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The Math Dude's Quick and Dirty Guide to Algebra:
The Math Dude's Quick and Dirty Guide to Algebra


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Jason Marshall, popular podcast host known to his fans as The Math Dude, understands that algebra can cause agony. But he’s determined to show you that you can solve those confusing, scream-inducing math problems—and it won’t be as hard as you think!

How to Ace Calculus: The Streetwise Guide
How to Ace Calculus



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"This is a marvelous, user-friendly introduction to the basic ideas of calculus. It is effective, humorous and eminently practical. The book that 100,000 calculus students have been searching for is finally here."—Ron Graham, Chief Scientist, AT&T Labs, former President of the American Mathematical Society, and author of Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation of Computer Science
How to Ace the Rest of Calculus: The Streetwise Guide, Including Multi-Variable Calculus
How to Ace the Rest of Calculus



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"Congratulations! You made it through the first term of calculus. Now the fun really begins. This wonderful book will take you on a fantastic journey."—Mikhail Chkhenkeli, Williams College
Proof: A Play
Proof



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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

"Auburn has taken on some biggies here: what the link may be between genius and mental instability, why it is that lives get stuck, and how elusive the truth can be . . . [Proof's] level of accomplishment and the realness of its characters show that Auburn has both depth and a voice."—The New Yorker
A History of Pi:
A History of Pi


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The history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror of the history of man. Petr Beckmann holds up...
Competition: The Birth of a New Science
Competition



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"James Case strikes at the heart of modern neoclassical analysis with this penetrating exploration of the reigning orthodoxy and the alternatives we need to consider. The implications for economic thought are startling. The implications for economic policy are stunning."—Louis Galambos, professor of history, Johns Hopkins University
The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible
The Language of Mathematics



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"The great book of nature," said Galileo, "can be read only by those who know the language in which it was written. And this language is mathematics." In The...
The New Turing Omnibus: Sixty-Six Excursions in Computer Science
The New Turing Omnibus



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No other volume provides as broad, as thorough, or as accessible an introduction to the realm of computers as A. K. Dewdney's The Turing Omnibus. Updated...
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
The Number Devil



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The international best-seller that makes mathematics a thrilling exploration. In twelve dreams, Robert, a boy who hates math, meets a Number Devil, who...
When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish: And Other Speculations About This and That
When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish



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"If you're already addicted to Martin Gardner's plain prose, gentle, reasonable voice, exhaustive research and relentless logic, you will want to add this book to your collection . . . While [he] has always called himself 'strictly a journalist,' he should really be honored as one of this country's greatest cultural treasures."—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
The Parrot's Theorem: A Novel
The Parrot's Theorem



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"The Parrot's Theorem is a unique book, in that it is both a wonderful novel and the best short history of mathematics I have ever read. The author draws his characters with care, develops an intriguing plot, and on the way teaches the reader about mathematics and its history. This is one of the most satisfying books I have read in a long time."—Amir Aczel, author of Fermat's Last Theorem
Group Theory in the Bedroom, and Other Mathematical Diversions:
Group Theory in the Bedroom, and Other Mathematical Diversions


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Brian Hayes is one of the most accomplished essayists active today—a claim supported not only by his prolific and continuing high-quality output but also by...
The Fractal Geometry of Nature:
The Fractal Geometry of Nature


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Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, and lightening does not travel in a straight line. The complexity of nature's shapes differs in kind, not...
Imagining Numbers: (particularly the square root of minus fifteen)
Imagining Numbers



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"A clear, accessible, beautifully written introduction not only to imaginary numbers, but to the role of imagination in mathematics."—George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
Innumeracy



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Why do even well-educated people understand so little about mathematics? And what are the costs of our innumeracy? John Allen Paulos, in his celebrated...
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
Irreligion



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"The volume gets off to a bracing start, deftly dismantling creationist arguments that the astonishing complexity of life could have come about only through the efforts of a master designer, by succinctly showing how Darwin's theory of natural selection and free-market economics provide well-confirmed alternative explanations for the evolution of complex systems . . . Writing in clear, direct prose, Paulos shows how even everyday references to purpose and intention can be easily reformulated in scientific, nonpurposive terms."—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
How to Think About Statistics: Sixth Edition
How to Think About Statistics



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An easy, logical way to make sense of the numbers and data you encounter every day.
Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
Fortune's Formula



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In 1956 two Bell Labs scientists discovered the scientific formula for getting rich. One was mathematician Claude Shannon, neurotic father of our digital age,...
The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
The Riemann Hypothesis



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"[This book presents] to the non-mathematician what is indeed the greatest unsolved problem in pure mathematics, describing its history, the men who have contributed to its understanding, and their motivation for tackling it . . . Lively, full of anecdotes, and fun to read. The reader will find in [this book] a picture not only of the Riemann hypothesis, but also of the strange world of mathematicians."—Enrico Bombieri, The American Scientist
The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century
The Lady Tasting Tea



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"If you have ever been exposed to the statistical activities that permeate science, you will be fascinated by this book. Highly readable, well-written prose that avoids mathematical symbols and intricacies . . . Get the book for your own educational pleasure, or give it to someone you want to delight."—Alvan R. Feinstein, M.D., Sterling Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine
Calculus Made Easy:
Calculus Made Easy


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Calculus Made Easy has long been the most popular calculus primer, and this major revision of the classic math text makes the subject at hand still more...
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