Its a Numberful World, Eddie Woo
Its a Numberful World, Eddie Woo
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It's a Numberful World
How Math Is Hiding Everywhere

Author: Eddie Woo

Narrator: Adam Lofbomm

Unabridged: 5 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/03/2019

Categories: Nonfiction, Mathematics


Synopsis

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 twenty-six 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 book will change your mind about what math can be. We are all born mathematicians—and It's a Numberful World.

About Eddie Woo

Eddie Woo has been named one of the top ten teachers in the world as a finalist for the 2018 Global Teacher Prize. His YouTube channel, misterwootube, has over 600,000 subscribers (too many to fit in his classroom, where a few lucky students get the full 3-D experience). He lives in New South Wales, Australia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Antonio

I would recommend everyone, independently of their interest in math (or lack thereof) or even their level of mathematical education to read this wonderful book. As an engineer, I have had to study and go through a lot of math in my life. I have learnt and applied many mathematical concepts over time,......more

Goodreads review by Floyd

I picked up the book expecting to find an assortment of number and mathematical based trivia. Though not entirely wrong, the book is more scholarly than the typical trivia book. The book is not full of equations but is aimed much more at the visual learner - filled with illustrations and graphs. Eac......more

Goodreads review by Ron

Were you born a mathematician? Do you like math? Or did you like math and then got frustrated with it? Does Algebra or Calculus strike dread in your soul? Or maybe you get lost in the variables of life and just need to know what is going on. Eddie Woo strives to answer at least some of these questio......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca

This book was a birthday gift from my friend Emily! She gave me this book to share something she loved with me and I will always connect that to this book! As he concluded the book, the author reiterated that taking math out of the context of the world makes it much harder for us to understand it or......more