Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life Free Audiobook Download by Marcus Du Sautoy

Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life is a book by British mathematician Marcus du Sautoy that uses his experiences in mathematics to teach people how to leverage their time more efficiently. A reviewer for Library Journal wrote that "The author takes the reader on a journey exploring ways of thinking, seeing the world and learning about math [that] can be used for anything from everyday life to solving math puzzles."

Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life by Marcus DuSautoy is a book about learning to think more creatively, jumping from one topic to another without giving it much thought. It is written for people who are not used to thinking in this way. After reading the first few chapters of Thinking Better, you start seeing the world around you in new ways.

Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life is a book about shortcuts, about how remarkable and surprising these are for us. Du Sautoy leads the reader through a certain number of excerpts from his long career as a mathematician, analyzing different aspects of the human mind.

In Thinking Better, Marcus Du Sautoy advocates for the idea that there are many ways to do mathematics. He uses the example of multiplying numbers in which you can use a shortcut, such as if you're trying to find out how many cookies are in a jar. In order to find out how many cookies there are, you could count the number of cookies in it and multiply them by 4. But using the shortcut, you can just multiply by 4 mentally before actually counting the cookies. This allows you to do "mental multiplication" without actually doing any multiplication at all! It seems like an easy thing until you realize that no-one has been able to create a "shortcut" for long division.

Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life by Marcus Du Sautoy is a fascinating, enlightening audiobook about how math can help make our lives more organized. What's more, it shows how math has always been embedded into our culture, from ancient times and even to science today. This audiobook is ideal for those who are struggling with mathematics as well as those who have difficulties understanding the world around them.

Every day we make countless decisions, from the most minute to the most consequential. On every occasion, we are trying to figure out what will best serve us in the long term. We seek shortcuts as a way to make these decisions easier and more rational. The argument of "Thinking Better" is that there is no such thing as thinking better without some sort of shortcut. Those that have learned how to work with shortcuts are able to maximize their productivity and minimize their mistakes by using their mental processes more efficiently.