Математика для тех, кто боится математики: Еще одна книга с дурацкими рисунками

Govori͡at, matematika - ėto universalʹnyĭ i͡azyk. Avtor bestsellera "Matematika s durat͡skimi risunkami" Ben Orlin podumal: a chto, esli vosprini͡atʹ ėtu idei͡u bukvalʹno? Ne "matematika - ėto chto-to vrode logicheskoĭ poėzii" ili "matematika - ėto, metaforicheski vyrazhai͡asʹ, i͡azyk vselennoĭ". Net. Chto, esli matematika - ėto i͡azyk v tom zhe smysle, v kakom i͡azykami i͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a ispanskiĭ, arabskiĭ ili dotrakiĭskiĭ: sredstvo, s pomoshchʹi͡u kotorogo malenʹkai͡a gruppa li͡udeĭ vyrazhaet svoi malenʹkie chelovecheskie mysli? No esli i͡azyki obʺedini͡ai͡ut, pochemu togda matematika zastavli͡aet tak mnogikh iz nas chuvstvovatʹ sebi͡a nastolʹko odinokimi?V svoeĭ knige "Matematika dli͡a tekh, kto boitsi͡a matematiki: Eshche odna kniga s durat͡skimi risunkami" Orlin predlagaet vzgli͡ad, kotoryĭ pokazhetsi͡a svezhim kak tem, kto teri͡aetsi͡a pri vide li͡ubogo matematicheskogo vyrazhenii͡a (vyrazhai͡asʹ otkrovenno, gumanitarii͡am), tak i znatokam predmeta. Orlin ishchet i nakhodit v matematicheskom i͡azyke sushchestvitelʹnye (chisla), glagoly (matematicheskie deĭstvii͡a) i grammatiku (algebra), zabavnye idiomy ("vozvedenie v kvadrat"), prichudlivye ėtimologii ("nauchnai͡a zapisʹ") i svoeobraznye neodnoznachnosti (pori͡adok deĭstviĭ). Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

They say mathematics is a universal language. Ben Orlin, author of the best-selling book "Mathematics with Stupid Drawings," thought: what if we take this idea literally? Not "mathematics is something like logical poetry" or "mathematics is, metaphorically speaking, the language of the universe." No. What if mathematics is a language in the same sense that Spanish, Arabic, or Dothraki are languages: a means by which a small group of people expresses their small human thoughts? But if languages unite, then why does mathematics make so many of us feel so alone?In his book "Mathematics for those who are afraid of mathematics: Another book with silly drawings" by Orlin offers a look that will seem fresh both to those who are lost at the sight of any mathematical expression (to put it frankly, to humanities scholars) and to connoisseurs of the subject. Orlin searches and finds in mathematical language nouns (numbers), verbs (mathematical actions) and grammar (algebra), funny idioms ("squaring"), bizarre etymologies ("scientific notation") and peculiar ambiguities (order of actions). Read more…