Comments on: My mid-2009 math reading list http://math-blog.com/2009/07/31/my-mid-2009-math-reading-list/ Mathematics is wonderful! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:19:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jorge Durán http://math-blog.com/2009/07/31/my-mid-2009-math-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-7237 Jorge Durán Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:48:13 +0000 http://math-blog.com/?p=234#comment-7237 For us who have almost forgot math, an enterteining way to warm up is Peter M. Higgins' Mathematics for the Curious (Oxford University Press, 1998). For us who have almost forgot math, an enterteining way to warm up is Peter M. Higgins’ Mathematics for the Curious (Oxford University Press, 1998).

]]> By: Book Review: “Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World” | Math-Blog http://math-blog.com/2009/07/31/my-mid-2009-math-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-7003 Book Review: “Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World” | Math-Blog Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:48:53 +0000 http://math-blog.com/?p=234#comment-7003 [...] My mid-2009 math reading list [...] [...] My mid-2009 math reading list [...]

]]> By: Manoel Lira http://math-blog.com/2009/07/31/my-mid-2009-math-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-6997 Manoel Lira Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:41:36 +0000 http://math-blog.com/?p=234#comment-6997 Seems to be great. Seems to be great.

]]> By: quantum_flux http://math-blog.com/2009/07/31/my-mid-2009-math-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-6996 quantum_flux Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:36:55 +0000 http://math-blog.com/?p=234#comment-6996 Wow, those books all look very interesting. Oh, so much to learn, so little time to do so. Wow, those books all look very interesting. Oh, so much to learn, so little time to do so.

]]> By: Sharkey http://math-blog.com/2009/07/31/my-mid-2009-math-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-6983 Sharkey Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:19:21 +0000 http://math-blog.com/?p=234#comment-6983 I've been trying to get through Roger Penrose's "Road to Reality", with a slight detour thru "Flatterland" and "Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel". Your list just increased the length of that detour, so... thanks, I guess :) I’ve been trying to get through Roger Penrose’s “Road to Reality”, with a slight detour thru “Flatterland” and “Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel”. Your list just increased the length of that detour, so… thanks, I guess :)

]]> By: Terry Smith http://math-blog.com/2009/07/31/my-mid-2009-math-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-6979 Terry Smith Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:40:14 +0000 http://math-blog.com/?p=234#comment-6979 I'm impressed. Thanks! I’m impressed. Thanks!

]]> By: Ken Williams http://math-blog.com/2009/07/31/my-mid-2009-math-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-6978 Ken Williams Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:38:29 +0000 http://math-blog.com/?p=234#comment-6978 The best math book I read this year is the one about Gamma: http://www.amazon.com/Gamma-Exploring-Constant-Princeton-Science/dp/0691099839 What makes it so great is that it's a "popular" math book, but it doesn't pull any punches. There are some really challenging formulae in there, sewn together with a compelling narrative. The best math book I read this year is the one about Gamma: http://www.amazon.com/Gamma-Exploring-Constant-Princeton-Science/dp/0691099839

What makes it so great is that it’s a “popular” math book, but it doesn’t pull any punches. There are some really challenging formulae in there, sewn together with a compelling narrative.

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