HOW NOT TO BE WRONG(THE POWER OF MATHEMATICAL THINKING)

如果你是一个有“数学焦虑症”的人，你可能不会相信有一天你会爱上数学。 原因在于，我们在学校所学的数学知识看上去不过是一堆沉闷的规则、定律和公理，都是前人传下来的，而且是不容置疑的。在《如何不犯错：数学思维的力量》中，世界知名数学家乔丹·艾伦伯格告诉我们怎样的认知是对的。数学与我们所做的每一件事都息息相关，可以帮助我们洞见在混沌和嘈杂的表象之下日常生活的隐性结构和秩序。数学是一门告诉我们“如何做才不会犯错”的科学，是经年累月的努力、争论所锤炼出来的。

WHEN AM I GOING TO USE THIS? PART I Linearity One. LESS LIKE SWEDEN Two. STRAIGHT LOCALLY, CURVED GLOBALLY Three. EVERYONE IS OBESE Four. HOW MUCH IS THAT IN DEAD AMERICANS? Five. MORE PIE THAN PLATE PART II Inference Six. THE BALTIMORE STOCKBROKER AND THE BIBLE CODE Seven. DEAD FISH DON'T READ MINDS Eight. REDUCTIO AD UNLIKELY Nine. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HARUSPICY Ten. ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, BAYESIAN INFERENCE PART III Expectation Eleven. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING TO WIN THE LOTTERY Twelve. MISS MORE PLANES! Thirteen. WHERE THE TRAIN TRACKS MEET PART IV Regression Fourteen. THE TRIUMPH OF MEDIOCRITY Fifteen. GALTON'S ELLIPSE Sixteen. DOES LUNG CANCER MAKE YOU SMOKE CIGARETTES? PART V Existence Seventeen. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PUBLIC OPINION Eighteen. "OUT OF NOTHING I HAVE CREATED A STRANGE NEW UNIVERSE" HOW TO BE RIGHT Acknowledgments Notes Index