Reading How Not to Be Wrong_ The Power of Mathematical Thinking | Alexandria
Read How Not to Be Wrong_ The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg. Revealing how math saved thousands of lives during WWII when Abraham Wald discovered that reinforcing unbombed areas of planes - not the bullet-riddled ones - was key to survival. This counterintuitive insight from Ellenberg's work shows how mathematical thinking often defies our instincts, proving that what we don't see can matter more than what we do.