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Unknown Quantity

av John Derbyshire • 2006

Babylonians used algebra to measure grain. Four thousand years later, it described reality itself.

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🧮 History Of Mathematics 🏛️ Ancient Mathematics 📜 Medieval Scholarship 🔬 Mathematical Abstraction ⚖️ Equation Solving

Unknown Quantity

Babylonians used algebra to measure grain. Four thousand years later, it described reality itself.

av John Derbyshire 2006 374 sidor

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🧮 History Of Mathematics 🏛️ Ancient Mathematics 📜 Medieval Scholarship 🔬 Mathematical Abstraction ⚖️ Equation Solving

Butterfly Economics

av Paul Ormerod • 1998

Crash without a shock: how firms and crowds generate boom, bust, and everything in between.

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🧩 Complexity Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🕸️ Network Effects 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 💥 Heterodox Economics

Butterfly Economics

Crash without a shock: how firms and crowds generate boom, bust, and everything in between.

av Paul Ormerod 1998 217 sidor

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🧩 Complexity Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🕸️ Network Effects 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 💥 Heterodox Economics

Algorithm Design

av Jon Kleinberg • 2005

Design algorithms that run fast; recognize the problems that never will; and learn the workarounds.

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🧮 Algorithm Design ⏱️ Computational Complexity 🕸️ Graph Theory 🧩 Dynamic Programming 🚫 Np Completeness

Algorithm Design

Design algorithms that run fast; recognize the problems that never will; and learn the workarounds.

av Jon Kleinberg 2005 864 sidor

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🧮 Algorithm Design ⏱️ Computational Complexity 🕸️ Graph Theory 🧩 Dynamic Programming 🚫 Np Completeness

Solar Energy

av Arno Smets • 2016

The semiconductor physics from photon to grid: how light becomes electricity and gets delivered.

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☀️ Photovoltaics 🔬 Semiconductor Physics 🌍 Renewable Energy 🏗️ Solar Engineering ⚡ Energy Science

Solar Energy

The semiconductor physics from photon to grid: how light becomes electricity and gets delivered.

av Arno Smets 2016 825 sidor

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☀️ Photovoltaics 🔬 Semiconductor Physics 🌍 Renewable Energy 🏗️ Solar Engineering ⚡ Energy Science

A Beautiful Math

av Tom Siegfried • 2006

Adam Smith, Darwin, and your brain's dopamine all obey the same mathematical logic.

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🎲 Game Theory 📜 History Of Science 🔢 Mathematical Modeling ♟️ Strategic Thinking 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

A Beautiful Math

Adam Smith, Darwin, and your brain's dopamine all obey the same mathematical logic.

av Tom Siegfried 2006 272 sidor

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🎲 Game Theory 📜 History Of Science 🔢 Mathematical Modeling ♟️ Strategic Thinking 🧬 Evolutionary Biology

The Book

av Tom M. Tango • 2006

Most baseball strategy is wrong: the numbers reveal when to bunt, steal, and use your closer.

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⚾ Sabermetrics 📊 Sports Analytics 🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Decision Science 📈 Data-Driven Decisions

The Book

Most baseball strategy is wrong: the numbers reveal when to bunt, steal, and use your closer.

av Tom M. Tango 2006 385 sidor

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⚾ Sabermetrics 📊 Sports Analytics 🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Decision Science 📈 Data-Driven Decisions

Are Numbers Real?

av Brian Clegg • 2016

Invented to count goats, numbers now predict black holes. A history of math's grip on reality.

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📜 History Of Mathematics 📐 Popular Mathematics 🔢 History Of Numbers 🔍 Mathematical Discovery 🌐 Mathematical Reality

Are Numbers Real?

Invented to count goats, numbers now predict black holes. A history of math's grip on reality.

av Brian Clegg 2016 304 sidor

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📜 History Of Mathematics 📐 Popular Mathematics 🔢 History Of Numbers 🔍 Mathematical Discovery 🌐 Mathematical Reality

Introducing Logic

av Bill Mayblin • 2001

Logic built your computer, constrains science, and contains a paradox that broke mathematics itself.

