Monday, October 11, 2010

More math, please.

Green, John(2006).An Abundance of Katherines. NY:Dutton Books

You'll like this one if are a young person who is interested in math and reading about other young persons who are interested in math. As you know, mathematicians see and read the world as an intricate web of quantitative relationships. A theoretical mathematical model for an actual process is a powerful tool for understanding and manipulating that process. Who can blame child prodigy Colin Singleton for trying to derive some equations that can help him navigate the waters of post-being-dumped-by-a-girlfriend-named-Katherine stress disorder?