For people who hate math

Author: (Japan) Naoki Koshino
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Naoki Koshino, a contemporary Japanese intellectual master, presents a new masterpiece! Ranked among the top-selling books in Japan ★★★★★ Recommended as one of the best-selling and longest-lasting books in Japanese publishing history, sparking a wave of book buying in Japan. This book will take you into the world of mathematics, explore its mysteries, and introduce the relationship between the origins of mathematics and religious history. It delves into how different civilizations around the world view mathematics, the connection between mathematics and modern capitalism, the relationship between mathematics and economics, as well as famous mathematical theories. The author is erudite, citing examples from ancient to modern times effortlessly, making the seemingly profound, abstract, and mysterious principles of mathematics easy to understand. He also skillfully connects mathematics with history, law, philosophy, sociology, economics, and literature. Here, you'll find Aristotle's essence of formal logic, famous Gauss's theorem; Zheng He's maritime career, the reasons for the dissolution of the Soviet Union; Han Feizi's legal theory, and the U.S. strategy to address the financial crisis. It is truly rich in knowledge, fascinating, and engaging, leaving readers unable to put it down and benefiting greatly.