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A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender
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2020
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Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78816-040-7 (ISBN)
Profile Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78816-040-7 (ISBN)
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What if we could do the impossible and remove gender from the equation?
One of NPR's Best Books of 2020
A New Scientist Don't Miss Pick
From imaginary numbers to the fourth dimension and beyond, mathematics has always been about imagining impossible things. In x+y, Eugenia Cheng draws on the insights of higher-dimensional mathematics to reveal a transformative new way of talking about the patriarchy, mansplaining and sexism: a way that empowers all of us to make the world a better place.
Using precise mathematical reasoning to uncover everything from the sexist assumptions that make society a harder place for women to live to the limitations of science and statistics in helping us understand the link between gender and society, Cheng's analysis replaces confusion with clarity, brings original thinking to well worn arguments - and provides a radical, illuminating and liberating new way of thinking about the world and women's place in it.
One of NPR's Best Books of 2020
A New Scientist Don't Miss Pick
From imaginary numbers to the fourth dimension and beyond, mathematics has always been about imagining impossible things. In x+y, Eugenia Cheng draws on the insights of higher-dimensional mathematics to reveal a transformative new way of talking about the patriarchy, mansplaining and sexism: a way that empowers all of us to make the world a better place.
Using precise mathematical reasoning to uncover everything from the sexist assumptions that make society a harder place for women to live to the limitations of science and statistics in helping us understand the link between gender and society, Cheng's analysis replaces confusion with clarity, brings original thinking to well worn arguments - and provides a radical, illuminating and liberating new way of thinking about the world and women's place in it.
Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Honorary Visiting Fellow at City, University of London. A concert pianist, she also speaks French and Cantonese, and is the author of The Art of Logic, How to Bake Pi and Beyond Infinity, the last of which was shortlisted for the 2017 Royal Society Science Book Prize.
Erscheinungsdatum | 16.07.2020 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 144 x 240 mm |
Gewicht | 440 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78816-040-1 / 1788160401 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78816-040-7 / 9781788160407 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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