Rob Root

“People often complain that no one likes facts and numbers and reason and science anymore, but as someone who talks about those things in public, I can tell you that's not true. People love numbers, and are impressed by them, sometimes more than they should be.”
― Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse

“The ultimate reason for teaching kids to write a proof is not that the world is full of proofs. It's that the world is full of non-proofs, and grown-ups need to know the difference. It's hard to settle for a non-proof once you've really familiarized yourself with the genuine article.”
― Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse

“The paradox of education: what we most admire we put in a box and make dull.”
― Jordan Ellenberg, Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy, and EverythingElse

“Knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of X-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world.”
― Jordan Ellenberg, How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking