Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else

by Jordan Ellenberg

Book Overview

From the New York Times-bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong, himself a world-class geometer, a far-ranging exploration of the power of geometry, which turns out to help us think better about practically everything

How should a democracy choose its representatives? How can you stop a pandemic from sweeping the world? How do computers learn to play chess, and why is learning chess so much easier for them than learning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1984879057
• ISBN13: 9781984879059
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"