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1 Dec 2020
I had a great time talking with @cornelioid on the @NewBooksMath podcast about my new book Supermath. You can listen here:
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If you're interested, all @JHUPress books (including Supermath!) are 40% off with the code HHSA.
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2 Dec 2020
Making a a powerful case for reevaluating the assumptions of mathematicians, SUPERMATH (@JHUPress) surveys a how the conception of mathematics has informed scientific undertakings, public policies, and everyday behaviors. @AnnaWeltman joins @cornelioid๐
newbooksnetwork.com/supermatโฆ
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9 Sep 2020
Rather than the sad reputation it has gained over decades due to uninspired school instruction devoid of motivational considerations, math CAN be entertaining. Alfred S. Posamentier discusses MATHEMATICS ENTERTAINMENT for the MILLIONS (@worldscientific)๐
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4 Sep 2020
In DARK DATA (@PrincetonUPress), David Hand proposes that the whole of data analysis can benefit from a โdark dataโ perspectiveโthat is, careful consideration of not only what's seen but what's unseen. Tune in as Hand discusses the book with @cornelioid๐
newbooksnetwork.com/david-j-โฆ
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NB Math ๐ retweeted
10 Jul 2020
#GameTheory explores many types of social relations between humans and nonhuman creatures. GAMES in the PHILOSOPHY of BIOLOGY (@CambUP_PHILNYUK) introduces the basics of game theory and evolutionary game theory.
๐๏ธ@cailinmeister joins Carrie Figdor๐
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8 Jun 2020
Written in an accessible and lighthearted style, DISCRETE MATHEMATICS with DUCKS (@CRCPress) covers the full breadth of conventional topics and several more as well.
๐๏ธsarah-marie belcastro joins @cornelioid to give us the rundown on the new textbook โ๏ธ
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22 Apr 2020
Both a fascinating book and a concept, BEAUTIFUL SYMMETRY (@mitpress) is a coloring book about math that invites us to engage with mathematical concepts visually through coloring challenges and visual puzzles. @AlexandraBerke fills us in on the podcast ๐
newbooksnetwork.com/alex-berโฆ
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6 Apr 2020
The heat equation was instrumental in analyzing the problem of laying the transatlantic cable--a great 19th engineering feat. HOT MOLECULES, COLD ELECTRONS (@PrincetonUPress) offers detailed study of the history and mathematics of the equation. Tune in๐
newbooksnetwork.com/paul-nahโฆ
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31 Mar 2020
There are no contradictions in reality, but there can appear to be.
On this episode Matt Cook fills us in on SLEIGHT of MIND (@mitpress), which offers a dive deeply into over 75 paradoxes in mathematics, physics, philosophy, and the social sciences.๐งโ๏ธ
newbooksnetwork.com/matt-cooโฆ
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NB Math ๐ retweeted
31 Mar 2020
Tune in here for a great interview on @NewBooksNetwork with Matt Cook, author of Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy, which publishes today! mitsha.re/s5jS50z0YML
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11 Mar 2020
Mathematicians aren't just makers of mathematics; they're people whose life stories are often not just entertaining, but are sometimes interwoven with important historical events. Alfred S. Posamentier, co-author of MATH MAKERS (@prometheusbks) joins us๐
newbooksnetwork.com/alfred-sโฆ
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27 Feb 2020
Maureen T. Carroll and Elyn Rykken's GEOMETRY (@maanow) is a unified survey of Euclidean and many significant non-Euclidean geometries that draws from the patterns of historical development to immerse students into progressively new territory. Listen in๐
newbooksnetwork.com/maureen-โฆ
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NB Math ๐ retweeted
30 Jan 2020
Find out more about the thinking behind my puzzles and ciphers challenge Conundrum from @iconbooks (โa literary escape roomโ) on this New Books Network interview: newbooksnetwork.com/brian-clโฆ
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31 Jan 2020
With a series of puzzles to be solved, all of which contribute to a final puzzle that concludes the book, CONUNDRUM (@iconbooks) is literary escape room. And like clues one finds in an escape room, author @brianclegg mercifully gives hints. He joins us๐
newbooksnetwork.com/brian-clโฆ
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NB Math ๐ retweeted
28 Dec 2019
โThis is not your fatherโs โ or grandfatherโs โ standard collection of conic sections.โ โ Jim Stein, New Books Network ow.ly/40kO50xH6pX @NewBooksNetwork #mathtwitter #ReadUP #PrincetonUPress
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NB Math ๐ retweeted
13 Dec 2019
Distinguished statistician @d_spiegel wants to improve the way that quantitative evidence is used in society, especially in medicine.
He shares his insights on THE ART of STATISTICS (@BasicBooks) with @peerspectrum's Colin Miller and Dr. Keith Mankin โคต๏ธ
newbooksnetwork.com/david-spโฆ
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3 Dec 2019
How do we make ourselves better equipped to navigate our data-driven world, where charts, infographics, and diagrams are everywhere?
๐ @AlbertoCairo, author of HOW CHARTS LIE (@wwnorton), demystifies these visuals for us. Learn more on the podcast โคต๏ธ
newbooksnetwork.com/alberto-โฆ
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NB Math ๐ retweeted
26 Nov 2019
New #podcast! @GaryBMeisner gives us the scoop on his beautiful new book THE GOLDEN RATIO (@QuartoKnows), an examination of role of the Golden Ratio/Divine Proportion and a delight for anyone interested in the entangled nature of math, art and design.๐๐
newbooksnetwork.com/gary-meiโฆ
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NB Math ๐ retweeted
31 Oct 2019
"Even if you never read a single proof through to its conclusion, youโll enjoy the many entertaining side trips into a geometry far beyond what you learned in high school." - Jim Stein #Mathematics #ReadUP @NewBooksNetwork @divbyzero ow.ly/7TA850wYjKB
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