Would you like to be a proficient mathematician… without using numbers?
There is so much more to math than geometry and calculus! It is present in almost every life aspect, from improving your communication skills to how to fit your luggage into your car.
Did you always hate math because you couldn’t understand complex formulas?
Don’t let a few equations or a bad teacher deter you from building a mathematical mind. Learn the best cognitive tools to revolutionize the way you make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Boost your critical thinking and analytical skills.
Mathematical thinking involves analyzing data, patterns, and relationships and evaluating information and arguments, which can help improve critical thinking skills.
Adopt a mathematician’s mindset. Tinker, invent, make educated guesses, describe with precision, and use probability to your advantage.
Build a Mathematical Mind – Even If You Think You Can’t Have One is an action manual that will help you sharpen your everyday life skills such as:
– improving your logic,
– understanding how probability works,
– and making estimations.
This is a research-backed math manual you’ll love to read. It contains examples for faster learning and greater everyday impact.
Hone your problem-solving skills and make better decisions.
Albert Rutherford is an internationally bestselling author whose writing derives from various sources, such as research, coaching, academic, and real-life experience.
Improve your communication skills.
Mathematical thinking involves clearly and concisely explaining ideas and solutions, which can improve how you communicate. With enhanced precision, you will have a keen attention to detail and the ability to be accurate in your thinking and talking.
Increase your confidence.
Developing mathematical thinking skills can increase your confidence and self-esteem, being able to solve difficult problems and understand complex ideas.
If you ever felt ashamed for not getting math, this is the time to heal that wound. Give math another chance. Let it make you unstoppable!
"Build a Mathematical Mind" is a game-changer! This book breaks down complex concepts into simple, engaging lessons. It's a must-read for anyone looking to sharpen their critical thinking skills and embrace the joy of math. Highly recommended!
This book would be very good for math teachers or for dedicated parents looking to help their kids make sense of it.
What i love about this book is that it brings out that math involves asking "what if" and experimenting with those "what ifs". I don't know about you but math was presented to me in school as a finite system with only one answer/approach.
The solution is for schools to create an environment that is conducive to divergent thinking, or as Sir Kem puts it, "the ability to see lots of possible answers to a question, lots of possible ways of interpreting a question". In other words, the author argues that problem-solving skills should be emphasized in math the way they are in other liberal disciplines and he presents various methods that teach you how to do this throughout the book.
These methods consist of the following:
1. Develop a mathematical habit
2. Become a better pattern detective
3. Use probability and experimentation
4. Describe and speak in the language of math.
5. Tinker
6. Invent
7. VIsualize
8. Guess
The author presents these methods in layman's terms and even presents simple exercises you can do to start applying them.
Further, the author brings out how the creative process used to process music/art etc. is the same process used to process mathematics. In fact, some mathematicians have claimed that their critical discoveries came to them while sleeping (similar to a lot of brilliant musicians).
In other words, everyone has the ability to learn and process mathematics, there isn't some unique aspect/attribute that you need to understand math.
But ye I would recommend this book to anybody. IT breaks down the flaws in the current American mathematical education system, how to address these flaws, and how you can embrace/lov