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    Shape : the hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else / Jordan Ellenberg.

    • Title:Shape : the hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else / Jordan Ellenberg.
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    • Variant Title:Hidden geometry of information, biology, strategy, democracy, and everything else
    • Author/Creator:Ellenberg, Jordan, 1971- author.
    • Published/Created:New York : Penguin Books, 2022.
      ©2021
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Geometry--Popular works.
      Shapes.
    • Description:465 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
    • Summary:"Shape reveals the geometry underneath some of the most important scientific, political, and philosophical problems we face. Geometry asks: Where are things? Which things are near each other? How can you get from one thing to another thing? Those are important questions. Geometry doesn't just measure the world--it explains it. Shape shows us how"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780141991511 paperback
      0141991518 paperback
      9781984879073 paperback
      1984879073 paperback
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 "I Vote For Euclid"
      ch. 2 How Many Holes Does A Straw Have?
      ch. 3 Giving The Same Name To Different Things
      ch. 4 Fragment Of The Sphinx
      ch. 5 "His Style Was Invincibility"
      ch. 6 Mysterious Power Of Trial And Error
      ch. 7 Artificial Intelligence As Mountaineering
      ch. 8 You Are Your Own Negative-First Cousin, And Other Maps
      ch. 9 Three Years Of Sundays
      ch. 10 What Happened Today Will Happen Tomorrow
      ch. 11 Terrible Law Of Increase
      ch. 12 Smoke In The Leaf
      ch. 13 Rumple In Space
      ch. 14 How Math Broke Democracy (And Might Still Save It).
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