How Not to Be Wrong : The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

When:
June 2, 2015 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
2015-06-02T18:30:00+01:00
2015-06-02T20:00:00+01:00
Where:
CNCFD: Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design
16-17 Greek Street
Soho, London W1D 4DR
UK
Cost:
£25
Contact:
how to: academy

In this talk by the New York Times bestselling author Jordan Ellenberg, we will hear how a little mathematics goes a long way in helping us not to be wrong. Instead of an abstract set of rules learnt at school, we will see how maths touches on everything we do, and how a little mathematical knowledge reveals the hidden structures that lie beneath the world’s messy and chaotic surface.

Amongst the many topics covered in the book some of which will feature in the talk, Jordan explains calculus in a single page, shows us what maths can teach us about the existence of God, what Facebook knows about us, and how a group of MIT undergrads won millions of dollars by understanding how the Massachusetts state lottery worked.