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Jordan Ellenberg, “How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking” (Penguin Press, 2014)

New Books in Mathematics

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How to Write a Good Book

CNN's John Sutter says his new book is one of the best he's ever read. It has four major sections, linearity, inference, expectation and regression. Did you choose these topics because you felt there were so many different ways to be wrong through misunderstanding in particular? "I wish I could say it was as well planned out as all that"

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