Young math students are commonly known for their “When will I ever actually use this in real life?” groans, but for Jordan Ellenberg, a math professor at University of Wisconsin, answering that ...

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We can’t all be mathematicians, but we certainly ought to try. So says math scholar Jordan Ellenberg in this demanding, fascinating book. Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at the University of ...

In “How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking,” Jordan Ellenberg writes about when it’s a good idea to buy lottery tickets, why tall parents have shorter children, a dead fish in an MRI ...

Listen to Episode No. 58 of Slate Money: Subscribe in iTunes ∙ RSS feed ∙ Download ∙ Play in another tab On this week’s episode, Slate Money doubles down on Jordans, as special guest Jordan Ellenberg ...

“There are many different pathways into mathematics,” said Jordan Ellenberg, a mathematician at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “There is the stereotype that interest in math displays itself ...

Growing up, Jordan Ellenberg didn’t much like geometry. “As a kid I was very interested in math but I was drawn to the more algebraic and numerical side,” said Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at ...