New Books in Mathematics
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Interviews with Mathematicians about their New Books
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Kevin Lambert, "Symbols and Things: Material Mathematics in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries" (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Ismar Volić, "Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation" (Princeton UP, 2024)
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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A Better Way to Buy Books
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Barbara Sattler, "The Concept of Motion in Ancient Greek Thought: Foundations in Logic, Method, and Mathematics" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Lawrence Goldman, "Victorians and Numbers: Statistics and Society in Nineteenth Century Britain" (Oxford UP, 2022)
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Milo Beckman, "Math Without Numbers" (Dutton, 2020)
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Athene Donald, "Not Just for the Boys: Why We Need More Women in Science" (Oxford UP, 2023)
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Justin L. Bergner, "Solving the Price Is Right: How Mathematics Can Improve Your Decisions On and Off the Set of America's Celebrated Game Show" (Prometheus Books, 2023)
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Shelly M. Jones, "Women Who Count: Honoring African American Women Mathematicians" (American Mathematical Society, 2019)
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire and A Prime Number Conspiracy
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Jeffrey Carpenter and Andrea Robbett, "Game Theory and Behavior" (MIT Press, 2022)
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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James D. Stein, "Seduced by Mathematics: The Enduring Fascination of Mathematics" (World Scientific, 2022) Math
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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John Allen Paulos, "Who's Counting?: Uniting Numbers and Narratives with Stories from Pop Culture, Puzzles, Politics, and More" (Prometheus, 2022)
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Alfred S. Posamentier, "The Secret Lives of Numbers: Numerals and Their Peculiarities in Mathematics and Beyond" (Prometheus Books, 2022)
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Probability
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Alexandr Draganov, "Mathematical Tools for Real-World Applications: A Gentle Introduction for Students and Practitioners" (MIT Press, 2022)
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Andrew Fiss, "Performing Math: A History of Communication and Anxiety in the American Mathematics Classroom" (Rutgers UP, 2020)
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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David Kaiser, "Well, Doc, You're In: Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe" (MIT Press, 2022)
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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John Stillwell, "The Story of Proof: Logic and the History of Mathematics" (Princeton UP, 2022)
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Alberto Cairo, "How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information" (Norton, 2019)
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Karen Hunger Parshall, "The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920–1950" (Princeton UP, 2022)
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Peter Winkler, "Mathematical Puzzles" (A K Peters, 2020)
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Brian Cafarella, "Community College Mathematics: Past, Present, and Future" (CRC Press, 2022)
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Joseph Mileti, "Modern Mathematical Logic" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Ronald Meester and Klaas Slooten, "Probability and Forensic Evidence: Theory, Philosophy, and Applications" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Andrew Witt, "Formulations: Architecture, Mathematics, Culture" (MIT Press, 2022)
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Scott Gehlbach, "Formal Models of Domestic Politics" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, "Don't Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in LIfe" (Dey Street Books, 2022)
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Robert-Jan Smits and Rachael Pells, "Plan S for Shock: Science. Shock. Solution. Speed." (Ubiquity Press, 2022)
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Nikita Braguinski, "Mathematical Music: From Antiquity to Music AI" (Focal Press, 2022)
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Mindy Capaldi, "Teaching Mathematics Through Games" (American Mathematical Society, 2021)
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May 10, 2022 |
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Dashun Wang and Albert-László Barabási, "The Science of Science" (Cambridge UP, 2021)
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Hilary Glasman-Deal, "Science Research Writing For Native and Non-Native Speakers of English" (World Scientific Publishing Europe, 2020)
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi, "A New History of Modern Computing" (MIT Press, 2021)
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Scott Timcke, "Algorithms and the End of Politics: How Technology Shapes 21st-Century American Life" (Bristol UP, 2021)
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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N. J. Enfield, "Language Vs. Reality: Why Language Is Good for Lawyers and Bad for Scientists" (MIT Press, 2022)
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Stephen B. Heard, "The Scientist’s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively Throughout Your Scientific Career, 2nd ed." (Princeton UP, 2022)
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Kate Crawford, "The Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence" (Yale UP, 2021)
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Florian Jaton, "The Constitution of Algorithms: Ground-Truthing, Programming, Formulating" (MIT Press, 2021)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Sarah Brayne, "Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing" (Oxford UP, 2020)
