| An eclectic collection of books about mathematics, teaching, or life in general -- but mostly about math. Here are almost all of the books that I have discussed, quoted from, or linked to from my "Let's play math!" blog. On this page, books are listed according to the order they have been mentioned in my blog posts, beginning with the most recently mentioned books. Each book's description includes the title and date of the post in which it appeared. Elsewhere ("My all-time favorites" and "My wish list") the books appear more randomly, in whatever order I thought to enter them. With few exceptions, every book in the "Featured Books" section of my store is one that either my children, my students, or I myself have read, enjoyed, and learned from. The exceptions are books that I discovered in putting this store together and that sounded too good to leave out. (Most of those are currently in my library loan queue.) I hope you will find something that brings you delight. | ||
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| A Concise History of Mathematics
by Dirk J. Struik $9.95 "Mathematics is a vast adventure; its history reflects some of the noblest thoughts of countless generations." I have learned ... | Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Comp...
by Ronald L. Graham $54.18 "Some people think that mathematics is a serious business that must always be cold and dry; but we think mathematics is fun, a... | The Magical Maze: Seeing the World Through ...
by Ian Stewart $13.22 "In fact, mathematics is the closest that we humans get to true magic. How else to describe the patterns in our heads that — b... |
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| Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs
by Richard J. Gillings $11.86 I can't believe I forgot to credit this book in my Alexandria Jones posts. This is my #1 resource for hieroglyphs, Egyptian ma... | Mr. Popper's Penguins
by Richard Atwater $6.99 My family has always enjoyed this read-aloud story. I used some of our favorite scenes to write word problems for 2nd graders.... | Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods...
by Rafe Esquith $16.47 I linked to a post that quoted Esquith's class analyzing standardized test questions. But who can resist a title like this? I ... |
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| Writing To Learn
by William Zinsser $11.69 "Writing is how we think our way into a subject and make it our own." A classic, highly recommended! [Writing to learn math --... | Prelude to Mathematics
by W. W. Sawyer "The desire to explore thus marks out the mathematician. This is one of the forces making for the growth of mathematics. The m... | A Mathematician's Apology (Canto)
by G. H. Hardy $12.91 "A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is becaus... |
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