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#1 2015-09-24 01:10:49

Jai Ganesh
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My all-time favorite books

1. According to the Evidence: My Proof of Man's Extraterrestrial Origins [Erich von Daniken]

2. A Brief History of Time : A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes is a 1988 popular-science book by British physicist Stephen Hawking. It became a bestseller and sold more than 10 million copies in 20 years.

3. The Fifth Miracle : The origin of life remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of science. Is life a bizarre chemical accident, unique to the Earth's history?
Published: 1998
Author: Paul Davies

4. Fermat's Last Theorem is a popular science book by Simon Singh. It tells the story of the search for a proof of Fermat's last theorem, first conjectured by Pierre de Fermat in 1637.
Published: 1997
Author: Simon Singh
Subjects: Fermat's Last Theorem.

5. A History of Pi is a 1970 non-fiction book by Petr Beckmann that presents a layman's introduction to the concept of the mathematical constant pi.

6. e: the Story of a Number : by Eli Maor
The story of [pi] has been told many times, both in scholarly works and in popular books. But its close relative, the number e, has fared less well: despite the central role it plays in mathematics, its history has never before been written for a general audience. The present work fills this gap.
Published May 24th 1998 by Princeton University Press (first published January 1st 1993).

Last edited by Jai Ganesh (2015-09-24 02:11:34)


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#2 2015-09-24 03:51:04

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Re: My all-time favorite books

That's interesting. Thanks


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#3 2015-09-24 05:26:57

Jai Ganesh
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Re: My all-time favorite books

Agnishom,

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#4 2015-09-24 07:25:17

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Re: My all-time favorite books

The first one is a great book.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#5 2015-09-24 14:48:35

Jai Ganesh
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Re: My all-time favorite books

Hi bobbym,

bobbym wrote:

The first one is a great book.

Yes, it certainly is. Thanks, bobbym!


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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