Is Maths Real? : How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths by Eugenia Cheng author Richard Balls has secured

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160+ colour photographs & illustrations

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Is Maths Real? : How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths by Eugenia Cheng author Richard Balls has securedA NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF 2023 'A generous tour of mathematics for anyone whose instincts tend less towards "Just tell me the answer" and more towards "Wait, but why?"' JORDAN ELLENBERG To many, maths feels like an unmapped wilderness. Between abstract concepts like imaginary numbers and infinity, it can sometimes feel like a lot of maths is just made up. Why, for example, is 1 not a prime? Why do two negatives cancel each other out? Where does