Ranked #1
Margaret Morrison, “Reconstructing Reality: Models, Mathematics, and Simulations” (Oxford UP, 2015)
Margaret Morrison, “Reconstructing Reality: Models, Mathematics, and Simulations” (Oxford UP, 2015)
Almost 400 years ago, Galileo wrote that the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics. Today, mathematic... Read more
15 Jul 2015
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Ranked #2
Vicky Neale, “Closing the Gap: The Quest to Understand Prime Numbers” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Vicky Neale, “Closing the Gap: The Quest to Understand Prime Numbers” (Oxford UP, 2017)
Today I talked to Vicky Neale about her new book Closing the Gap: The Quest to Understand Prime Numbers (Oxford Universi... Read more
12 Dec 2017
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Michael Strevens, “Tychomancy: Inferring Probability from Causal Structure” (Harvard UP, 2013)
Michael Strevens, “Tychomancy: Inferring Probability from Causal Structure” (Harvard UP, 2013)
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David Danks, “Unifying the Mind: Cognitive Representations as Graphical Models” (MIT Press, 2014)
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Alfred S. Posamentier, "Tools to Help Your Children Learn Math" (WSPC, 2019)
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