Just biding time lately, watching the current pretend Administration/regime implode, crash, self-immolate, and perhaps destroy forever Vladimir Putin’s sweet, sweet dream of defeating America without ever firing a shot (…but perhaps I’ve said too much).
Anyway, just a filler post today, again recommending books for the popular math crowd. Over the 9+ years of this blog I’ve recommended a LOT of books and will just re-list here my eclectic favorites, through 2018, among 100s, for any who may have missed some (in alphabetical order by author):
Here’s Looking At You and
The Grapes of Math — both by Alex Bellos
Single Digits — Marc Chamberland
How Not To Be Wrong — Jordan Ellenberg
Mathematics Without Apologies — Michael Harris
Foolproof — Brian Hayes
When Einstein Walked With Gödel — Jim Holt
The Prime Number Conspiracy — ed. by Thomas Lin
Weapons of Math Destruction — Cathy O’Neil
Math With Bad Drawings — Ben Orlin
Things To Make and Do In the Fourth Dimension — Matt Parker
Genius At Play — Siobhan Roberts
The Mathematics Lover’s Companion — Edward Scheinerman
Exact Thinking In Demented Times — Karl Sigmund
The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets" — Simon Singh
The Joy of X — Steven Strogatz
The Outer Limits of Reason — Noson Yanofsky
Will also toss in Judea Pearl’s The Book of Why which I’m just now reading (originally published in 2018, but newly out now in paperback).
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Oddly, the above list does not include a single volume from any of my 3 FAVORITE math popularizers: Keith Devlin, Ian Stewart, and Richard Elwes. But I certainly recommend anything from those three writers (all of whom, interestingly, are of British origin).
Lastly, for sheer perseverance and a unique contribution to popular math, I’ll cite Mircea Pitici’s anthology series, “The Best Writing In Mathematics” with annual volumes from 2010 to the present. It is a monumental effort (especially since Mircea has his own life to attend to!) to sort through the countless math offerings available each year and thoughtfully choose the selections for these collections. Always a wide range, and always some surprises.
I think almost all of the above are now available in paperback and/or might be found in a well-supplied local used bookshop, as well as certainly online or through your local bookstore. So read away....
I think almost all of the above are now available in paperback and/or might be found in a well-supplied local used bookshop, as well as certainly online or through your local bookstore. So read away....
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