Cover art for Unequal
Published
Profile Trade, September 2025
ISBN
9781805223061
Format
Hardcover, 400 pages
Dimensions
22cm × 13.8cm × 4cm

Unequal The Maths of When Things Do and Don't Add Up

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At first glance, the concept of equality in maths seems unambiguous. Denoted by two parallel lines, the equals sign looks elegant, simple and entirely black and white.

But between those two lines lies a grey area, a world of flexibility, creativity and innovation. And once you see this nuance, you quickly realise that sameness and difference, equality and inequality, are not nearly as immutable as they may seem. In fact, they are the opposite: a mathematical playground of choice and abstraction, leading to far greater insight than you could have dreamed.

In Unequal, Mathematician Eugenia Cheng explores the rich and rewarding world of the interplay between sameness and difference, from numbers to manifolds to category theory and beyond.

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