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Shape
by Jordan Ellenberg
Geometry everywhere: pandemics, gerrymandering, AI, random walks, the hidden structure of the world. Ellenberg's second, equally lively.
Read it if…
you want geometry as a way of thinking.
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Skip it if…
you want How Not to Be Wrong's breadth.
Try instead: Infinite Powers →
Three things you will actually use
- Shape is structure.
- Random walks explain.
- Geometry is politics.
Do this first
Read the chapter on gerrymandering.
Our verdict
Ellenberg on shape.
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