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Title: x+y: A mathematician’s manifesto for rethinking gender
Author: CHENG EUGENIA
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/09/2020
Imprint: PROFILE BOOKS (UK)
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
From imaginary numbers to the fourth dimension and beyond, mathematics has always been about imagining impossible things. In x+y, Eugenia Cheng draws on the insights of higher-dimensional mathematics to reveal a transformative new way of talking about the patriarchy, mansplaining and sexism: a way that empowers all of us to make the world a better place.
Using precise mathematical reasoning to uncover everything from the sexist assumptions that make society a harder place for women to live to the limitations of science and statistics in helping us understand the link between gender and society, Cheng’s analysis replaces confusion with clarity, brings original thinking to well worn arguments – and provides a radical, illuminating and liberating new way of thinking about the world and women’s place in it.
ISBN: 9781788160407
Dimension: 216mm X 135mm
Pages: 272