Saturday, March 1, 2014

A Certain Ambiguity

                A Certain Ambiguity is a novel about the adventures of a boy named Ravi Kapor and his love for math. It all started during his 12th birthday when his grandfather presented him a ‘magical equation’ and gave him a calculator as a gift. He really admired his grandfather and learned to appreciate math more. Sadly, his grandfather died the next day. He grew indifferent to mathematics because of his grandfather’s absence.

                Ravi got accepted to Stanford and took a path inclined to economics. He then meets Professor Nico who specializes in the field same as Ravi’s grandfather. He then found out about his grandfather’s imprisonment because he was accused of blasphemy due to his comparison of math to religion.

                Compared to the previous books, this was a good and easy read. It was easy to understand and fun to read. It felt like Ravi was telling me his story. Personally, I like novels or stories written in first person because they make me feel connected to the characters more.


                I hope I can meet Ravi or Prof. Nico so they can make me appreciate math more and personally teach me or something. They view math as something magical and beautiful and I want them to tell that to me face to face. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll learn to appreciate math more. :)

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