books about: mathematical

books about: mathematical

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The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition

Edward R. Tufte

Graphics Press, 2001

Authoritative genius
Edward Tufte's The Visual Display of Quantitative Information is sheer genius - he lays out the principles of how information should be portrayed graphically, with rules like "the number of information-carrying (variable) dimensions should not exceed the number of ...

Barron's AP Calculus

Shirley O. Hockett, David Bock

Barron's Educational Series, 2010

Challenging but rewarding
This book has a thorough coverage of AP Calculus AB/BC. I used this book for the multiple-choice section and CollegeBoard's own materials for the free-response section. Most of my students scored 5. I also used some of chapters for my IB Mathematics SL and HL ...

Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas R. Hofstadter

Basic Books, 1999

reconciling the software of the mind with the hardware of brain
This book has a preface by the author. After twenty (20) or so pages, I was thinking, "Can I understand what he wrote about in the rest of this book?" but I persevered and read the whole book. This book is intense, like any philosophical book. His motive is to ...

From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time

Sean Carroll

Dutton Adult, 2010

Recommended
Carroll does an excellent job of navigating through the most daunting intellectual icebergs. More amazingly, he does so in language that does not exclude readers with less technical background. Although I approach the sciences from the perspective of Intelligent ...

Cartoon Guide to Statistics

Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith

Collins Reference, 1994

Perfect for me - probably not for everyone
I'm in love with this book and I feel like it was written with me in mind, so if your math background and goals are anything like mine, I can't recommend it enough. So, here's my deal: I'm a med student and am about to start a bio statistics course. I wanted to ...

Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, ...

Michio Kaku

Anchor, 2009

Impossibly good read
I'm still reading this one, but the author had me at the introduction. I've seeen the author a few times on Fox News and I've meant to research his stuff. Finally the planets aligned and I downloaded on my Kindle. I'm very glad I did. He makes the unexplainable ...

Statistics for Dummies

Deborah Rumsey

For Dummies, 2003

I never thought I'd say this...
...but I enjoyed this book. It is a great overview and refresher of basic statistical concepts. The workbook probably would have been helpful, and I wish this had been published when I was in college. In any event, it was a great refresher, easy to understand, ...

Cracking the AP Statistics Exam, 2010 Edition (College Test Preparation)

Princeton Review

Princeton Review, 2009

Not to be missed
Princeton Review's powerful AP Exam guides are many and are top picks for any reference library. They've updated some 17 guides to Advanced Placement tests and offer high school students fine study courses that include two full-length practice tests and reviews of the ...

Barron's AP Statistics

Martin Sternstein Ph.D.

Barron's Educational Series, 2010

Good book for relaxed AP review
Barron's books tend to have a more cramped style than Princeton review and are unpleasing to the eye, but the content in this book is just plain better. I am writing this review after receiving a 5 on the AP Statistics exam after using this book. Its explanations of ...

Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications (New ...

John J. Murphy

New York Institute of Finance, 1999

a very good introductory book to cover the subject broadly.
Easy to read. Does not require any special background knowledge to be useful. Read this as foundation material. cheers --jsd

Grapes Of Math (bkshelf) (Scholastic Bookshelf)

Greg Tang

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2004

Great book for a fun look at math.
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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimens ion

Michio Kaku

Anchor, 1995

Modern Mathematics and Modern Physics
The central challenge of theoretical physics today is to unify the four fundamental forces--the electromagnetic force (electricity, magnetism, and light), the strong nuclear force (provides the energy that fuels the star, fusion), the weak nuclear force (governs ...

How to Lie with Statistics

Darrell Huff

W. W. Norton & Company, 1993

Tools to combat information overload
This is a first of a kind classic that describes some of the more common ways that quantitative data and graphs are used, knowingly or unknowingly, to misrepresent reality. Even though the examples are a bit dated this does not diminish the value of the book. If ...

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

Holt Paperbacks, 2000

Math understood
Number Devil was a fasinating book which captivated my grandsons as we worked through each chapter. Not only were the stories logical, they really maximized the math learning process. Both grandsons, aged 7 and 10, would ask to do another chapter each day.

40 Fabulous Math Mysteries Kids Can't Resist (Grades 4-8)

Marcia Miller, Martin Lee

Teaching Resources, 2001

Great Math problems
this booms my kids' interests even higher on problem-solving scenarios. it leads them to think and solve problems. Good book!