| Author/Contributor(s): | Lehet, John |
| Publisher: | No Starch Press |
| Date: | 9/29/2026 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Mathematics often feels abstract because it is taught as static symbols on a page. But real understanding comes from seeing how ideas behave when you change them.
Thinking in Math brings an experimental mindset to mathematics, using Python as a tool for exploration. Across eighteen carefully chosen topics, readers write and modify small programs to observe patterns, test assumptions, and see mathematical concepts unfold in real time.
This is not a programming book, and it is not a traditional math textbook. Instead, it treats math the way scientists treat physical systems: by running experiments, asking “what if?”, and learning from what happens. With only basic arithmetic and algebra as prerequisites, readers develop mathematical intuition by doing, not by rote.