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Posts tagged with ‘Mathematics’
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS and science, elegantly explored in a concise meditation on Euclid’s “Elements”.
Grade: SOLID B
THE KING OF INFINITE SPACE: EUCLID AND HIS ELEMENTS
Basic Books
2013
Tags: Ancient Greece, History of Science, Mathematics, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Science, Solid B Reviews
ENTERTAINING AND ENLIGHTENING look at how mathematics and statistics are used (and misused) in the courtroom.
Grade: B PLUS
MATH ON TRIAL: HOW NUMBERS GET USED AND ABUSED IN THE COURTROOM
Basic Books
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Legal History, Mathematics, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, True Crime
THE SECRET WORLD of stage magic and magicians, explored with love and humor by a writer/scientist/magician.
Grade: SOLID B
FOOLING HOUDINI: MAGICIANS, MENTALISTS, MATH GEEKS AND THE HIDDEN POWERS OF THE MIND
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: Mathematics, Memoirs, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Solid B Reviews, Stage Magic
WHIMSICAL BIOGRAPHY OF a quirky, little-known English mathematical genius and public transportation advocate.
Grade: B MINUS
SIMON: THE GENIUS IN MY BASEMENT
Delacorte
2012
Tags: B Minus Reviews, Biography, Mathematics, Non-Fiction
MATHEMATICAL MODELS/algorithms, and how they’re being used to describe/predict human behavior, chattily presented. SOLID B
THE NUMERATI by Stephen Baker
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
August 2008
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Mathematics, Non-Fiction, Science, Solid B Reviews