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• Zero

  the Biography of a Dangerous Idea

  Seife, Charles

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  This book is the list maker's favorite on this list! In Zero, Science Journalist Charles Seife follows this innocent-looking number from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for acceptance in Europe, its rise and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Math Art

  Truth, Beauty, and Equations

  Ornes, Stephen,

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  From geometry in motion to the possibilities of pi, this stunning volume reveals how art has been inspired by the beauty and poetry of mathematical principles.

• Man Who Solved the Market : How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

  Zuckerman, Gregory,

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  A gripping biography of investment game changer Jim Simons arrives from journalist Zuckerman (The Greatest Trade Ever). A theoretical mathematician and former math professor, Simons was the first to take a mathematical, data-driven approach to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Man From the Future

  the Visionary Life of John Von Neumann

  Bhattacharya, Ananyo,

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  Born in Budapest, von Neumann was a child prodigy who excelled at math and transformed the field: he was largely responsible for the architecture of modern computers, helped shape the present understanding of quantum mechanics, made important…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Imitation Game

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  Famously leading a motley group of scholars, linguists, chess champions and intelligence officers, mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing was credited with cracking the so-called unbreakable codes of Germany's World War II Enigma…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Longitude

  the True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

  Sobel, Dava

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  Longitude is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer. Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Art of More

  How Mathematics Created Civilization

  Brooks, Michael, 1970-

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  In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks makes clear that mathematics was one of the foundational innovations that catapulted humanity from a nomadic existence to civilization, and that it has been instrumental in every subsequent great…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Doubter's Almanac

  Canin, Ethan

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  In his thoroughly absorbing novel, Canin gives readers a nuanced, heartbreaking portrait of a tortured mathematician, throwing in a lucid, riveting explication of algebraic topology for good measure.

• The Ten Equations That Rule the World

  and How You Can Use Them Too

  Sumpter, David, 1973-

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  Mathematics professor David Sumpter (Outnumbered) surveys 10 equations that "can provide the answers to questions ranging from the trivial to the profound, and about you as an individual and society as a whole"

• M.C. Escher

  Visions of Symmetry

  Schattschneider, Doris

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  A new edition of the classic study of the enigmatic artist looks at Escher's notebooks, explains how he developed his symmetrical designs and puzzle-like interlocking of forms, and shows a variety of his drawings. Doris Schattschneider's Visions of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

  the Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth

  Hoffman, Paul, 1956-

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  Paul Erdos, the most prolific and eccentric mathematician of our time, forsook all creature comforts - including a home to pursue his lifelong study of numbers. He was a man who possessed unimaginable powers of thought yet was unable to manage some…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Enchantress of Numbers

  a Novel of Ada Lovelace

  Chiaverini, Jennifer,

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  Leave it to Chiaverini, the New York Times best-selling author of numerous effective portrayals of historically significant women, to take on the redoubtable Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, Lord Byron's only legitimate child. Trained from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Man Who Knew Infinity

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  Playing brilliant Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) engages the heart as well as the mind. A self-educated clerk from a poor Brahmin family, Ramanujan overcame incredible odds, influencing the later work of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Math Makers

  the Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians

  Posamentier, Alfred S.,

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  Two veteran math educators concisely profile leading mathematicians throughout history highlighting their often unusual personalities and lives while giving average readers insights into the importance of their mathematical discoveries.

• The Art and Craft of Geometric Origami

  Bolitho, Mark,

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  This mind-bending collection of geometric origami includes twenty-seven inventive shapes, from simple one-piece pyramids to beautiful and complex starbursts, each carefully designed and explained with illustrated step-by-step instructions

• Math Without Numbers

  Beckman, Milo,

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  Math Without Numbers is a vivid, conversational, and wholly original guide to the three main branches of abstract math--topology, analysis, and algebra--which turn out to be surprisingly easy to grasp. This book upends the conventional approach to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Housekeeper and the Professor

  Ogawa, Yoko, 1962-

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  A publishing phenomenon in Japan--and a heartwarming story that will change the way we all see math, baseball, memory, and each other. She is a housekeeper by trade, a single mom by choice, shy, brilliant, and starting a new tour of duty in the home…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Beautiful Mind

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  Dramatic biography of John Nash, a mathematical genius, who made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a painful and harrowing journey…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hidden Figures

  the American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

  Shetterly, Margot Lee,

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  Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Golden Ratio

  the Divine Beauty of Mathematics

  Meisner, Gary B.,

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  From the pyramids of Giza, to quasicrystals, to the proportions of the human face, the golden ratio has an infinite capacity to generate shapes with exquisite properties. This book invites you to take a new look at this timeless topic, with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation