Saturday, December 26, 2015

Beautiful Geometry by Eli Maor and Eugen Jost. (2014, ISBN 978-0-691-15099-4.)
51 chapters of interesting mathematics. Each chapter contains one mathematical idea or theorem. Each chapter also contains one or more drawing(s) that illustrate the idea or theorem.
Purchased from Amazon on 1-19-2014, for $20.79

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Cosmos by Carl Sagan. (1980, ISBN 0-394-50294-9) Based on the the 13-part TV series of the same name. That TV series was recently updated with a newer version with Neil deGrasse Tyson. A great book. Contains a lot of interesting stuff, a bit out of date in terms of space exploration (a lot has happened since it was written in 1980.) Still worth reading ( you can find used copies very cheap on Amazon.) I got my copy back in the 1980s.
Contains a proof that the square root of 2 is irrational. Discusses the Googol and the Googolplex. This book contains much information about science and the history of the world, etc.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

The Universe Within by Neil Shubin (2013, ISBN 978-0-307-47327-1)
Subtitle: The deep history of the human body.
An exploration of human anatomy and how it relates to the evolution of the universe. Another great science book.
Purchased at Powell's 15.95$
Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin, (2009, ISBN 978-0-307-27745-9)
Subtitle: A journey into the 3.5 billion year history of the human body.
About human anatomy and human evolution. The author is a paleontologist and professor of anatomy. Great science writing, easy to read and very informative.
Purchased at Powell's 16.00$