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New Books in #Math is an author-interview #podcast channel in the @NewBooksNetwork. ๐ŸŽง on Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/uiE22lTO1N #MathTwitter #Mathematics

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@AnnaWeltman
Anna Weltman
5 years
I had a great time talking with @cornelioid on the @NewBooksMath podcast about my new book Supermath. You can listen here: https://t.co/CDY8lePUFS If you're interested, all @JHUPress books (including Supermath!) are 40% off with the code HHSA. https://t.co/EY6zi3bthQ
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
5 years
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 @cornelioid๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/O3PhkppEEv
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
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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)๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/86byd6ZTRe
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
5 years
In DARK DATA (@PrincetonUPress), David Hand proposes that the whole of data analysis can benefit from a โ€œdark dataโ€ perspectiveโ€”that is, careful consideration of not only what's seen but what's unseen. Tune in as Hand discusses the book with @cornelioid๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/ZF3V2uvwPk
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@NewBooksPhil
NB Philosophy ๐Ÿ“š
5 years
#GameTheory explores many types of social relations between humans and nonhuman creatures. GAMES in the PHILOSOPHY of BIOLOGY (@CambUP_PHILNYUK) introduces the basics of game theory and evolutionary game theory. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ@cailinmeister joins Carrie Figdor๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/hAAKhdh2rz@
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
Written in an accessible and lighthearted style, DISCRETE MATHEMATICS with DUCKS (@CRCPress) covers the full breadth of conventional topics and several more as well. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธsarah-marie belcastro joins @cornelioid to give us the rundown on the new textbook โ†™๏ธ https://t.co/TPlATlyVvJ
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
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 ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/G1kptm5coH
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
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 in๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/KoUeweNbzC
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
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.๐ŸŽงโ†™๏ธ https://t.co/ejt23Ttbhf
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@mitpress
The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social
6 years
Tune in here for a great interview on @NewBooksNetwork with Matt Cook, author of Sleight of Mind: 75 Ingenious Paradoxes in Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy, which publishes today!
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
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 us๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/N6ZgE1f5jG
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
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 in๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/fqN6nuoLW7
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@brianclegg
Brian Clegg
6 years
Find out more about the thinking behind my puzzles and ciphers challenge Conundrum from @iconbooks (โ€œa literary escape roomโ€) on this New Books Network interview: https://t.co/xikGbKZFgb
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
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 us๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/PcTurFFZDe
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@PrincetonUPress
Princeton University Press
6 years
โ€œThis is not your fatherโ€™s โ€“ or grandfatherโ€™s โ€“ standard collection of conic sections.โ€ โ€“ Jim Stein, New Books Network https://t.co/vuUt2jI82K @NewBooksNetwork #mathtwitter #ReadUP #PrincetonUPress
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@NewBooksMed
NB Medicine ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
Distinguished statistician @d_spiegel wants to improve the way that quantitative evidence is used in society, especially in medicine. He shares his insights on THE ART of STATISTICS (@BasicBooks) with @peerspectrum's Colin Miller and Dr. Keith Mankin โคต๏ธ https://t.co/AXMFAkxG7m
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@NewBooksMath
NB Math ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
How do we make ourselves better equipped to navigate our data-driven world, where charts, infographics, and diagrams are everywhere? ๐Ÿ“˜ @AlbertoCairo, author of HOW CHARTS LIE (@wwnorton), demystifies these visuals for us. Learn more on the podcast โคต๏ธ https://t.co/D5RAm09N54
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@NewBooksArch
NB Architecture๐ŸŽ™๏ธ๐Ÿ“š
6 years
New #podcast! @GaryBMeisner gives us the scoop on his beautiful new book THE GOLDEN RATIO (@QuartoKnows), an examination of role of the Golden Ratio/Divine Proportion and a delight for anyone interested in the entangled nature of math, art and design.๐Ÿ‘‚๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/HqOfID2CxC
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@PrincetonUPress
Princeton University Press
6 years
"Even if you never read a single proof through to its conclusion, youโ€™ll enjoy the many entertaining side trips into a geometry far beyond what you learned in high school." - Jim Stein #Mathematics #ReadUP @NewBooksNetwork @divbyzero
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