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A History of Mathematics by Florian Cajori A History of Mathematics
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Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 1 by Morris Kline Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 1
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The Great Equations by Robert P. Crease The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg
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Crease, Robert P.
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The Cambridge Companion to Newton by I. Bernard Cohen The Cambridge Companion to Newton
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Cohen, I. Bernard
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Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell by George F. Simmons Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell: Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry
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The Advent of the Algorithm by David Berlinski The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer
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A Beautiful Math by Tom Siegfried A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
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The Triumph Of Numbers by I.B. Cohen The Triumph Of Numbers
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Cohen, I. B.
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Poincare's Prize by George G. Szpiro Poincare's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles
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Szpiro, George G.
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Descartes's Secret Notebook by Amir D. Aczel Descartes's Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe
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The Millennium Problems by Keith Devlin The Millennium Problems
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Devlin, Keith
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The Mathematical Experience by Philip J. Davis The Mathematical Experience: A National Book Award Winner
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Gödel's Proof by Ernest Nagel Gödel's Proof
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Pascal's Wager by James A. Connor Pascal's Wager: The Man Who Played Dice with God
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What Is Mathematics, Really? by Reuben Hersh What Is Mathematics, Really?
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Number by Tobias Dantzig Number: The Language of Science
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One, Two, Three...Infinity by George Gamow One, Two, Three...Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science
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Journey through Genius by William Dunham Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
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Role of Mathematics in the Rise of Science by Salomon Bochner Role of Mathematics in the Rise of Science
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Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner Mathematics and the Imagination (Dover Books on Mathematics)
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Mathematics for the Million by Lancelot Hogben Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers
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Mathematics and the Physical World by Morris Kline Mathematics and the Physical World (Dover Books on Mathematics)
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Mathematics for the Nonmathematician by Morris Kline Mathematics for the Nonmathematician
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A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Novel Laureate John Nash
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Questioning the Millennium by Stephen Jay Gould Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown
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Gould, Stephen Jay
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Full House by Stephen Jay Gould Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin
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Chances Are . . . by Michael Kaplan Chances Are . . .: Adventures in Probability
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The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
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Chance by Amir D. Aczel Chance: A Guide to Gambling, Love, the Stock Market, and Just About Everything Else
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Euclid in the Rainforest by Joseph Mazur Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math
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