New Book: Understanding the Infinities of Mathematics
For more than 2000 years, mathematicians used the term “infinity” to mean “on and on.” In the late 1800s, Georg Cantor not only defined “infinity” precisely, but created an infinity of infinities and developed criteria to tell them apart.
His astounding work forced a rethinking of axioms and proofs and enabled remarkable breakthroughs in modern mathematics.
To learn about this amazing development in simple language accessible to anyone, read the book now.
New Book: Key Concepts of Mathematics – An Easy Introduction
Have you ever complained, “I just can’t do math”? Or been baffled by a teacher who claimed some concept while you thought, “Why should this be true?” Or been overwhelmed by a flood of mathematical results and wondered, “Who on earth dreamed all this up?”
If any of this applies to you, or if you are just curious how the astounding field of mathematics came to be, this book is for you.
New Book: Lessons from Piloting for 45 Years
The accident record for general aviation is not good, in contrast to the marvelous safety performance of commercial aviation. Indeed, general aviation has an unacceptably high accident rate that even with all of today’s technology is declining very slowly. In particular, pilot error is a major if not the largest contributor.
What can be done about this? I have thought about it time and again. Then it dawned upon me: Brain science explains why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) achieves stunning results in psychotherapy. Our most recent book uses this insight.
The book is structured to help pilots change their subconscious reasoning machinery. And for non-pilots, it is a fun book to read about various adventures and problems and actions.
Read the book now, whether you are a pilot or not.
New German Edition: Die wagemutige Erfindung der Logarithmentafeln
We have translated the book The Daring Invention of Logarithm Tables to German. The book is now available at Amazon.
Subconscious Blunders
Some time ago it became apparent that we apparently are in an epidemic of errors: Many of us waste endless hours on social media, overeat, shun physical exercise, and take a variety of drugs to combat behavior-induced ills. How is this possible?
That question prompted a search for results of brain science that explain this behavior. The book Subconscious Blunders: a 21st-Century Epidemic is the result of this effort. In 26 chapters it lays out the causes of this epidemic and how each of us can combat it.
Klaus Truemper 