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Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut

English

By (author): Marcus du Sautoy

How do you remember more and forget less?

How can you earn more and become more creative just by moving house?
 
And how do you pack a car boot most efficiently?

This is your shortcut to the art of the shortcut.

Mathematics is full of better ways of thinking, and with over 2,000 years of knowledge to draw on, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy interrogates his passion for shortcuts in this fresh and fascinating guide. After all, shortcuts have enabled so much of human progress, whether in constructing the first cities around the Euphrates 5,000 years ago, using calculus to determine the scale of the universe or in writing todays algorithms that help us find a new life partner.
 
As well as looking at the most useful shortcuts in history  such as measuring the circumference of the earth in 240 BC to diagrams that illustrate how modern GPS works Marcus also looks at how you can use shortcuts in investing or how to learn a musical instrument to memory techniques. He talks to, among many, the writer Robert MacFarlane, cellist Natalie Clein and the psychologist Suzie Orbach, asking whether shortcuts are always the best idea and, if so, when they use them.

With engaging puzzles and conundrums throughout to illustrate the shortcuts ability to find solutions with speed, Thinking Better offers many clever strategies for daily complex problems.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 560g
  • Dimensions: 159 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 19 Aug 2021
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780008393915

About Marcus du Sautoy

Marcus du Sautoy is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 2008 he was appointed to the universitys prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science a post previously held by Richard Dawkins. He has presented numerous radio and TV programmes including a four-part landmark TV series for the BBC called The Story of Maths. He works extensively with a range of arts organisations bringing science alive for the public from the Royal Opera House to the Glastonbury Festival.

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