Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life Du Sautoy Marcus
Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life Du Sautoy Marcus One of the world's great mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaverWe are often told that hard work is the key…
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Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life Du Sautoy Marcus
One of the world's great mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaverWe are often told that hard work is the key to success. Shortcuts allow us to solve one problem quickly so that we can tackle an even bigger one. But success isn't about hard work - it's about shortcuts.
And according to Marcus du Sautoy, math is the very art of the shortcut.Thinking Better is a celebration of how math lets us do more with less. They make us capable of doing great things. Du Sautoy explores how diagramming revolutionized therapy, why calculus is the greatest shortcut ever invented, whether you must really practice for ten thousand hours to become a concert violinist, and why shortcuts give us an advantage over even the most powerful AI.
Throughout, we meet artists, scientists, and entrepreneurs who use mathematical