Mathematics Book Summaries

Rock Breaks Scissors Summary
Rock Breaks Scissors
A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
by William Poundstone 2014 320 pages
3.49
766 ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
Speed Mathematics Summary
Speed Mathematics
Secret Skills for Quick Calculation
by Bill Handley 2003 240 pages
3.99
143 ratings
Mathematics
Education
The Man Who Counted Summary
The Man Who Counted
A Collection of Mathematical Adventures
by Malba Tahan 1938 256 pages
4.11
6.5K ratings
Mathematics
Classics
Novels
How to Study for a Mathematics Degree Summary
How to Study for a Mathematics Degree
by Lara Alcock 2012 256 pages
4.05
203 ratings
Mathematics
Academic
Science
The Codebreakers Summary
The Codebreakers
The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
by David Kahn 1967 1200 pages
4.18
1.5K ratings
History
Science
Technology
The Grapes of Math Summary
The Grapes of Math
How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
by Alex Bellos 2014 322 pages
4.09
959 ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
The Power of Vedic Maths Summary
The Power of Vedic Maths
by Atul Gupta 2013 207 pages
4.05
157 ratings
Mathematics
The Quants Summary
The Quants
How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
by Scott Patterson 2010 337 pages
3.89
9.2K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Chancing It Summary
Chancing It
The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work for You
by Robert Matthews 2017 368 pages
3.78
220 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Mathematics and Humor Summary
Mathematics and Humor
by John Allen Paulos 1980 124 pages
3.42
158 ratings
Mathematics
Humor
Comedy
The Data Detective Summary
The Data Detective
Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
by Tim Harford 2020 334 pages
4.12
7.8K ratings
Science
Economics
Business
The Universe and the Teacup Summary
The Universe and the Teacup
The Mathematics of Truth and Beauty
by K.C. Cole 1998 224 pages
3.79
583 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Once Upon an Algorithm Summary
Once Upon an Algorithm
How Stories Explain Computing
by Martin Erwig 2017 336 pages
3.66
251 ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
Math-ish Summary
Math-ish
Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics
by Jo Boaler 2024 304 pages
4.24
367 ratings
Mathematics
Education
Science
Six Degrees Summary
Six Degrees
The Science of a Connected Age
by Duncan J. Watts 2003 384 pages
3.90
1.2K ratings
Science
Sociology
Mathematics
The Tiger That Isn't Summary
The Tiger That Isn't
Seeing Through a World of Numbers
by Michael Blastland 2007 184 pages
3.92
649 ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
Beyond Measure Summary
Beyond Measure
The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
by James Vincent 2022 432 pages
3.84
1.2K ratings
Science
History
Technology
Tips on Physics Summary
Tips on Physics
A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics
by Richard P. Feynman 2005 162 pages
4.24
477 ratings
Physics
Science
Textbooks
Machine Learning for Dummies Summary
Machine Learning for Dummies
by John Paul Mueller 2016 410 pages
3.51
130 ratings
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Programming
Linked Summary
Linked
How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life
by Albert-László Barabási 2002 304 pages
3.94
5.2K ratings
Science
Business
Sociology
An Introduction to Decision Theory Summary
An Introduction to Decision Theory
by Martin Peterson 2009 328 pages
3.77
127 ratings
Philosophy
Mathematics
Textbooks
The Fourth Dimension Summary
The Fourth Dimension
A Guided Tour of the Higher Universes
by Rudy Rucker 1984 228 pages
4.15
786 ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Game Theory 101 Summary
Game Theory 101
The Complete Textbook
by William Spaniel 2011 278 pages
3.74
349 ratings
Mathematics
Economics
Business
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Summary
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering
by Steven H. Strogatz 1994 497 pages
4.38
1.5K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Physics
Statistics 101 Summary
Statistics 101
From Data Analysis and Predictive Modeling to Measuring Distribution and Determining Probability, Your Essential Guide to Statistics
by David Borman 2018 240 pages
2.91
128 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Economics
Mathematics Summary
Mathematics
A Very Short Introduction
by Timothy Gowers 2002 143 pages
3.86
1.9K ratings
Mathematics
Science
Philosophy
Can You Solve My Problems? Summary
Can You Solve My Problems?