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🧮 Formal Logic 📜 History Of Logic 🎨 Illustrated Guides 🧠 Logical Reasoning 🔄 Paradoxes

Introducing Logic

Logic built your computer, constrains science, and contains a paradox that broke mathematics itself.

av Bill Mayblin 2001 181 sidor

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🧮 Formal Logic 📜 History Of Logic 🎨 Illustrated Guides 🧠 Logical Reasoning 🔄 Paradoxes

The Great Mental Models, Volume 3

av Shane Parrish • 2024

Why extra effort eventually backfires, luck isn't random, and one weak link can undo everything.

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🧠 Mental Models 🔄 Systems Thinking 📊 Decision Science 🔁 Feedback Loops 📈 Compounding

The Great Mental Models, Volume 3

Why extra effort eventually backfires, luck isn't random, and one weak link can undo everything.

av Shane Parrish 2024 378 sidor

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🧠 Mental Models 🔄 Systems Thinking 📊 Decision Science 🔁 Feedback Loops 📈 Compounding

Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy

av Narasimha Karumanchi • 2011

Every algorithm problem has multiple solutions. Find the fastest one, step by step.

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⏱️ Algorithm Analysis 🗃️ Data Structures ✍️ Algorithm Design 📊 Complexity Theory 💼 Coding Interviews

Data Structures and Algorithms Made Easy

Every algorithm problem has multiple solutions. Find the fastest one, step by step.

av Narasimha Karumanchi 2011

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⏱️ Algorithm Analysis 🗃️ Data Structures ✍️ Algorithm Design 📊 Complexity Theory 💼 Coding Interviews

Mathematics

av Trevor Johnson • 2010

From arithmetic to algebra: a self-teaching path for the math you forgot or never had.

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🧮 Basic Mathematics 📊 Numeracy Skills 📚 Self-Study Math ➕ Arithmetic 📐 Plane Geometry

Mathematics

From arithmetic to algebra: a self-teaching path for the math you forgot or never had.

av Trevor Johnson 2010 401 sidor

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🧮 Basic Mathematics 📊 Numeracy Skills 📚 Self-Study Math ➕ Arithmetic 📐 Plane Geometry

The Deep Learning Revolution

av Terrence J. Sejnowski • 2018

The AI that works copies the brain. For decades it was a backwater. Then it won.

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🤖 Deep Learning 📜 History Of Ai 🧠 Computational Neuroscience 🎮 Reinforcement Learning 🌐 Unsupervised Learning

The Deep Learning Revolution

The AI that works copies the brain. For decades it was a backwater. Then it won.

av Terrence J. Sejnowski 2018 352 sidor

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🤖 Deep Learning 📜 History Of Ai 🧠 Computational Neuroscience 🎮 Reinforcement Learning 🌐 Unsupervised Learning

The New York Times Book of Mathematics

av Gina Kolata • 2013

Seven riffle shuffles, three hundred years, and one question: is math discovered or invented?

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🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📝 Scientific Essays 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 👤 Mathematicians 🏠 Everyday Math

The New York Times Book of Mathematics

Seven riffle shuffles, three hundred years, and one question: is math discovered or invented?

av Gina Kolata 2013 498 sidor

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🏛️ History Of Mathematics 📝 Scientific Essays 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 👤 Mathematicians 🏠 Everyday Math

Information Theory, Coding and Crytography

av Ranjan Bose • 2002

Entropy sets the limit. Coding reaches it. Cryptography locks it. One textbook covers all three.

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🧠 Information Theory 🔢 Coding Theory 🔐 Cryptography 📦 Data Compression 📡 Digital Communications

Information Theory, Coding and Crytography

Entropy sets the limit. Coding reaches it. Cryptography locks it. One textbook covers all three.

av Ranjan Bose 2002 348 sidor

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🧠 Information Theory 🔢 Coding Theory 🔐 Cryptography 📦 Data Compression 📡 Digital Communications

The Philosophy of 'as If '

av Hans Vaihinger • 1911

Thought runs on conscious falsehoods: the harder the contradiction, the sharper the tool.

