Ben Orlin

Gebundenes Buch

Math for English Majors

A Human Take on the Universal Language

Beschreibung

In the spirit of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry and How to Bake Pi, this helpful, humorous handbook for the mathematically challenged by Ben Orlin, author of Math with Bad Drawings, uses his empathy, his humour, and his "bad drawings" to unravel the secrets behind the world's most confounding language.

Autor

Ben Orlin is the author of Math with Bad Drawings (as well as the blog of the same name),Change is the Only Constant. Math Games With Bad Drawings, and Math Games With Bad Drawings: The Ultimate Game Collection. His writing on math and education has appeared in The Atlantic, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Slate, Vox, and Popular Science. He has taught middle and high school mathematics and has spoken about math and education at colleges and universities across the United States. He lives with his wife and two daughters in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Running Press, U.S.
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 207mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 738g
• ISBN-13: 9780762499816
• ISBN-10: 0762499818
• Artikelnr.: 69631794