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
Very Bad at Math (A Very Graphic Novel #1)
Dr. No
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
Millionaires for the Month
Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being
The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Fermat's Enigma
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
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
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Bitcoin Books
86 books — 22 voters
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyMath Curse by Jon ScieszkaOne Grain of Rice by DemiThe Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah HeiligmanStacey the Math Whiz by Ann M. Martin
Mathematics in the Title
249 books — 27 voters

Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin PulverThe Grapes of Math by Greg TangSir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy NeuschwanderZero the Hero by Joan HolubWho Pooped in Central Park? Scat and Tracks for Kids by Gary D. Robson
Educational Children's Fiction Books
317 books — 86 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsWhy Buddhism Is True by Robert WrightMeditations by Marcus AureliusDarwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. Dennett
Sam Harris' Recommended Reading
185 books — 63 voters


J.K. Rowling
Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?" Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad. "I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff. ...more
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Stephenie Meyer
My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math;in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. ...more
Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]

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