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Jordan Ellenberg

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Jordan Ellenberg is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His writing has appeared in Slate, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Believer.

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Yu Darvish has beaten 29 out of the 30 MLB teams

But not the Orioles, against whom he is now 0-3. He got beat by Dylan Bundy in the 2016 game, then by Grayson Rodriguez (remember Grayson Rodriguez?) in 2023, and by Tyler Wells this week. That’s only the regular season, though. The game I really remember is the 2012 AL wild card game, the first playoff game for the Orioles in more than a decade. Darvish, then an MLB rookie, started for the Ranger

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Average rating: 3.93 · 23,193 ratings · 2,179 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking 3.95 avg rating — 21,015 ratings — published 2014 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse 3.74 avg rating — 2,051 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grasshopper King 3.57 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SUMMARY AND KEY ANALYSIS OF SHAPE BY JORDAN ELLENBERG: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and Everything Else 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Formes: La géométrie cachée de l'information, de la biologie, de la stratégie, de la démocratie et d'absolument tout le reste 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I think we need more math majors who don't become mathematicians. More math major doctors, more math major high school teachers, more math major CEOs, more math major senators. But we won't get there unless we dump the stereotype that math is only worthwhile for kid geniuses.”
― Jordan Ellenberg, How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

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“A basic rule of mathematical life: if the universe hands you a hard problem, try to solve an easier one instead, and hope the simple version is close enough to the original problem that the universe doesn’t object.”
― Jordan Ellenberg, How Not To Be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday

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“Knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world.”
― Jordan Ellenberg, How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

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L'enigma dei numeri primi. L'ipotesi di Riemann, il più grande mistero della matematica di Marcus du Sautoy

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Armi di distruzione matematica: Come i Big Data aumentano la disuguaglianza e minacciano la democrazia di Cathy O'Neil

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La matematica dell'incertezza di Marco Li Calzi

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Apologia di un matematico di G.H. Hardy

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I numeri non sbagliano mai: Il potere del pensiero matematico di Jordan Ellenberg

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Matematica, stupore e poesia di Bruno D'Amore

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Ipotenuse, incognite, potenze e altri misteriosi misfatti della matematica di Kjartan Poskitt

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