NB Math 📚

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 @cornelioid👇 newbooksnetwork.com/supermat…

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)👇 newbooksnetwork.com/alfred-p…

In DARK DATA (@PrincetonUPress), David Hand proposes that the whole of data analysis can benefit from a “dark data” perspective—that is, careful consideration of not only what's seen but what's unseen. Tune in as Hand discusses the book with @cornelioid👇 newbooksnetwork.com/david-j-…

Written in an accessible and lighthearted style, DISCRETE MATHEMATICS with DUCKS (@CRCPress) covers the full breadth of conventional topics and several more as well. 🎙️sarah-marie belcastro joins @cornelioid to give us the rundown on the new textbook ↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/sarah-ma…

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 👇 newbooksnetwork.com/alex-ber…

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 in👇 newbooksnetwork.com/paul-nah…

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.🎧↙️ newbooksnetwork.com/matt-coo…

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 us👇 newbooksnetwork.com/alfred-s…

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 in👇 newbooksnetwork.com/maureen-…

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 us👇 newbooksnetwork.com/brian-cl…