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Ars Technica

Ars Technica

A handy guide to the universal language for the mathematically perplexed

Ars Technica
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Ben Orlin's latest book is Math for English Majors: A Human Take on the Universal Language .

It's designed to teach readers how to read and interpret mathematical symbols, proofs, and diagrams.

Orlin created a fun personality quiz, which you can take here to find out your mathematical style.

There's a real power in the symbol manipulation procedures, but if it's all you have, you're doing a dance where you know the moves, but you've never heard the music.

You need a lot of experience with symbols that make sense to you before you can feel comfortable when doing manipulations on a page.