A Casebook of Ingenious, Perplexing and Totally Satisfying Puzzles
by Alex Bellos 2016 352 pages
4.02
372 ratings
Puzzles
Mathematics
Science
Symmetry Summary
Symmetry
A Journey into the Patterns of Nature
by Marcus du Sautoy 2007 384 pages
3.82
840 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Popular Science
Gravitation and Cosmology Summary
Gravitation and Cosmology
Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity
by Steven Weinberg 1972 657 pages
4.49
172 ratings
Physics
Science
Mathematics
Becoming a Data Head Summary
Becoming a Data Head
How to Think, Speak, and Understand Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning
by Alex J. Gutman 2021 288 pages
4.23
363 ratings
Business
Technology
Computer Science
What Is Relativity? Summary
What Is Relativity?
An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
by Jeffrey O. Bennett 2014 208 pages
4.33
523 ratings
Science
Physics
Astronomy
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved Summary
The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved
How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
by Mario Livio 2005 368 pages
3.89
1.5K ratings
Mathematics
Science
History
Introducing Game Theory Summary
Introducing Game Theory
A Graphic Guide
by Ivan Pastine 2017 279 pages
3.88
2.5K ratings
Economics
Science
Business
Alex's Adventures in Numberland Summary
Alex's Adventures in Numberland
by Alex Bellos 2010 449 pages
4.11
5.5K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The Idea Factory Summary
The Idea Factory
Learning to Think at MIT
by Pepper White 1991
3.85
254 ratings
Education
Science
Biography
Why Does E=mc²? Summary
Why Does E=mc²?
by Brian Cox 2009 264 pages
4.05
10.1K ratings
Science
Physics
Popular Science
How to Predict Everything Summary
How to Predict Everything
The Formula Transforming What We Know About Life and the Universe
by William Poundstone 2019 320 pages
3.19
54 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Predictive Data Analytics Summary
Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Predictive Data Analytics
Algorithms, Worked Examples, and Case Studies
by John D. Kelleher 2015 624 pages
4.37
103 ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Mathematics
The Girl With a Mind for Math Summary
The Girl With a Mind for Math
The Story of Raye Montague
by Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 pages
4.40
726 ratings
Picture Books
Biography
Mathematics
Numsense! Data Science for the Layman Summary
Numsense! Data Science for the Layman
No Math Added
by Annalyn Ng 2017 147 pages
4.14
607 ratings
Science
Business
Technical
Being And Event Summary
Being And Event
by Alain Badiou 1988 560 pages
4.02
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Mathematics
Math Doesn't Suck Summary
Math Doesn't Suck
How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail
by Danica McKellar 2007 320 pages
4.18
1.1K ratings
Mathematics
Education
Reference
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper Summary
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos 1997 224 pages
3.59
996 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Journalism
The Model Thinker Summary
The Model Thinker
What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
by Scott E. Page 2018 448 pages
3.91
908 ratings
Science
Business
Economics
Math for Grownups Summary
Math for Grownups
by Laura Laing 2011 256 pages
3.79
150 ratings
Reference
School
Self Help
Rock, Paper, Scissors Summary
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Game Theory in Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2000 278 pages
3.43
1.1K ratings
Science
Mathematics
Psychology
Lost in Math Summary
Lost in Math
How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
by Sabine Hossenfelder 2018 291 pages
4.06
3.3K ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
A Beautiful Question Summary
A Beautiful Question
Finding Nature's Deep Design
by Frank Wilczek 2015 448 pages
3.87
1.5K ratings
Science
Physics
Philosophy
Street-Fighting Mathematics Summary
Street-Fighting Mathematics
The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving
by Sanjoy Mahajan 2010 152 pages
3.73
232 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Textbooks
The Calculus of Friendship Summary
The Calculus of Friendship
What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math
by Steven H. Strogatz 2009 184 pages
3.86
390 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Biography
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