The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010...
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01 4th, 2011 |
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While compiling the new math releases for my site that helps you “discover new books“, I came across a brand new book by Princeton University Press, called “The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010“. While I haven’t had the opportunity to read this book yet, (it was just...
Watch Khan Academy on your mobile device...
Khan Academy is an amazing non-for-profit project that’s chock full of mathematics, science, and other educational videos. Wide coverage, excellent explanations, and the fact that’s 100% free to use, have made this site a huge success and helped attract donations and praise from many, including...
The Joy of Stats (Video)...
The Joy of Stats is an hour long BBC documentary by Professor Hans Rosling, in which he illustrates the beauty and importance of statistics as a means of understanding the world and society in which we live. This documentary is now available for the first time to audiences worldwide:
(Tip of the hat to...
Free Kindle Math Books...
The CK-12 Foundation is a wonderful non-profit organization. Recently they released several free Kindle ebooks about Mathematics. Currently in the Kindle store you can find the following CK-12 Foundation math titles, all priced at $0.00:
Algebra I
Geometry
Trigonometry
Calculus
Advanced Probability and...
Get weekly emails about new Mathematics ...
Today I’m announcing a pet project of mine that I think may interest some of my readers. Any new books? is a free notification service which enables you to subscribe to a series of subjects that interest you and receive weekly emails about new book releases in those categories.
These books are...
In-Depth Book Review: The Computer as Cr...
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07 23rd, 2010 |
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Title: The Computer as CrucibleAuthors: Jonathan Borwein and Keith DevlinTrue pp.: 154Publisher: A K Peters LtdPublished on: November 2008ISBN-13: 978-1568813431Rating: 8/10
Jonathan Borwein and Keith Devlin are well-known mathematicians who have a strong appreciation of, and expertise in, experimental...
Forget Pi, here comes Tau...
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06 28th, 2010 |
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Some readers may be familiar with Bob Palais’ article “π Is Wrong”. Within it Palais argues that π is the wrong choice of circle constant. This quote, from the author’s website, summarizes his main argument:
As noted in the last page of the pdf, I suggest calling the alternate...
Interview with Professor Marcus du Sauto...
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04 12th, 2010 |
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In this interview we chat with with Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, Simonyi Professor for the public understanding of science, Fellow of New College, ESPRC Senior Media Fellow, Berwick Prize winner, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, TED speaker, and a...
Switching from Feedburner Email to AWebe...
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03 22nd, 2010 |
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This is just a brief post to let my readers know that I’m switching from Feedburner Email’s service to AWeber to handle sending out my posts via email. Why am I switching from a free service to a commercial one? Because AWeber offers countless features that I plan to use, plus it’s a lot more flexible...
Math Books reviewed and classified by ar...
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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...