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🏛️ Neo-Kantianism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📚 Epistemology 🔨 Pragmatism 🔧 Instrumentalism

The Philosophy of 'as If '

Thought runs on conscious falsehoods: the harder the contradiction, the sharper the tool.

av Hans Vaihinger 1911 418 sidor

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🏛️ Neo-Kantianism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📚 Epistemology 🔨 Pragmatism 🔧 Instrumentalism

Stella Maris

av Cormac McCarthy • 2022

A math prodigy in 1972 Wisconsin carries a devastating secret into a psychiatric hospital.

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🧠 Mathematical Genius 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Taboo Sibling Love 👻 Hallucinated Companions 🌌 Existential Inquiry

Stella Maris

A math prodigy in 1972 Wisconsin carries a devastating secret into a psychiatric hospital.

av Cormac McCarthy 2022 190 sidor

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🧠 Mathematical Genius 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💔 Taboo Sibling Love 👻 Hallucinated Companions 🌌 Existential Inquiry

Scorecasting

av Tobias J. Moskowitz • 2011

Why home teams really win, why momentum is a mirage, and the economics that explains sports.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚾ Sports Analytics 🤔 Cognitive Biases 💰 Incentive Structures 🎲 Randomness And Luck

Scorecasting

Why home teams really win, why momentum is a mirage, and the economics that explains sports.

av Tobias J. Moskowitz 2011 255 sidor

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🧠 Behavioral Economics ⚾ Sports Analytics 🤔 Cognitive Biases 💰 Incentive Structures 🎲 Randomness And Luck

Practicing Trustworthy Machine Learning

av Yada Pruksachatkun • 2023

Privacy, fairness, explainability, robustness: the engineering guide for ML models that earn trust.

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🤖 Responsible Ai ⚙️ Ml Engineering ⚖️ Model Fairness 🔍 Explainable Ai 🔒 Privacy-Preserving Ml

Practicing Trustworthy Machine Learning

Privacy, fairness, explainability, robustness: the engineering guide for ML models that earn trust.

av Yada Pruksachatkun 2023 300 sidor

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🤖 Responsible Ai ⚙️ Ml Engineering ⚖️ Model Fairness 🔍 Explainable Ai 🔒 Privacy-Preserving Ml

The Universal Tactics of Successful Trend Trading

av Brent Penfold • 2020

Most traders fail the math. Fix the math, survive every drawdown, and compound for decades.

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📈 Trend Following 🤖 Systematic Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 🧠 Trader Psychology 📊 Behavioral Finance

The Universal Tactics of Successful Trend Trading

Most traders fail the math. Fix the math, survive every drawdown, and compound for decades.

av Brent Penfold 2020 416 sidor

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📈 Trend Following 🤖 Systematic Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 🧠 Trader Psychology 📊 Behavioral Finance

Robin Hood Math

av Noah Giansiracusa • 2025

Algorithms price your insurance, rank your resume, curate your reality. The math that fights back.

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🧮 Algorithmic Literacy 🛡️ Digital Self-Defense 📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 📉 Everyday Statistics

Robin Hood Math

Algorithms price your insurance, rank your resume, curate your reality. The math that fights back.

av Noah Giansiracusa 2025 244 sidor

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🧮 Algorithmic Literacy 🛡️ Digital Self-Defense 📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 📉 Everyday Statistics

Mathematics for Class X

av R.D. Sharma

Master the proofs, polynomials, and coordinate formulas that decide the Class X board exam.

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🏫 High School Math 🔢 Number Theory Basics 📉 Quadratic Equations 📈 Coordinate Geometry ✖️ Polynomial Algebra

Mathematics for Class X

Master the proofs, polynomials, and coordinate formulas that decide the Class X board exam.

av R.D. Sharma

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🏫 High School Math 🔢 Number Theory Basics 📉 Quadratic Equations 📈 Coordinate Geometry ✖️ Polynomial Algebra

Texas Hold'em Poker

av Paul Mendelson • 2005

Online poker is won before the flop: table selection, seat position, and the discipline to fold.

