Monday, 29 December 2014
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Some nice mathematical books
People often stop me in the street and say: "You are Brady from Numberphile. Can you recommend a good mathematical book for Christmas!"
This is entirely untrue. It has never happened.
However I will use this blog post to recommend some books written by people from Numberphile videos.
This list of not exhaustive, just a few that sprang to mind while I was waiting for my computer to process a video.
Matt Parker's shiny new "Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension" is cracking - very funny like the man himself.
You can buy on Amazon in the UK and US - or get a signed copy from Matt.
Simon Singh's The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets - great hidden gems from the TV show (plus Futurama).
Simon's other books are great too - check him out on Amazon, etc.
Alex Bellos - of cake cutting fame - has got Alex Through the Looking Glass (aka Grapes of Math). It is the sequel to Alex's Adventures in Numberland (aka Here's Looking at Euclid).
Ed Frenkel has Love & Math - well worth a look.
Ron Graham - yes, that Graham - has Magical Mathematics written with Persi Diaconis (Persi is coming to Numberphile soon!)
Barry Mazur does great books too.
That'll do for now... Will add some more later perhaps.
Clearly I am biased towards Numberphile contributors - what did you expect!?
This is entirely untrue. It has never happened.
However I will use this blog post to recommend some books written by people from Numberphile videos.
This list of not exhaustive, just a few that sprang to mind while I was waiting for my computer to process a video.
Matt Parker's shiny new "Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension" is cracking - very funny like the man himself.
You can buy on Amazon in the UK and US - or get a signed copy from Matt.
Simon Singh's The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets - great hidden gems from the TV show (plus Futurama).
Simon's other books are great too - check him out on Amazon, etc.
Alex Bellos - of cake cutting fame - has got Alex Through the Looking Glass (aka Grapes of Math). It is the sequel to Alex's Adventures in Numberland (aka Here's Looking at Euclid).
Ed Frenkel has Love & Math - well worth a look.
Ron Graham - yes, that Graham - has Magical Mathematics written with Persi Diaconis (Persi is coming to Numberphile soon!)
Barry Mazur does great books too.
That'll do for now... Will add some more later perhaps.
Clearly I am biased towards Numberphile contributors - what did you expect!?
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