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Five Golden Rules: Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics--and Why They Matter
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Casti, John L.
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2010/07/13
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James
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2010/09/09 |
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The Mathematician's Mind: The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field
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Hadamard, Jacques
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history,
philosophy
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Heather
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2008/05/14 |
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Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery
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Lakatos, Imre
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philosophy
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty
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Kline, Morris
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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What Is Mathematics, Really?
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Hersh, Reuben
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philosophy
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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The Sand-Reckoner
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Bradshaw, Gillian
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fiction,
history
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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The French Mathematician
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Petsinis, Tom
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics
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Dehaene, Stanislas
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history,
psychology
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
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Bernstein, Peter L.
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history
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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Negative Math: How Mathematical Rules Can Be Positively Bent
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Martínez, Alberto A.
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explanatory,
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philosophy
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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Einstein, Picasso
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Miller, Arthur I.
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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The Poincaré Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the Universe
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O'Shea, Donal
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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A Tour of the Calculus
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Berlinski, David
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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The Nothing that Is: A Natural History of Zero
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Kaplan, Robert M.
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history
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
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Kanigel, Robert
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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The Artist and the Mathematician: The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed
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Aczel, Amir D.
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history
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Science
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Aczel, Amir D.
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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Descartes's Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe
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Aczel, Amir D.
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity
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Aczel, Amir D.
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history
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Kevin
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2008/05/02 |
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth
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Hoffman, Paul
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Tomaso Rall
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2008/04/26 |
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e: the Story of a Number
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Maor, Eli
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Nicole
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2008/03/23 |
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A Mathematician's Apology
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Hardy, G. H.
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Matthew
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2008/02/02 |
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Who Got Einstein's Office? Eccentricity and Genius at the Institute for Advanced Study
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Regis, Ed
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history
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Gary
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2008/02/02 |
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The Moment of Proof: Mathematical Epiphanies
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Benson, Donald C.
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history
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Gary
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2008/02/02 |
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Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener The Father of Cybernetics
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Conway, Flo
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Gary
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2008/01/27 |
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From Zero to Infinity
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Reid, Constance Bowman
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Gary
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2008/01/27 |
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Agnesi to Zeno: Over 100 Vignettes from the History of Math
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Smith, Sanderson M.
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Nicole
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2008/01/21 |
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Fermat's Enigma
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Singh, Simon
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history
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Nicole
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2008/01/21 |
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An Imaginary Tale: The Story of √-1
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Nahin, Paul J.
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history
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Nicole
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2008/01/21 |
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Mathematical Scandals
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Pappas, Theoni
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Nicole
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2008/01/21 |
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