Art of Logic in an Illogical World

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Eugenia Cheng: Art of Logic in an Illogical World (2020, Basic Books)

320 pages

English language

Published Jan. 18, 2020 by Basic Books.

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"In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to readers drowning in the illogic of contemporary life. Cheng is a mathematician, so she knows how to make an airtight argument. But even for her, logic sometimes falls prey to emotion, which is why she still fears flying and eats more cookies than she should. If a mathematician can't be logical, what are we to do? In this book, Cheng reveals the inner workings and limitations of logic, and explains why alogic-for example, emotion-is vital to how we think and communicate"--

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