Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”) is the study of topics such as quantity (numbers), structure, space, and change.

Mathematicians seek out patterns and use them to formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proof. When mathematical structures are good models of real phenomena, then mathematical reasoning can provide insight or predictions about nature. Through the use of abstraction and logic, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and mo
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The Maniac
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
Very Bad at Math (A Very Graphic Novel #1)
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
Rationality
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World
The Probability of Everything
In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonder of Complex Systems
Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers
Are You Small?
The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Fermat's Enigma
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
A Mathematician's Apology
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Visual Complex Analysis by Tristan NeedhamMathematics and Its History by John StillwellCategory Theory by Steve AwodeyThe Road to Reality by Roger PenroseThe Code Book by Simon Singh
Mathematics Books That Don't Suck
75 books — 50 voters

Johann Sebastian Bach by Christoph WolffHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannA Guide to Running Your First Marathon by Doug LimbrickBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Non-Fiction read in 2017
482 books — 104 voters
The Love Hypothesis by Ali HazelwoodThe Kiss Quotient by Helen  HoangLove on the Brain by Ali HazelwoodLove, Theoretically by Ali HazelwoodThe Love Theorem by Camilla Isley
Romance Novels with STEM Heroines
314 books — 303 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsWhy Buddhism Is True by Robert  WrightMeditations by Marcus AureliusDarwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. Dennett
Sam Harris' Recommended Reading
192 books — 68 voters


Deepak Chopra
Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.
Deepak Chopra

J.K. Rowling
Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?" Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad. "I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff. ...more
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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