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Jordan Ellenberg: How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking 4 stars

The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world …

Review of 'How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

A popular entry in the category, mathematics for the uninformed, this one addresses many of the usual intellectual problems, e.g. regression to the mean, the law of large numbers, what a p value means, expected value, etc. I think most readers with a technical education will be familiar with all the "answers", so what's so good about this book? The author writes well, he does not avoid the use of some mathematical symbols and graphs, and, both a strength and a weakness, he does not tell a straight story, but mixes related concepts and different historical figures together to perhaps make the chapters more approachable.