How Not to Be Wrong : The Power of Mathematical Thinking

Very interesting way of presenting mathematical ideas applied, sometimes more Seth is warranted though

Slightly torn cover and slightly turned pages.

The book is written well enough for everyone (not only Maths prodigy) to understand it. There are no formulas - only explanation of concepts, mathematical laws of the universe, great examples and few mentions of how teachers lie to us at school (I knew it!!!). As a classic scientist who lies to read in bullet points I found there was a bit too much side story and introduction to the "idea" (each chapter is about a different mathematical idea). But I guess those introductions are the reasons why someone like my mum, who cannot comprehend numbers, is interested in this book. I would advise this book for everyone - especially younger adults as trust me THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE HOW YOU SEE THE WORLD. It will make you understand economics and political bullpoo much better. It will improve your ability to understand complex concepts and interaction as that what is obvious is not always correct. It will improve your ability to judge based on facts and to estimate the value of those facts (yes, facts may be misleading - it's all in the book). This is the kind of books teenagers should be reading at school!

Good book to read

It's a very funny book and you don't need very hard knowledge to have fun with it. It is very clear and dealing with various topics from old maths (like pYthagora's theorem) to very early developpments in financial theories. It's very easy to read even for non native English talking people like me. Just buy it !

This book is very well written and you get stuck on it because of the things explained. As an Italian reader I cannot say it is an easy reading , nevertheless I would recommend it.