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Tony Veale, "Your Wit Is My Command: Building AIs with a Sense of Humor" (MIT Press, 2021)
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Aubrey Clayton, "Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science" (Columbia UP, 2021)
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Brian Cafarella, "Breaking Barriers: Student Success in Community College Mathematics" (A K Peters, 2021)
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Helga Nowotny, "In AI We Trust: Power, Illusion and Control of Predictive Algorithms" (Polity, 2021)
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Thomas Huckle and Tobias Neckel, "Bits and Bugs: A Scientific and Historical Review of Software Failures in Computational Science" (SIAM, 2019)
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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David Sulzer, "Music, Math, and Mind: The Physics and Neuroscience of Music" (Columbia UP, 2021)
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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James Wynn and G. Mitchell Reyes, "Arguing with Numbers: The Intersections of Rhetoric and Mathematics" (Pennsylvania State UP, 2021)
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Ian Stewart, “The Joy of Mathematics” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Vicky Neale, "Why Study Mathematics?" (London Publishing Partnership, 2020)
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Brian Clegg, "Ten Patterns That Explain the Universe" (MIT Press, 2021)
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Chris Bleakley, "Poems That Solve Puzzles: The History and Science of Algorithms" (Oxford UP, 2020)
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Alfred S. Posamentier, "Math Tricks: The Surprising Wonders of Shapes and Numbers" (Prometheus Books, 2021)
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Rachel Steinig and Rodi Steinig, "Math Renaissance: Growing Math Circles, Changing Classrooms, and Creating Sustainable Math Education" (Natural Math, 2018)
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Satyan Devadoss and Matt Harvey, "Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries" (MIT Press, 2020)
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Artur Ekert, “Cryptoreality” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Freeman Dyson, “Pushing the Boundaries” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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James Ladyman and K. Wiesner, "What Is a Complex System?" (Yale UP, 2020)
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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James Robert Brown, “Plato’s Heaven: A User’s Guide” (Open Agenda, 2021)
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Ellen Peters, "Innumeracy in the Wild: Misunderstanding and Misusing Numbers" (Oxford UP, 2020)
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May 31, 2021 |
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Dave Auckly, et al., "Inspiring Mathematics: Lessons from the Navajo Nation Math Circles" (AMS, 2019)
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Jonas Peters and Nicolai Meinshausen, "The Raven's Hat: Fallen Pictures, Rising Sequences, and Other Mathematical Games" (MIT Press, 2021)
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Eugenia Cheng, "x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender" (Basic Book, 2020)
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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J. Rosenhouse, "Games for Your Mind: The History and Future of Logic Puzzles" (Princeton UP, 2020)
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Snezana Lawrence, "A New Year's Present from a Mathematician" (CRC Press, 2019)
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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James D. Stein, "The Fate of Schrodinger's Cat: Using Math and Computers to Explore the Counterintuitive" (World Scientific, 2020)
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Anna Weltman, "Supermath: The Power of Numbers for Good and Evil" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Alfred S. Posamentier, "The Joy of Geometry" (Prometheus, 2020)
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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Susan D'Agostino, "How to Free Your Inner Mathematician: Notes on Mathematics and Life" (Oxford UP, 2020)
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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Alfred Posamentier, "Mathematics Entertainment for the Millions" (World Scientific Publishing, 2020)
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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David J. Hand, "Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters" (Princeton UP, 2020)
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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David Bressoud, "Calculus Reordered: A History of the Big Ideas" (Princeton UP, 2019)
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Satyan Devadoss, "Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries" (MIT Press, 2020)
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Cailin O’Connor, "Games in the Philosophy of Biology" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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B. Fong and D. I. Spivak, "An Invitation to Applied Category Theory: Seven Sketches in Compositionality" (Cambridge UP, 2019)
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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Ben Cohen, "The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks" (Custom House, 2020)
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Brian Greene, "Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe" (Random House, 2020)
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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sarah-marie belcastro, "Discrete Mathematics with Ducks" (CRC Press, 2018)
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May 29, 2020 |
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Leslie M. Harris, "Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies" (U Georgia Press, 2019)
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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Alex Berke, "Beautiful Symmetry: A Coloring Book about Math" (MIT Press, 2020)
