<P> CHAPTER 5, MORE PIE THAN PLATE: This chapter goes in depth with number percentages relating to employment rates, and references political allegations . He emphasizes that "actual numbers in these cases aren't important, but knowing what to divide by what is mathematics in its truest form", noting that mathematics in itself is in everything . </P> <P> CHAPTER 6, THE BALTIMORE STOCKBROKER AND THE BIBLE CODE: Ellenberg tries to get across that mathematics is in every single thing that we do . To support this, he uses examples about hidden codes in the Torah determined by ELS, Equidistant Letter Sequence, a Stockbroker parable, noting that "Improbable things happen", and wiggle room attributes to that . </P> <P> CHAPTER 7, DEAD FISH DON 'T READ MINDS: This chapter touches on a lot of things . The basis for this chapter are stories about a dead salmons MRI, trial and error in algebra, and birth control statistics as well as basketball statistics . He also notes that poetry can be compared to mathematics in that it's "trained by exposure to stimuli, and manipulable in the lab". Additionally, he writes of a few other mathematical concepts, including Null hypothesis and the Quantic Formula . </P> <P> CHAPTER 8, REDUCTIO AD UNLIKELY: This chapter focuses on the works and theorems / concepts of many famous mathematicians and philosophers . These include but aren't limited to the Reductio Ad Absurdum by Aristotle, a look into the constellation Taurus by John Mitchell, and Yitang "Tom" Zhangs "abounded gaps" conjecture . He also delves into explaining rational numbers, the prime number theorem, and makes up his own word, "flogarithms". </P>

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