How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Ratings36
Average rating4
The columnist for Slate's popular "Do the Math" celebrates the logical, illuminating nature of math in today's world, sharing in accessible language mathematical approaches that demystify complex and everyday problems.
Tags
Genres
Reviews
Popular Reviews
Reviews with the most likes.
Bleh. I was NOT smart enough for this book! I thought it looked interesting and would have some cool insights into practical applications of math and statistics and such. Then 75% of the book ended up being proofs (simplified, of course) of the topics he was talking about and it was just way too much. The “real-world” applications weren't interesting enough to make it worth it.
Then, I started comparing it to Thinking Fast and Slow, which has a similar vibe but from a behavioral economics standpoint instead of pure math. Compared to that, there was no point at all of reading this book.
I was looking forward to the hype I had read about this book. Unfortunately, the author constantly chose to make his points by telling political anecdotes, mostly anti-Republican. He also writes in a snarky, arrogant manner. I wonder if he'll look back in twenty years and be proud of this.
