879073
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40030620872

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. Geometry doesn't just measure the world--it explains it. Shape shows us how"--,Provided by publisher.
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How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play GO, and why is learning Go so much easier for them than learning to read a sentence? Can ancient Greek proportions predict the stock market? (Sorry, no.) What should your kids learn in school if they really want to learn to think? All these are questions about geometry. For real. If you're like most people, geometry is a sterile and dimly remembered exercise you gladly left behind in the dust of ninth grade, along with your braces and active romantic interest in pop singers. If you recall any of it, it's plodding through a series of minuscule steps only to prove some fact about triangles that was obvious to you in the first place. That's not geometry. Okay, it is geometry, but only a tiny part, which has as much to do with geometry in all its flush modern richness as conjugating a verb has to do with a great novel. Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? These are important questions. The word "goemetry" comes from the Greek for "measuring the world." If anything, that's an undersell. Geometry doesn't just measure the world--it explains it. Shape shows us how. --,From dust jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Ellenberg, J. (2021). Shape: the hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else . Penguin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ellenberg, Jordan, 1971-. 2021. Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else. Penguin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ellenberg, Jordan, 1971-. Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else Penguin Press, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Ellenberg, Jordan. Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else Penguin Press, 2021.

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