Monday, November 12, 2018

NONFICTION NOVEMBER: Be the Expert





Week 3: (Nov. 12 to 16) – Be The Expert/Ask the Expert/Become the Expert (Julie @ JulzReads): Three ways to join in this week! You can either share three or more books on a single topic that you have read and can recommend (be the expert), you can put the call out for good nonfiction on a specific topic that you have been dying to read (ask the expert), or you can create your own list of books on a topic that you’d like to read (become the expert).

I'm going with option  1 and 3 - a list of books on a topic I've read and I'd like to read and become the expert. Would you believe I've chosen Mathematics?

I found three books I've already read, and then looked around. I found a bunch more on this topic that I'd like to explore and read, and had to limit myself to the ones I have listed. 

 Have you read any of these? Any you would recommend? Sorry if I've put you off with my geekiness.

 Mathematics

Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
my review

The Calculus Diaries by Jennifer Oullette
my review

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzenberger
my review

And the books that look interesting....

Love & Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality
 by Edward Frenkel

The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus: The Mathematics of Christmas
by Dr Hannah Fry and Dr Michael Oleron Evans


The Mathematics of Everyday Life
by Alfred S Posamethier



The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow


A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
by Sylvia Nasar


Chaos: Making a New Science
by James Gleick


Our Days are Numbered: How Mathematics Orders Our Lives
by Jason Brown







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debbierodgers 37p · 332 weeks ago

I, for one, am NOT surprised you chose mathematics. ;-)

I have always been intrigued by The Physics of Baseball by Robert K Adair, not least because of the cover of the copy I had. https://www.amazon.ca/Physics-Baseball-Robert-K-A...

Unfortunately, Before I read it, I lent it to a friend who is a baseball fiend, and never got it back.
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katenab 37p · 332 weeks ago

I am terrible with numbers. But I weirdly really like math and statistic theories. And now I wonder if The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus would count for the Christmas Spirit readathon. ;) Great list!
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julzddm 1p · 332 weeks ago

Oh man, Math is my nemesis. I did read A Beautiful Mind, but fathoming reading about math for fun is intimidating.
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grayskyeyes 45p · 332 weeks ago

Fun topic! Eugenia Cheng has a couple books on mathematics that look good, but I haven't gotten to read them yet.
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Katie @ Doing Dewey · 331 weeks ago

I love this topic! Weapons of Math Destruction was fantastic and I actually just recently recommended it to a colleague. I've not done much other reading about math. Dataclysm, by the founder of OK cupid was a little light, as you might expect, but included some fun stats about dating. Ditto Nabokov's Favorite Word is Mauve, which focused on statistical analysis of books. It's been a lot longer since I read Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise, but I remember it being a little more substantial while still doing a good job of explaining concepts simply. I'd particularly recommend that one :)

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