For most people the words “math” and “exciting” don’t go together. In fact for some they might as well be words from different languages. How I Came To Hate Math takes a humorous look at math’s apparent ability to repel en masse and suggests that the haters are giving the numbers racket a bum rap.Olivier Peyon interviews math celebrities from around the world, including Cédric Villani, winner of math’s Nobel Prize, the Fields Medal in 2010, Stanford University Professor George Papanicolaou, and mathematician/hedge fund manager Jim Simons. With engaging stories and simple explanations, these experts reveal that math is not only central to our technology and our economy – it’s the invisible clockwork behind our lives.
