دانلود کتاب مثل یک ریاضیدان فکر کنید -ابزارهای ساده برای مشکلات پیچیده روزمره

In the summer of 2011, during my final weeks as a maths student at Oxford, I chanced upon an unusual conversation. The features of a maths common room are unmistakable: equations scribbled onto whiteboard tables, animated discussion of highly technical concepts, copious consumption of coffee, a hotly contested game of chess. As I worked my way through the communal biscuits, my ears pricked up as two of my fellow students shared their latest life updates. What initially caught my attention was the contrast between their two speaking styles: the measured Brit on the one hand, an American who exuded scarcely believable levels of enthusiasm with every syllable on the other. But what held my attention was their topic of conversation.
Brit: I’m spending this weekend with my girlfriend.
American: Wow, sounds serious. Do you think she’s the one?
Brit: Well… I believe in n + 1.
American: n + 1 – that’s deep, man. But what does it mean?
Brit: Well, I love her today, and I believe that if I love her at any point in time, then I’ll love her at the next point in time. By the principle of mathematical induction, the logical conclusion is that my love for her will endure forever. So yes, in that sense, I guess she is the proverbial one…