For people who hate math

Author: Naoki Shoji (Japan)
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Naoki Shoji, a contemporary Japanese intellectual master, presents a new work ★★★★★ Recommended on the Japanese bestseller list Bestselling and long-selling in the history of Japanese publishing, sparking a wave of book buying in Japan. This book will take you into the world of mathematics, explore the mysteries of mathematics, introduce the relationship between the origin of mathematics and religious history, different civilizations' perspectives on mathematics, the relationship between mathematics and modern capitalism, the relationship between mathematics and economics, as well as famous mathematical theories. The author is knowledgeable, citing examples from ancient to modern times, making the seemingly profound, abstract, and mysterious principles of mathematics easy to understand. He also seamlessly combines mathematics with history, law, philosophy, sociology, economics, and literature. Here, you'll find the essence of Aristotle's formal logic, the famous theorem of Gauss; Zheng He's maritime career, the reasons for the dissolution of the Soviet Union; the legal philosophy of Han Feizi, and the U.S. strategy to address the financial crisis. It is truly rich in knowledge, fascinating, and engaging, making it hard to put down and highly rewarding.