It's a Numberful World

How Math Is Hiding Everywhere

De: Eddie Woo

Narrado por: Adam Lofbomm

Why aren't left-handers extinct? What makes a rainbow round? How is a pancreas...like a pendulum?

These may not look like math questions, but they are - because they all have to do with patterns. And mathematics, at heart, is the study of patterns.

That realization changed Eddie Woo's life - by turning the "dry" subject he dreaded in high school into a boundless quest for discovery. Now an award-winning math teacher, Woo sees patterns everywhere: in the "branches" of blood vessels and lightning, in the growth of a savings account and a sunflower, even in his morning cup of tea!

Here are 26 bite-size chapters on the hidden mathematical marvels that encrypt our email, enchant our senses, and even keep us alive - from the sine waves we hear as "music" to the mysterious golden ratio.

This audiobook will change your mind about what math can be. We are all born mathematicians - and It's a Numberful World.

©2018, 2019 Eddie Woo (P)2019 Tantor

Not terribly useful for any level of math knowledge

The concepts presented are very elementary, so not very useful for those with a quantitative background. And apart from a few sections, I don’t believe those with limited math exposure will find it terribly interesting. Though admittedly this is harder for me to judge.

Finally, I listened to the audiobook version. While not a fault of the book itself, it is very unsuited to this format; significant stretches of it consist of the tedious enumeration of long sequences of numbers and operations.

Making sense of magic.

At 40+ years old I have had to go back to school and take pre-calculus and further, Mr. Woo has become my tutor through YouTube and his books, he is passionate and relatable which helps because I find most Dr. X college professors are dispassionate, cold, and soulless human beings. If you are wondering whether like me you love math and it’s usefulness but very much dislike the nose in the air snooty academics in the Math world, Dr Woo is going to be your bridge to higher mathematics.