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Category Archives: books
Book review: Viewpoints: Mathematical Perspective and Fractal Geometry in Art
This book is certainly quite different from the sort I usually read and review—but I am always interested in new and creative ways to teach mathematics! This is quite a fun book. It’s all about visual art and some of … Continue reading
Book review: Magical Mathematics
Occasionally someone from Princeton University Press sends me a list of upcoming titles and asks if there are any I’d like to review. I jumped when I saw this one: a book about magic tricks and math! By Persi Diaconis … Continue reading
Book review: Roads to Infinity
What is infinity? What is proof? These are two of the biggest questions mathematicians have grappled with over the years. In this well-written and fascinating book, John Stillwell takes us on a tour through some of the answers to these … Continue reading
Posted in arithmetic, books, computation, induction, infinity, logic, proof, review
Tagged infinity, John Stillwell, proof, roads
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Learn You a Haskell!
I have written several times before about using the Haskell programming language as a tool for exploring mathematics, but until now I had no good recommendation for people who were interested in learning it for that purpose (Real World Haskell … Continue reading
Book Review: The Mystery of the Prime Numbers
Several months ago, Matthew Watkins sent me a review copy of his new book, Secrets of Creation Volume One: The Mystery of the Prime Numbers. It’s taken me a while to get around to reviewing it, but not for lack … Continue reading
Posted in books, number theory, primes, review
Tagged book review, mystery, numbers, prime
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Book reviews: Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks and Easy as Pi
Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks A few months ago, Patrick Vennebush was kind enough to send me a review copy of his new book, Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks. It’s a treasure-trove of math-related jokes with a huge range of … Continue reading
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
I recently acquired a copy of Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou, with art by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna. It defies categorization: is it a comic book? A biography? A book of … Continue reading
Posted in books, logic, review
Tagged Bertrand Russell, book review, foundations, graphic novel, logic, philosophy, set theory
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Book review: The Mathematical Mechanic
I am not a physicist. My high school physics class was taught by a man who was probably brilliant. I say “probably” because he was so bad at explaining things that it was impossible to tell. His lectures went like … Continue reading
The Math Less Traveled 