Is Math Real? the invention hunters

Is Math Real? the invention huntersOne of the worlds most creative mathematicians offers a new way to look at mathfocusing on questions, not answers Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A New Scientist Best Book of the Year Brilliant. Popular Science Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not really, according to mathematician Eugenia Cheng: we learn it from human curiositymost importantly, from asking questions. This may come as a surprise to

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Generational vocabulary gaps

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There are stories from the Democratic debates

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Or that the Hollywood casting directors she wrote to replied that "professional training was a requirement

Wildlife photojournalist and nature educator Mark Wilson presents a one-of-a-kind look into the mysterious lives of these distinctive birds

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A Slender Thread is a spellbinding account of Venables' survival—and his intense personal struggle to understand the risks he takes for the sake of his insatiable passion for climbing

geologist David Montgomery has learned to see the evolution and near-extinction of the salmon as a story of changing landscapes