x+y

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.

De la numere imaginare pana la a patra dimensiune si dincolo, matematica a fost intotdeauna despre a imagina lucruri imposibile. In x + y, Eugenia Cheng se bazeaza pe cunostintele matematicii de dimensiuni superioare pentru a dezvalui un nou mod transformator de a vorbi despre patriarhat, mansplaining si sexism: o modalitate care ne imputerniceste pe toti sa facem din lume un loc mai bun. rationament pentru a descoperi totul, de la ipotezele sexiste care fac din societate un loc mai greu de trait pentru femei pana la limitele stiintei si statisticilor in a ne ajuta sa intelegem legatura dintre gen si societate, analiza lui Cheng inlocuieste confuzia cu claritatea, aduce gandirea originala la argumentele bine purtate - si ofera un nou mod radical, iluminator si eliberator de gandire despre lume si locul femeilor in ea.