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Are there any good math books (that aren't text books) other than music of the primes? I'm looking for something new to read.

Has anyone read the Grigori Perelman’s bio, "Perfect Rigor?

>> No.1416744

Godel, Escher, Bach. Pretty sweet.

>> No.1416754

Physics For Dummies

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I also have the book, "god created the integers", but I didn't like it much.

I've heard good things about GEB, but are there any other ideas? come on /sci/, this could be a good, non-troll, thread.

>> No.1416792

>>1416737

using 'good' and 'music of the primes' next to each other?

>>1416783
why do you have a book of original papers which are mostly incomprehensible?

'from here to infinity' is a pretty good book, and so is 'mathematics, a very short introduction'. beyond that, you just need to get textbooks and LEARN about the subject. maths doesn't lend itself well to popularization.

>> No.1416802

>>1416792
I thought it was a good read. I really like math, but sometimes I don't want to sit down, relax, and crack open a fucking text book. I want something a bit lighter. I also think music of the primes had a lot of good mathematics history in it, so that's something, even if it was light on actual math.

>> No.1416859

bump?

>> No.1416877

>good math books (that aren't text books)

Novels are in the first floor, sir. This is the science section.

>>>/lit/

>> No.1416891

>>1416802

finding moonshine then, if you liked music of the primes.

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The book "Trolling Math and science"
Lot of pictures and diagram inside.

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Simon Singh wrote "Fermat's Last Theorem: The story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years".

I think Singh also published it as "Fermat's Enigma: The epic quest to solve the world's greatest mathematical problem".

>> No.1417336

Bump for a better /sci/.

>> No.1417403

Zero: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Idea

It's a good history lesson in the creation of algebra and calculus and gets into a discussion about black holes/wormholes. One of my favourite books.

>> No.1417409

>>1417403

Sorry it's called "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea"

>> No.1417479

Godel, Escher, Bach.
Dr. Euler's Fantatsic Formula.
The Imaginary Tale of <span class="math">\sqrt-1[/spoiler]
Letters to a Young Mathematician
Fermat's Last Theorem
Is God a Mathematician (I thought it was boring; basically, "this number is irrational and shows up everywhere. Someone must have thought of it")
Coincidences, Chaos, and all that Math Jazz (I thought it was fun. I actually tried the playing card center of gravity thing)

These are just a few I have read.

>> No.1417484

Genesis 1

>> No.1417495

>>1417479
oh! Just rememered...

Erdos: The Man Who Loved Only Numbers.

>> No.1417501

What is your problem with text books?

>> No.1417543

>>1417501
he wants popsci brainfurt mathematics, not actual mathematics. So he can tell his 13 year old friends how he reads math books in his spare time and how that makes him sort of a genius.