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🃏 Online Poker 🏆 Tournament Poker 🌱 Beginner Poker 🧠 Poker Psychology 📊 Poker Mathematics

Texas Hold'em Poker

Online poker is won before the flop: table selection, seat position, and the discipline to fold.

av Paul Mendelson 2005 164 sidor

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🃏 Online Poker 🏆 Tournament Poker 🌱 Beginner Poker 🧠 Poker Psychology 📊 Poker Mathematics

Complexity

av M. Mitchell Waldrop • 1992

In a desert convent, a few rogue scientists discovered the universal grammar of complex systems.

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🧩 Complexity Science 🌀 Self-Organization 📜 History Of Science 📈 Increasing Returns 💻 Agent-Based Modeling

Complexity

In a desert convent, a few rogue scientists discovered the universal grammar of complex systems.

av M. Mitchell Waldrop 1992 384 sidor

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🧩 Complexity Science 🌀 Self-Organization 📜 History Of Science 📈 Increasing Returns 💻 Agent-Based Modeling

Deep Learning Design Patterns

av Andrew Ferlitsch • 2021

Data shift crushed your model? Simple design patterns push accuracy from 10% to 98%.

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🧠 Deep Learning 👁️ Computer Vision 🔄 Data Augmentation 📊 Distribution Shifts 🏭 Production Ml

Deep Learning Design Patterns

Data shift crushed your model? Simple design patterns push accuracy from 10% to 98%.

av Andrew Ferlitsch 2021 400 sidor

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🧠 Deep Learning 👁️ Computer Vision 🔄 Data Augmentation 📊 Distribution Shifts 🏭 Production Ml

Neural Network for Beginners

av Sebastian Klaas • 2021

Stop treating neural networks as magic. Build them from scratch in Python, line by line.

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🧠 Machine Learning 🧬 Deep Learning 🔗 Neural Networks 🔧 From Scratch Coding 👁️ Image Recognition

Neural Network for Beginners

Stop treating neural networks as magic. Build them from scratch in Python, line by line.

av Sebastian Klaas 2021 256 sidor

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🧠 Machine Learning 🧬 Deep Learning 🔗 Neural Networks 🔧 From Scratch Coding 👁️ Image Recognition

Pluses and Minuses

av Stefan Buijsman • 2018

Three mathematical discoveries run your digital life; understanding them is simpler than you think.

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🧮 Applied Mathematics 📜 History Of Mathematics 🔢 Mathematical Literacy 🖥️ Mathematical Modeling 🕸️ Network Theory

Pluses and Minuses

Three mathematical discoveries run your digital life; understanding them is simpler than you think.

av Stefan Buijsman 2018 209 sidor

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🧮 Applied Mathematics 📜 History Of Mathematics 🔢 Mathematical Literacy 🖥️ Mathematical Modeling 🕸️ Network Theory

The Hunt for Vulcan

av Thomas Levenson • 2015

The planet Vulcan was astronomy's biggest mistake. Correcting it required rewriting gravity.

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🔭 History Of Science 🌠 Astronomy History 🍎 Newtonian Mechanics 🌌 General Relativity ⏳ Space-Time

The Hunt for Vulcan

The planet Vulcan was astronomy's biggest mistake. Correcting it required rewriting gravity.

av Thomas Levenson 2015 229 sidor

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🔭 History Of Science 🌠 Astronomy History 🍎 Newtonian Mechanics 🌌 General Relativity ⏳ Space-Time

The Great Mental Models Volume 3

av Rhiannon Beaubien • 2021

The world runs on feedback loops and bottlenecks you never see. The models that expose them.

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🧠 Mental Models 🔄 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Risk Management ⚡ Optimization 🎲 Randomness

The Great Mental Models Volume 3

The world runs on feedback loops and bottlenecks you never see. The models that expose them.

av Rhiannon Beaubien 2021 373 sidor

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🧠 Mental Models 🔄 Systems Thinking 🛡️ Risk Management ⚡ Optimization 🎲 Randomness

Quantitative Momentum

av Wesley R. Gray • 2016

Momentum investing that works: skip the lottery stocks, exploit the calendar, stay concentrated.

