Mathematical snapshotsHugo Steinhaus
Mathematical snapshots
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…untrained in science. It should be scientists who write popular works. There are several scientists who have written great works which are neither difficult, nor dumbed down - for example, Steinhaus' "Mathematical Snapshots", Einstein and Infeld's "The Evolution of Physics", Schrodinger's "What is life?" and even delightful works such as Faraday's "Chemical history of a candle". With the hypercompetitiveness of modern scientific…
on “Should we stop believing Malcolm Gladwell?” ↗…in high school and hadn't taken calculus: W.W. Sawyer, What is Calculus About? and Mathematician's Delight Courant and Robbins, What is Mathematics? Hogben, Mathematics for the Million Steinhaus, Mathematical Snapshots Ivars Peterson, The Mathematical Tourist Davis and Hersh, The Mathematical Experience Polya, How to Solve It Huff, How to Lie With Statistics McGervey, Probabilities in Everyday Life Raymond Smullyan:…
on “Ask HN: Good books on mathematics for somebody who's only taken high school math?” ↗Steinhaus, Mathematical Snapshots Polya, Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning Pappas, The Joy of Mathematics Gardner, The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems Winkler, Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection Andrews, Number…
on “Ask HN: Good books on mathematics for somebody who's only taken high school math?” ↗