Is Maths Real? （Eugenia Cheng）

Why is -(-1) = 1?
Why do odd and even numbers alternate?
What's the point of algebra?
 
Is maths even real?
 
From imaginary numbers to the perplexing order of operations we all had drilled into us, Eugenia Cheng - mathematician, writer and woman on a mission to rid the world of maths phobia - brings us maths as we've never seen it before, revealing how profound insights can emerge from seemingly unlikely sources. Written with intelligence and passion, Is Maths Real? is a celebration of the true, curious spirit of the discipline.
 
Dr Eugenia Cheng (1976-) is a mathematician, educator, author, artist. She is Scientist In Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She won tenure in Pure Mathematics at the University of Sheffield, UK and is now Honorary Visiting Fellow at City, University of London. She has previously taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Chicago and Nice and holds a PhD in pure mathematics from the University of Cambridge. Alongside her research in Category Theory and undergraduate teaching her aim is to rid the world of “math phobia”. Eugenia was an early pioneer of math on YouTube and her videos have been viewed around 15 million times to date.