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Paul Nahin, "Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons" (Princeton UP, 2020)
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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Matt Cook, "Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy" (MIT Press, 2020)
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Al Posamentier, "Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians" (Prometheus, 2020)
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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Maureen T. Carroll and Elyn Rykken, "Geometry: The Line and the Circle" (MAA Press, 2018)
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Phillipa Chong, “Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times” (Princeton UP, 2020)
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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K. Linder et al., "Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers" (Stylus Publishing, 2020)
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Christopher J. Phillips, "Scouting and Scoring: How We Know What We Know About Baseball" (Princeton UP, 2019)
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Brian Clegg, "Conundrum: Crack the Ultimate Cipher Challenge" (Icon Books, 2019)
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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David Spiegelhalter, "The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data" (Basic, 2019)
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Gary Meisner, "The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics" (Race Point Press, 2018)
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Julian Havil, "Curves for the Mathematically Curious" (Princeton UP, 2019)
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Margaret E. Schotte, "Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2019)
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Kathryn Conrad on University Press Publishing
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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David S. Richeson, "Tales of Impossibility" (Princeton UP, 2019)
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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J. Neuhaus, "Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers" (West Virginia UP, 2019)
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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David Lindsay Roberts, "Republic of Numbers: Unexpected Stories of Mathematical Americans through History" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2019)
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Alfred S. Posamentier, "Tools to Help Your Children Learn Math" (WSPC, 2019)
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Davide Crippa, The Impossibility of Squaring the Circle in the 17th Century" (Birkhäuser, 2019)
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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Chris Bernhardt, "Quantum Computing for Everyone" (MIT Press, 2019)
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May 02, 2019 |
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Discussion of Massive Online Peer Review and Open Access Publishing
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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Kartik Hosanagar, "A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives" (Viking, 2019)
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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Andrew C. A. Elliott, “Is That a Big Number?” (Oxford UP, 2018)
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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Al Posamentier and Christian Speitzer, “The Mathematics of Everyday Life” (Prometheus Books, 2018)
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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Eli Maor, “Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg” (Princeton UP, 2018)
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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Vicky Neale, “Closing the Gap: The Quest to Understand Prime Numbers” (Oxford UP, 2017)
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Dec 12, 2017 |
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Alfred Posamentier et. al., “The Joy of Mathematics: Marvels, Novelties, and Neglected Gems That Are Rarely Taught in Math Class” (Prometheus Books, 2017)
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Oct 16, 2017 |
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Brian Clegg, “Big Data: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives” (Icon Books, 2017)
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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Brian Clegg, “The Reality Frame: Relativity and Our Place in the Universe” (Icon Books, 2017)
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Jun 29, 2017 |
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Oscar Fernandez, “The Calculus of Happiness” (Princeton UP, 2017)
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Jun 11, 2017 |
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David Danks, “Unifying the Mind: Cognitive Representations as Graphical Models” (MIT Press, 2014)
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May 15, 2017 |
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Raffi Grinberg, “The Real Analysis Lifesaver: All the Tools You Need to Understand Proofs” (Princeton UP, 2017)
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Feb 15, 2017 |
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Matthew L. Jones, “Reckoning with Matter: Calculating Machines, Innovation, and Thinking about Thinking from Pascal to Babbage” (U. Chicago Press, 2016)
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Jan 23, 2017 |
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Brian Clegg, “Are Numbers Real? The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World (St. Martin’s Press, 2016)
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Jan 04, 2017 |
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Ian Stewart, “Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe” (Basic Books, 2016)
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Dec 29, 2016 |
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Alfred Posamentier and Stephen Krulik, “Effective Techniques to Motivate Mathematics Instruction” (Routledge, 2016)
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Oct 01, 2016 |
