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<p><span word="How">How</span> <span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="Wrong">Wrong</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Jordan">Jordan</span> <span word="Ellenberg">Ellenberg</span></p><p>乔丹·艾伦伯格《如何避免错误》</p><p><span word="Ellenberg">Ellenberg</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mathematician">mathematician</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="writer">writer</span>, <span word="explains">explains</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="math">math</span> <span word="plays">plays</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="daily">daily</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="knowing">knowing</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="chapter">chapter</span> <span word="starts">starts</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="subject">subject</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="fairly">fairly</span> <span word="straightforward">straightforward</span>—<span word="electoral">electoral</span> <span word="politics">politics</span>, <span word="say">say</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</span> <span word="lottery">lottery</span>—<span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="uses">uses</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="jumping">jumping</span>-<span word="off">off</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="talk">talk</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="math">math</span> <span word="involved">involved</span>.</p><p>艾伦博格是名数学家，同时身为作家，他向我们解释了缘何数学潜移默化地在我们生活中发挥作用。每一章节的开头都相当直接，如，从政治选举说开去，然后荡开一笔谈论其中的数学。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="book">book</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="larger">larger</span> <span word="point">point</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Ellenberg">Ellenberg</span> <span word="writes">writes</span>, “<span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="mathematics">mathematics</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="once">once</span>, <span word="touched">touched</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="reason">reason</span>”.</p><p>这本书的亮点在于，如同艾伦博格所写道的，数学就是忽然触及火焰，又为理性所约束。</p>
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