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🧮 Factor Investing 📈 Momentum Trading 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🏗️ Portfolio Construction 📊 Quantitative Investing

Quantitative Momentum

Momentum investing that works: skip the lottery stocks, exploit the calendar, stay concentrated.

av Wesley R. Gray 2016 208 sidor

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🧮 Factor Investing 📈 Momentum Trading 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🏗️ Portfolio Construction 📊 Quantitative Investing

Prime Obsession

av John Derbyshire • 2003

A conjecture from 1859 ties prime numbers to quantum energy levels. The proof is still missing.

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🔢 Number Theory ❓ Unsolved Problems 📜 History Of Mathematics 🌀 Complex Analysis 👤 Mathematical Biography

Prime Obsession

A conjecture from 1859 ties prime numbers to quantum energy levels. The proof is still missing.

av John Derbyshire 2003 422 sidor

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🔢 Number Theory ❓ Unsolved Problems 📜 History Of Mathematics 🌀 Complex Analysis 👤 Mathematical Biography

Number

av Tobias Dantzig • 1930

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

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🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition ♾️ Infinity 📈 History Of Calculus

Number

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

av Tobias Dantzig 1930 416 sidor

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🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition ♾️ Infinity 📈 History Of Calculus

Sacred Geometry

av Robert Lawlor • 1982

Before the zero, there was Unity. A philosopher's guide to the geometric architecture of reality.

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🕉️ Sacred Geometry 📏 Proportional Harmony 📐 Pythagoreanism 💡 Platonic Idealism 🔬 Spiritual Science

Sacred Geometry

Before the zero, there was Unity. A philosopher's guide to the geometric architecture of reality.

av Robert Lawlor 1982 112 sidor

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🕉️ Sacred Geometry 📏 Proportional Harmony 📐 Pythagoreanism 💡 Platonic Idealism 🔬 Spiritual Science

The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1

av Donald Ervin Knuth • 1973

Algorithms are not just code: they are mathematical objects. To understand one, you must prove it.

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🧮 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures 📈 Algorithm Analysis 📐 Mathematical Analysis 🔧 Low-Level Computing

The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1

Algorithms are not just code: they are mathematical objects. To understand one, you must prove it.

av Donald Ervin Knuth 1973 672 sidor

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🧮 Algorithm Design 🗂️ Data Structures 📈 Algorithm Analysis 📐 Mathematical Analysis 🔧 Low-Level Computing

Arrival of the Fittest

av Andreas Wagner • 2014

10^130 possible proteins. Random search fails. Evolution's shortcut is hidden in the mathematics.

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🔬 Molecular Evolution 🗺️ Fitness Landscapes 🧬 Neutral Theory 🧩 Combinatorial Design 📚 Extended Synthesis

Arrival of the Fittest

10^130 possible proteins. Random search fails. Evolution's shortcut is hidden in the mathematics.

av Andreas Wagner 2014 304 sidor

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🔬 Molecular Evolution 🗺️ Fitness Landscapes 🧬 Neutral Theory 🧩 Combinatorial Design 📚 Extended Synthesis

The Science of Free Will

av Samir Varma • 2025

You can't predict your next thought. No computer can either. That's not a gap: it's free will.

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🧩 Compatibilism 💻 Computation Theory 🦋 Chaos Theory 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Emergence

The Science of Free Will

You can't predict your next thought. No computer can either. That's not a gap: it's free will.

av Samir Varma 2025 249 sidor

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🧩 Compatibilism 💻 Computation Theory 🦋 Chaos Theory 🤖 Ai Ethics 🌐 Emergence

Mind and Matter

av John Urschel • 2019

An NFL lineman and an MIT mathematician: John Urschel's proof that dual lives work.

