X + Y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender

by Eugenia Cheng

Book Overview

One of NPR's Best Books of 2020
One of the Most Fascinating Books WIRED Read in 2020

A brilliant mathematician examines the complexity of gender and society and forges a path out of inequality. Why are men in charge? After years in the male-dominated field of mathematics and in the female-dominated field of art, Eugenia Cheng has heard the question many times. In x + y, Cheng argues that her mathematical specialty --...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541646509
• ISBN13: 9781541646506
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"