Struggling with math? Are numbers your #1 enemy?
Learn the EXACT thinking tools the top mathematicians use to utilize their math skills in real life and radically change how you shop, save, and think!
Achieve your full potential with unlocking your mathematical mind – even if you think you don’t have one.
Math is taught in a dull, authoritarian, and limited way. You either know how to do the Pythagorean theorem or you don’t. But there is SO MUCH more to math than mere calculus and geometry. It pervades almost every life aspect – from how your insurance premium is calculated to the deal you should choose on Black Friday.
Don’t let numbers get in your way to succeed in life. You CAN do math – without the formulas.
Learn to assess information in a logical manner, understand the real connection between risk and probability, make calculated decisions – no hardcore math involved. Mathematical Thinking – For People Who Hate Math provides a new way of looking at the world.
Unlock life-changing ideas and use them to make better and more informed decisions.
Express yourself in a precise and concise manner using the language of math.
Learn how turning your focus off can help solve challenging problems.
How to turn risk and probability to your advantage... mathematically.
Manage test anxiety like a pro.
A math manual you'll actually love to read, with research-backed examples for faster learning and greater everyday impact.
Albert Rutherford is an internationally bestselling author whose writing derives from various sources, such as research, coaching, academic and real-life experience.
Thinking mathematically is not the same as doing math. Discover the underlying, everyday utility of math they don’t teach you in school.
Author(s): Albert Rutherford
Edition: 1
Publisher: ARB Publications
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 134
Tags: Mathematical Thinking; Synthetic Thinking; Analytical Thinking; Systemic Thinking; Critical Thinking; Creative Thinking
Cover
Jacket
Title Page
Copyright
Content
Introduction
1: Why Learn Mathematical Thinking?
What is Mathematical Thinking?
Math and the Abstract
The Call for Abstract Thinking
2: Precision
Vacuous Truth and Conditional Statements
The Ambiguity of English
“Synonyms” and “Antonyms”
Errors in Reasoning
Exercise
3: Specializing, Generalizing, Convincing, and Conjecturing
Specializing
Generalizing
Conjecturing
Convincing
Exercise
4: Mathematical Thinking and Its Companions
Synthetic and Analytical Thinking
Systemic Thinking
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Recap
5: Focus and Diffuse
The Einstellung Effect[xxii]
Left-brain and Right-Brain
The Benefits of Taking a Break[xxv]
How to Switch Your Thinking
Chunking
The Importance of Recall
Exercise
6: Linearity and Nonlinearity
Two principles of linearity
We live in a nonlinear world.
The Swedish Conundrum[xxxvii]
“Will All Americans Become Overweight or Obese?”[xlii] [xliii]
7: Probability and Risk
Expected Value
8: Test Your Mathematical Might
How to deal with test anxiety?
Hard things first[lvii]
Try this on multiple-choice guess tests
Key thoughts about tests[lx]
References
Endnotes