如果你是一个有“数学焦虑症”的人，你可能不会相信有一天你会爱上数学。
原因在于，我们在学校所学的数学知识看上去不过是一堆沉闷的规则、定律和公理，都是前人传下来的，而且是不容置疑的。在《如何不犯错：数学思维的力量》中，世界知名数学家乔丹·艾伦伯格告诉我们怎样的认知是对的。数学与我们所做的每一件事都息息相关，可以帮助我们洞见在混沌和嘈杂的表象之下日常生活的隐性结构和秩序。数学是一门告诉我们“如何做才不会犯错”的科学，是经年累月的努力、争论所锤炼出来的。

WHEN AM I GOING TO USE THIS?
PART I Linearity
One. LESS LIKE SWEDEN
Two. STRAIGHT LOCALLY, CURVED GLOBALLY
Three. EVERYONE IS OBESE
Four. HOW MUCH IS THAT IN DEAD AMERICANS?
Five. MORE PIE THAN PLATE
PART II Inference
Six. THE BALTIMORE STOCKBROKER AND THE BIBLE CODE
Seven. DEAD FISH DON'T READ MINDS
Eight. REDUCTIO AD UNLIKELY
Nine. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HARUSPICY
Ten. ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, BAYESIAN INFERENCE
PART III Expectation
Eleven. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING TO WIN THE LOTTERY
Twelve. MISS MORE PLANES!
Thirteen. WHERE THE TRAIN TRACKS MEET
PART IV Regression
Fourteen. THE TRIUMPH OF MEDIOCRITY
Fifteen. GALTON'S ELLIPSE
Sixteen. DOES LUNG CANCER MAKE YOU SMOKE CIGARETTES?
PART V Existence
Seventeen. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PUBLIC OPINION
Eighteen. "OUT OF NOTHING I HAVE CREATED A STRANGE NEW UNIVERSE"
HOW TO BE RIGHT
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index