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
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On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
Very Bad at Math (A Very Graphic Novel #1)
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World
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Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
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Math Without Numbers
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games
In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonder of Complex Systems
The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilisation
The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Fermat's Enigma
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)
The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
A Mathematician's Apology
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Blaise Pascal
Dull minds are never either intuitive or mathematical.
Blaise Pascal, Pensées

Mike  Norton
Dreams are what guide us, art is what defines us, math is what makes it all possible, and love is what lights our way.
Mike Norton

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