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🏈 Football Memoirs 📐 Mathematician Memoirs 🎓 Student Athletes 🎭 Multiple Identities ✨ Mathematical Beauty

Mind and Matter

An NFL lineman and an MIT mathematician: John Urschel's proof that dual lives work.

av John Urschel 2019 256 sidor

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🏈 Football Memoirs 📐 Mathematician Memoirs 🎓 Student Athletes 🎭 Multiple Identities ✨ Mathematical Beauty

Symbolic Logic And The Game Of Logic

av Lewis Carroll • 1958

Turn logic into a game: three rules, diagrams and counters, replacing nineteen dense textbook forms.

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🧠 Formal Logic 🔣 Symbolic Logic 🧩 Logic Puzzles ⚠️ Fallacy Detection 🔗 Syllogistic Logic

Symbolic Logic And The Game Of Logic

Turn logic into a game: three rules, diagrams and counters, replacing nineteen dense textbook forms.

av Lewis Carroll 1958 348 sidor

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🧠 Formal Logic 🔣 Symbolic Logic 🧩 Logic Puzzles ⚠️ Fallacy Detection 🔗 Syllogistic Logic

In a Flight of Starlings

av Giorgio Parisi • 2021

Starlings, spin glasses, and science's messy path: why simple rules create complex systems.

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🧩 Complex Systems 🐦 Emergence 🦅 Collective Behavior 📝 Scientific Memoir ⚛️ Physics Essays

In a Flight of Starlings

Starlings, spin glasses, and science's messy path: why simple rules create complex systems.

av Giorgio Parisi 2021 144 sidor

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🧩 Complex Systems 🐦 Emergence 🦅 Collective Behavior 📝 Scientific Memoir ⚛️ Physics Essays

Hacking Mathematics

av Denis Sheeran • 2018

Stop giving answers, start asking questions: ten shifts that build mathematical thinkers.

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📐 Math Education 🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning 📝 Homework Redesign 🎯 Classroom Engagement 🗣 Mathematical Discourse

Hacking Mathematics

Stop giving answers, start asking questions: ten shifts that build mathematical thinkers.

av Denis Sheeran 2018 164 sidor

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📐 Math Education 🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning 📝 Homework Redesign 🎯 Classroom Engagement 🗣 Mathematical Discourse

Decision Making and Rationality in the Modern World

av Keith E. Stanovich • 2009

Your automatic mind betrays you daily. Here is why, and how to take back control.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎲 Probabilistic Reasoning 🪞 Metacognition 🤝 Collective Action

Decision Making and Rationality in the Modern World

Your automatic mind betrays you daily. Here is why, and how to take back control.

av Keith E. Stanovich 2009 208 sidor

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🎲 Probabilistic Reasoning 🪞 Metacognition 🤝 Collective Action

Notes on the Synthesis of Form

av Christopher W. Alexander • 1964

Intuition fails modern design. The answer: map all failures, then solve one subsystem at a time.

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🛠️ Design Methodology 🏛️ Architectural Theory 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔬 Design Science 🧩 Problem Decomposition

Notes on the Synthesis of Form

Intuition fails modern design. The answer: map all failures, then solve one subsystem at a time.

av Christopher W. Alexander 1964 224 sidor

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🛠️ Design Methodology 🏛️ Architectural Theory 🔗 Systems Thinking 🔬 Design Science 🧩 Problem Decomposition

Think Stats

av Allen B. Downey • 2011

Statistics taught through code: why simulation and real data beat memorization every time.

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💻 Computational Statistics 🔍 Exploratory Data Analysis 🐍 Python Data Analysis 📊 Statistical Modeling 🎲 Hypothesis Testing

Think Stats

Statistics taught through code: why simulation and real data beat memorization every time.

av Allen B. Downey 2011 138 sidor

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💻 Computational Statistics 🔍 Exploratory Data Analysis 🐍 Python Data Analysis 📊 Statistical Modeling 🎲 Hypothesis Testing

The Power of Limits

av György Doczi • 1981

Limits, not freedom, generate the patterns uniting sunflowers, the human body, and the pyramids.

