Math Books reviewed and classified by ar...
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Antonio Cangiano in
Suggested Reading on
03 15th, 2010 |
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It is with great pleasure that I announce something that we have been working on for a while. We just published a Math Books page, containing what we consider to be some of the best books on various areas of mathematics.
The list is not exhaustive by any stretch, capping at a total of 52 books so far, but it...
Happy Pi Day!...
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Antonio Cangiano in
Math News on
03 14th, 2010 |
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Pi is a remarkable number and represents, in the collective mind, the field of mathematics better than any other number. Today is March 14 (or 3/14 when written in the generally used American date format), a day that is celebrated by many as Pi Day. This date is important not so much because we are obsessed...
Discussing Research Level Mathematics On...
StackOverflow is a popular community that was launched by two famous programmers: Joel Spolsky (of Joel on Software fame) and Jeff Atwood (of Coding Horror fame). The aim of this site is to provide a fun environment in which to discuss programming subjects and ask coding and software engineering...
Interview with Derrick Niederman, author...
In this interview we sit down with author and mathematician Derrick Niederman to discuss his engaging, recently published book about the first two hundred natural numbers, ‘Number Freak: From 1 to 200, The Hidden Language of Numbers Revealed’.
1. Some of our readers are likely familiar with your...
The Cost of Not Understanding Probabilit...
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Essential Math, Probability Theory and Statistics on
08 24th, 2009 |
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Misconceptions about probability theory and statistics have major repercussions on society. From seemingly minor things like the excessive sensationalism of some headlines, all the way to the jailing of innocent people based on “statistical evidence”. One of the most common misconceptions is the...
Improve your math and programming skills...
Project Euler can be an addictive site for people who are passionate about mathematics and programming. You don’t need to be an expert in either of these two disciplines to participate in it’s challenges, but any such skills you may already possess will be an asset.
The author of the site,...
An apology to my feed readers...
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Antonio Cangiano in
General on
08 7th, 2009 |
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This post is an apology to my feed readers. Due to a misconfiguration of my server, for a few hours, images in my feed were replaced with a message that suggested to “stop stealing content and bandwidth”. That message was intended to be seen on sites that steal my content/bandwidth, not in your...
Book Review: “Mathematicians: An O...
In my last blog entry, I mentioned several math books I’ve been reading lately. Over the weekend I wrapped up reading Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World, and wanted to take the opportunity to review it here.
Mathematicians: An Outer View of the Inner World is a hardcover book of photos...
My mid-2009 math reading list...
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Antonio Cangiano in
Suggested Reading on
07 31st, 2009 |
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With summertime underway, I thought I would share a list of 12 mathematical books that I’ve been reading between the beginning of this year and now. Some of them are absolutely excellent titles, but I’d say that each of the books listed was interesting and worth recommending.
I bought some of...
Two Beautiful Mathematical Documentaries...
Two beautiful mathematical documentaries are “Fermat’s Last Theorem” and “Dangerous Knowledge”. Both take a popular science style approach to describing compelling and emotional stories about great mathematicians.
The first narrates the story of Andrew Wiles, who proved...
