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Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation Making Democracy Count: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 42 ratings — published
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Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.54 — 633 ratings — published
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Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.87 — 2,735 ratings — published 2022
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Inventing the Mathematician: Gender, Race, and Our Cultural Understanding of Mathematics Inventing the Mathematician: Gender, Race, and Our Cultural Understanding of Mathematics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 27 ratings — published
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Supermath: The Power of Numbers for Good and Evil Supermath: The Power of Numbers for Good and Evil (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 23 ratings — published 2020
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Beyond Banneker: Black Mathematicians and the Paths to Excellence Beyond Banneker: Black Mathematicians and the Paths to Excellence (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 16 ratings — published 2014
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Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant (Princeton Science Library) Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant (Princeton Science Library)
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avg rating 4.19 — 189 ratings — published 2003
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Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 6,664 ratings — published 1992
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Trigonometric Delights Trigonometric Delights (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 131 ratings — published 1998
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x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.71 — 903 ratings — published 2020
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Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math Seven Golden Rings: A Tale of Music and Math (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 340 ratings — published 2020
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Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics (Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library, Series Number 13) Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics (Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library, Series Number 13)
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avg rating 3.88 — 24 ratings — published 1997
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Mathematics for Human Flourishing Mathematics for Human Flourishing (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 1,283 ratings — published 2020
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 29,611 ratings — published 2016
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Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 1,089 ratings — published
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The Calculus Gallery: Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue The Calculus Gallery: Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.43 — 176 ratings — published 2004
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Math Girls Math Girls (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 370 ratings — published 2007
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Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) Linear Algebra Done Right (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
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avg rating 4.38 — 1,242 ratings — published 1995
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Change is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World Change is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 794 ratings — published 2019
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Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 671 ratings — published 2017
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Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 7,174 ratings — published 2019
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Euler: The Master of Us All (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) Euler: The Master of Us All (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions)
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avg rating 4.40 — 397 ratings — published 1999
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A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 3,386 ratings — published 2009
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Mathematics Today Mathematics Today (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 11 ratings — published 1980
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Reading And Writing The World With Mathematics: Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice (Critical Social Thought) Reading And Writing The World With Mathematics: Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice (Critical Social Thought)
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avg rating 4.26 — 35 ratings — published 2005
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Proofs that Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) Proofs that Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions)
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avg rating 4.15 — 40 ratings — published 2003
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The Housekeeper and the Professor The Housekeeper and the Professor (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 93,921 ratings — published 2005
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The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development (Dover Books on Mathematics) The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development (Dover Books on Mathematics)
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avg rating 3.93 — 134 ratings — published 1959
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Understanding Analysis (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) Understanding Analysis (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
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avg rating 4.48 — 445 ratings — published 2000
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In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 220 ratings — published 2011
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Four Colors Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved Four Colors Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 284 ratings — published 2002
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How to Guard an Art Gallery and Other Discrete Mathematical Adventures How to Guard an Art Gallery and Other Discrete Mathematical Adventures (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.56 — 18 ratings — published 2009
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 21,099 ratings — published 2014
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Random Essays on Mathematics, Education and Computers Random Essays on Mathematics, Education and Computers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.00 — 3 ratings — published 1964
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Philosophy of Mathematics (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) Philosophy of Mathematics (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)
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avg rating 3.81 — 63 ratings — published 1999
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How to Lie with Statistics How to Lie with Statistics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 17,754 ratings — published 1954
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Why the Professor Can't Teach: Mathematics and the Dilemma of American Undergraduate Education Why the Professor Can't Teach: Mathematics and the Dilemma of American Undergraduate Education (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 17 ratings — published 1977
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Philosophies of Mathematics Philosophies of Mathematics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 25 ratings — published 2001
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The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010 The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 55 ratings — published 2010
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Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,949 ratings — published 1990
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