How Not to be Wrong, by Jordan Ellenberg
乔丹·艾伦伯格《如何避免错误》
Ellenberg, a mathematician and writer, explains how math plays into our daily lives without our even knowing it. Each chapter starts with a subject that seems fairly straightforward—electoral politics, say, or the Massachusetts lottery—and then uses it as a jumping-off point to talk about the math involved.
艾伦博格是名数学家,同时身为作家,他向我们解释了缘何数学潜移默化地在我们生活中发挥作用。每一章节的开头都相当直接,如,从政治选举说开去,然后荡开一笔谈论其中的数学。
The book’s larger point is that, as Ellenberg writes, “to do mathematics is to be, at once, touched by fire and bound by reason”.
这本书的亮点在于,如同艾伦博格所写道的,数学就是忽然触及火焰,又为理性所约束。
The Vital Question, by Nick Lane
尼克·雷恩《致命问题》
It’s not just theoretica. Nick is trying to right a scientific wrong by getting people to fully appreciate the role that energy plays in all living things. He argues that we can only understand how life began, and how living things got so complex, by understanding how energy works.
这本书不是仅仅关乎理论。尼克试图更正一个科学误区,让人们充分认识到能量在一切有生命事物中扮演的角色。他主张,我们只有理解了能量是如何运作的才能理解生命的起源及生命是如何变复杂的过程。
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