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Alfred S. Posamentier and Robert Geretschlager, “The Circle: A Mathematical Exploration Beyond the Line” (Prometheus Books, 2016)
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Sep 11, 2016 |
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Beineke and Rosenhouse, eds., “The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Research in Recreational Math” (Princeton UP, 2015)
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May 23, 2016 |
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Adam Kucharski, “The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling” (Basic Books, 2016)
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Mar 31, 2016 |
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James D. Stein, “L.A. Math: Romance, Crime, and Mathematics in the City of Angels” (Princeton UP, 2016)
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Feb 24, 2016 |
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Lynn Gamwell, “Mathematics and Art: A Cultural History” (Princeton UP, 2015)
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Jan 05, 2016 |
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Brian Clegg, “How Many Moons Does the Earth Have? The Ultimate Science Quiz Book” (Icon Books, 2015)
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Dec 07, 2015 |
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Dan Bouk, “How Our Days Became Numbered: Risk and the Rise of the Statistical Individual” (U of Chicago Press, 2015)
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Nov 23, 2015 |
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John Allen Paulos, “A Numerate Life” (Prometheus Books, 2015)
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Nov 12, 2015 |
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Arthur Benjamin, “The Magic of Math” (Basic Book, 2015)
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Sep 30, 2015 |
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Margaret Morrison, “Reconstructing Reality: Models, Mathematics, and Simulations” (Oxford UP, 2015)
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Jul 15, 2015 |
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Christopher J. Phillips, “The New Math: A Political History” (U of Chicago Press, 2015)
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Mar 26, 2015 |
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Colin Adams, “Zombies and Calculus” (Princeton UP, 2014)
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Oct 15, 2014 |
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Jordan Ellenberg, “How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking” (Penguin Press, 2014)
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Jul 08, 2014 |
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Sue VanHattum, “Playing with Math: Stories from Math Circles, Homeschoolers, and Passionate Teachers” (Natural Math, 2015)
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Jun 26, 2014 |
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Al Cuoco and Joe Rotman, “Learning Modern Algebra: From Early Attempts to Prove Fermat’s Last Theorem” (MAA, 2013)
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Jun 20, 2014 |
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David Reimer, “Count Like an Egyptian: A Hands-on Introduction to Ancient Mathematics” (Princeton UP, 2014)
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Jun 09, 2014 |
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Peter Gardenfors, “The Geometry of Meaning: Semantics Based on Conceptual Spaces” (MIT Press, 2014)
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Jun 09, 2014 |
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Oscar E. Fernandez, “Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All around Us (Princeton UP, 2014)
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Apr 17, 2014 |
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Michael Strevens, “Tychomancy: Inferring Probability from Causal Structure” (Harvard UP, 2013)
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Apr 15, 2014 |
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Tim Chartier, “Math Bytes: Google Bombs, Chocolate-Covered Pi, and Other Cool Bits in Computing” (Princeton UP, 2014)
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Apr 08, 2014 |
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Chuck Adler, “Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction” (Princeton UP, 2014)
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Feb 14, 2014 |
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Eli Maor and Eugen Jost, “Beautiful Geometry” (Princeton UP, 2014)
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Feb 11, 2014 |
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Edward Frenkel, “Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality” (Basic Books, 2013)
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Nov 08, 2013 |
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Colm Mulcahy, “Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two New Effects” (A K Peters, 2013)
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Sep 26, 2013 |
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Brian Clegg, “Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe” (Icon Books, 2013)
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Jun 04, 2013 |
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Leonard Wapner, “Unexpected Expectations: The Curiosities of a Mathematical Crystal Ball” (A.K. Peters, 2012)
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May 06, 2013 |
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Lance Fortnow, “The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible” (Princeton UP, 2013))
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Apr 02, 2013 |
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Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez, “Math on Trial” (Basic Books, 2013)
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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Catherine Jami, “The Emperor’s New Mathematics: Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)” (Oxford UP, 2012)
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Oct 19, 2012 |
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Roger Hart, “The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2011)
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Jul 27, 2012 |