An unusual look at advanced, abstract mathematics with commentary on how numerical complexity can be applied to humanity. Cheng is a first-class writer, but her argument is a stretch, and we would be better served with two separate books. Her discussion of category theory is interesting but Cheng then asks the reader (who she assumes is clueless about advanced math) to apply this abstraction to humanity’s problems. Synergy, cross-disciplinary cooperation and communication across silos are all important, but an attempt to equate maths with social quandaries does not compute.
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