This book is hopefully the first of more attempts at making real mathematics accessible to grandmothers. I am serious. I think I could have done a better job, but that is like the fan booing at the athlete. My problem with it is that it just describes real mathematical thinking, but it doesn't actually show how to use their power to solve problems, or why the tools are invaluable to begin with. In cooking, everyone knows why you need a knife, or a cheese shredder, or a laddle, or a strainer, etc etc etc. These are indispensable when cooking. Why is Category Theory needed? How do the imaginary numbers lead to Analytic Continuation which in turn helps solve the Reimann Hypotheses? The answers are incredibly beautiful and interesting, but all we get are the strainer, the knife, etc, not the souffle. Version 2.0 will be greatly improved. How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics Hardcover – May 5, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/How-Bake-Pi-E...qid=1431106151&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+bake+pi
I realize this is not likely to get read here, but I felt compelled to post it. These are textbooks that are used at major Universities, and they are free: http://www.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/
Along the lines of Magic Mountain, Sidartha, with a bit of CS Lewis (Surprised by Joy) etc, comes a modern classic: Strongly recommend the book: The Road to Character Hardcover – April 14, 2015 by David Brooks (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Road-Characte...=1432836703&sr=8-1&keywords=road+to+character Strongly recommend the video: http://www.c-span.org/video/?325441-1/david-brooks-road-character
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia Hardcover – November 11, 2014 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/16...rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop Must read if one wants to understand Putin's Russia.
As above, I realize that this book will not likely be read by the general public. But I feel compelled to show that it is available: http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511976971&cid=CBO9780511976971A009
i recommend: The Rosie Project A genetics professor with Asperger’s Syndrome who goes looking for a wife. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/14...s2&tag=bibooklists-20&linkId=6RK4ZGLI65JJCCU7 A brilliant yet socially challenged professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife. And so, in the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project...
Was checking Gate's blog http://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/6-Books-I-Would-Recommend-Summer-Reading Surprised to find he read (& likes) the novel too LOL
As Geithner accurately puts it, “The financial industry paid for the rescue.” http://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Stress-Test Gate's review is interesting read. Haven't read the book but i should....
The light reading I am doing now. I enjoy all of Wilczek's books. A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design by Frank Wilczek(Author)