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📐 Sacred Geometry 🔸 Golden Ratio 🌀 Pattern Formation 🌿 Nature's Designs 🎨 Proportion In Art

The Power of Limits

Limits, not freedom, generate the patterns uniting sunflowers, the human body, and the pyramids.

av György Doczi 1981 160 sidor

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📐 Sacred Geometry 🔸 Golden Ratio 🌀 Pattern Formation 🌿 Nature's Designs 🎨 Proportion In Art

Vector

av Robyn Arianrhod • 2024

Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.

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🧮 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Mathematical Physics 🔭 History Of Physics 📐 Geometric Thinking 🔄 Scientific Revolutions

Vector

Your GPS and AI depend on a 19th-century algebra that broke the rules of arithmetic.

av Robyn Arianrhod 2024 376 sidor

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🧮 History Of Mathematics ⚛️ Mathematical Physics 🔭 History Of Physics 📐 Geometric Thinking 🔄 Scientific Revolutions

Proof

av Adam Kucharski • 2025

Math proves, courts weigh odds, science disproves. Three logics of truth, one costly confusion.

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🧠 Epistemology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📢 Misinformation 🎲 Probability And Risk

Proof

Math proves, courts weigh odds, science disproves. Three logics of truth, one costly confusion.

av Adam Kucharski 2025 368 sidor

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🧠 Epistemology 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📢 Misinformation 🎲 Probability And Risk

Debunking Economics

av Steve Keen • 2001

A handful of logical mistakes in economic theory made the Great Recession invisible to the experts.

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🧑‍🏫 Heterodox Economics 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🤔 Philosophy Of Economics 📉 Business Cycle Theory 💣 Debt Dynamics

Debunking Economics

A handful of logical mistakes in economic theory made the Great Recession invisible to the experts.

av Steve Keen 2001 554 sidor

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🧑‍🏫 Heterodox Economics 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🤔 Philosophy Of Economics 📉 Business Cycle Theory 💣 Debt Dynamics

Quantum Physics

av Jared Hendricks • 2015

Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.

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🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📚 Popular Science ⚛️ Particle Physics 🔭 Cosmology 📖 History Of Science

Quantum Physics

Particles walk through walls and talk across galaxies. At quantum scales, impossible is the rule.

av Jared Hendricks 2015 137 sidor

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🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📚 Popular Science ⚛️ Particle Physics 🔭 Cosmology 📖 History Of Science

The Great Math War

av Jason Socrates Bardi • 2025

A feud among mathematicians, a world war, and a proof that ended the search for certainty.

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🧠 Philosophy Of Math 📜 History Of Mathematics 🔢 Foundations Of Math 🔣 Incompleteness 🤔 Cognitive Biases

The Great Math War

A feud among mathematicians, a world war, and a proof that ended the search for certainty.

av Jason Socrates Bardi 2025 416 sidor

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🧠 Philosophy Of Math 📜 History Of Mathematics 🔢 Foundations Of Math 🔣 Incompleteness 🤔 Cognitive Biases

Games People Play

av Scott P. Stevens • 2008

Why cooperation fails, why auctions overpay, and how to spot the game in every interaction.

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🎯 Game Theory 🧠 Strategic Thinking 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤝 Negotiation Tactics 🔗 Cooperation Dilemmas

Games People Play

Why cooperation fails, why auctions overpay, and how to spot the game in every interaction.

av Scott P. Stevens 2008 68 sidor

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🎯 Game Theory 🧠 Strategic Thinking 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤝 Negotiation Tactics 🔗 Cooperation Dilemmas

The Cyclic Universe

av Howard Burton • 2013

An infinite cycle: the far future of one universe ignites the Big Bang of the next.

4.25

🔄 Cyclic Cosmology ⚛️ Theoretical Physics ⏳ Entropy And Time 🕳️ Black Hole Physics 🌑 Dark Matter And Energy

The Cyclic Universe

An infinite cycle: the far future of one universe ignites the Big Bang of the next.

av Howard Burton 2013 86 sidor

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🔄 Cyclic Cosmology ⚛️ Theoretical Physics ⏳ Entropy And Time 🕳️ Black Hole Physics 🌑 Dark Matter And Energy

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