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UW Prof Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy and Everything Else

UW Prof Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy and Everything Else
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Jordan Ellenberg On How Geometry Explains the World

The Atlantic The mathematician Jordan Ellenberg discusses gerrymandering, bad COVID-19 projections, and how geometry explains the world. About the author: Derek Thompson is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he writes about economics, technology, and the media. He is the author of Hit Makersand the host of the podcast So you’re walking down the street carrying a hot slice of pizza on a paper plate. The tip of the slice is so heavy with cheese and sauce that it’s drooping toward the ground. How do you solve this problem? Naturally, you fold the pizza lengthwise, New York–style. But why does warping the pizza by turning the crust ends toward each other keep the molten cheese at the pizza tip from falling on the street? The answer is geometry.

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Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information

Many people don't understand how much math and specifically geometry govern their everyday life. We even come out of the womb wanting to know where things are, what they look like and how to get from one place to another, all geometry. That's the topic of a new book, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy and Everything Else. Author UW-Madison Mathematics Professor Jordan Ellenberg joins us today.

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