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

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

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  • Create Date：2021-05-20 03:19:01
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Jordan Ellenberg
  • ISBN：B08PF965W9
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Reviews

Jeff ，

Love Song To Geometry - And A Look At How It Is Truly Everywhere。 This is a mathematician showing just how prevalent geometry is in our every day lives - and why modern math classes tend to ruin it for most people。 As a mathematics oriented person myself （got one math-derived degree， very nearly got two others almost at the same time， former math teacher， current active software developer）， this was fairly easy to follow - Ellenberg mentions some advanced concepts without actually *showing* many Love Song To Geometry - And A Look At How It Is Truly Everywhere。 This is a mathematician showing just how prevalent geometry is in our every day lives - and why modern math classes tend to ruin it for most people。 As a mathematics oriented person myself （got one math-derived degree， very nearly got two others almost at the same time， former math teacher， current active software developer）， this was fairly easy to follow - Ellenberg mentions some advanced concepts without actually *showing* many of them， though there *is* more actual equations in here than some might like in a "popsci" level book。 Thanks to Ellenberg's explanations of said equations and concepts， this *should* be an easy enough follow for most anyone。 And he really does do a great job of showing how even advanced ideas really do come down to the most basic principles - just applied in particularly interesting ways。 Indeed， the only real critique I have here is that when Ellenberg gets off the math specifically and into more political and social commentary - even when ostensbily using the math as a shield - it gets much closer to "Your Mileage May Vary" level。 Overall， those moments weren't quite pervasive enough nor did they stray far enough from the central premise to warrant dropping a star， and thus the book maintains the full five stars that all books start with for me。 Very much recommended。 。。。more

Natalia ，

Excellent and fun use of mathematical principles to explain events we see in our daily lives。 I thought Ellenberg did a great job of incorporating history and mathematics and the book was very interesting and seamless to read。 I am a PhD student in engineering but I think this book would be of interest to anyone， even if they haven't revisited geometry or mathematics in years。 Concepts are really well broken down but I didn't find any part of it to be superfluous even if coming from a STEM-heavy Excellent and fun use of mathematical principles to explain events we see in our daily lives。 I thought Ellenberg did a great job of incorporating history and mathematics and the book was very interesting and seamless to read。 I am a PhD student in engineering but I think this book would be of interest to anyone， even if they haven't revisited geometry or mathematics in years。 Concepts are really well broken down but I didn't find any part of it to be superfluous even if coming from a STEM-heavy background。 。。。more

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