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Old 03-08-2017, 11:44 PM   #25511
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I am reading : How Not to be Wrong : The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg.

The book is interesting but not entertaining but I don't expect non-fiction books to be entertaining per se. I am reading it because it is like making a kid eat his vegetables, at the dinner table, it is self edifying. I am reading it because I think it is important like John Allen Paulos' book Innumeracy. Interestingly, enough, Bill Gates read How Not To Be Wrong and wrote a review here :

www.gatesnotes.com/Books/How-Not-to-be-Wrong

The amazon description is here :

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/01431..._1489034464320

I am only on page 56 so don't ask for my review, at least, not yet. I did conduct a superficial scan of the whole book, first , to make sure it was worth reading so I already know what it is basically about.
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