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Mathematics Book Summaries

Complexity Summary
Complexity
A Guided Tour
by Melanie Mitchell 2009 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
The Art of Strategy Summary
The Art of Strategy
A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life
by Avinash K. Dixit 2008 512 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
The Signal and the Noise Summary
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
by Nate Silver 2012 883 pages
3.97
50k+ ratings
Science
Business
Economics
Naked Statistics Summary
Naked Statistics
Stripping the Dread from the Data
by Charles Wheelan 2013 302 pages
3.95
14k+ ratings
Science
Business
Mathematics
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future Summary
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future
The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers
by John MacCormick 2012 232 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
The tiger that isn't Summary
The tiger that isn't
Seeing through a world of numbers
by Andrew Blastland and Michael Dilnot 2007 256 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
The Norm Chronicles Summary
The Norm Chronicles
Stories and numbers about danger
by Michael Blastland 2013 336 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Popular Science
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Making a New Science
by James Gleick 2008 384 pages
4.03
38k+ ratings
Science
Physics
Mathematics
Six Degrees Summary
Six Degrees
The Science of a Connected Age
by Duncan J. Watts 2004 384 pages
3.9
1k+ ratings
Science
Sociology
Mathematics
Feynman's Tips on Physics Summary
Feynman's Tips on Physics
Reflections, Advice, Insights, Practice - A Problem-Solving Supplement to the Feynman Lectures on Physics
by Richard P. Feynman 2013 208 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Physics
Science
Textbooks
Against the Gods Summary
Against the Gods
The Remarkable Story of Risk
by Peter L. Bernstein 1998 400 pages
3.96
13k+ ratings
Finance
History
Business
Speed Mathematics Summary
Speed Mathematics
by Bill Handley 2014 320 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Mathematics
Education
The Flaw of Averages Summary
The Flaw of Averages
Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty
by Sam L. Savage 2009 416 pages
3.86
500+ ratings
Business
Science
Mathematics
How Not to Be Wrong Summary
How Not to Be Wrong
The Power of Mathematical Thinking
by Jordan Ellenberg 2014 480 pages
3.95
20k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Psychology
A Mind for Numbers Summary
A Mind for Numbers
How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
by Barbara Oakley PhD 2014 336 pages
4.2
20k+ ratings
Science
Self Help
Mathematics
Guesstimation Summary
Guesstimation
Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin
by Lawrence Weinstein 2008 320 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Business
Rock, Paper, Scissors Summary
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Game Theory in Everyday Life
by Len Fisher 2008 278 pages
3.42
1k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Psychology
Damned Lies and Statistics Summary
Damned Lies and Statistics
Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists
by Joel Best 2012 224 pages
3.75
500+ ratings
Politics
Science
Mathematics
Sync Summary
Sync
by Steven Strogatz 2004 351 pages
4.07
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Heuristics and Biases Summary
Heuristics and Biases
The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment
by Daniel Kahneman Dale Griffin Thomas Gilovich 2002 882 pages
4.39
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Economics
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists Summary
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists
50 Essential Concepts
by Peter Bruce 2017 318 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Computer Science
Mathematics
Science
Essential Poker Math, Expanded Edition Summary
Essential Poker Math, Expanded Edition
Fundamental No-Limit Hold'em Mathematics You Need to Know
by Alton Hardin 2016 277 pages
4.19
500+ ratings
Games
Mathematics
Once Upon an Algorithm Summary
Once Upon an Algorithm
How Stories Explain Computing (The MIT Press)
by Martin Erwig 2017 336 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Computer Science
Science
Programming
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World Summary
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
by Eugenia Cheng 2018 320 pages
3.48
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Mathematics
The Art of Statistics Summary
The Art of Statistics
Learning from Data (Pelican Books)
by David Spiegelhalter 2019 448 pages
4.17
4k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Business
The Drunkard's Walk Summary
The Drunkard's Walk
How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow 2008 317 pages
3.95
23k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Mathematics
A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market Summary
A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market
by John Allen Paulos 2007 226 pages
3.47
500+ ratings
Finance
Mathematics
Economics
The Numbers Game Summary
The Numbers Game
The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News,in Politics, and in L ife
by Michael Blastland 2010 224 pages
3.65
100+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Economics
Calculated Risks Summary
Calculated Risks
How to Know When Numbers Deceive You
by Gerd Gigerenzer 2015 357 pages
3.98
500+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Mathematics
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists Summary
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists
50+ Essential Concepts Using R and Python
by Peter Bruce 2020 360 pages
4.3
100+ ratings
Programming
Technical
Computer Science
What's Math Got to Do with It? Summary
What's Math Got to Do with It?
How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success
by Jo Boaler 2015 218 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
Education
Mathematics
Teaching
Alex's Adventures In Numberland Summary
Alex's Adventures In Numberland
by Alex Bellos 2010 448 pages
4.11
5k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Can You Solve My Problems? Summary
Can You Solve My Problems?
by Alex Bellos 2016 288 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Puzzles
Mathematics
Science
Infinite Powers Summary
Infinite Powers
How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
by Steven H. Strogatz 2019 389 pages
4.3
6k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Chancing It Summary
Chancing It
The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work for You
by Robert Matthews 2017 304 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems Summary
Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems
by Kevin J. Davey 2014 288 pages
4.05
100+ ratings
Finance
Business
Mathematics
How to Lie with Statistics Summary
How to Lie with Statistics
by Darrell Huff 1993 144 pages
3.84
16k+ ratings
Science
Business
Mathematics
The Music Of The Primes Summary
The Music Of The Primes
Why An Unsolved Problem In Mathematics Matters (text Only)
by Marcus du Sautoy 2012 368 pages
4.29
31k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
History
Weapons of Math Destruction Summary
Weapons of Math Destruction
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
by Cathy O'Neil 2016 272 pages
3.88
27k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Politics
The Quants Summary
The Quants
How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
by Scott Patterson 2010 352 pages
3.88
8k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Quants Summary
The Quants
How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
by Scott Patterson 2010 352 pages
3.88
8k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Innumeracy Summary
Innumeracy
Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
by John Allen Paulos 2011 209 pages
3.78
5k+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Psychology
Irreligion Summary
Irreligion
A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
by John Allen Paulos 2008 176 pages
3.66
2k+ ratings
Atheism
Science
Philosophy
Fortune's Formula Summary
Fortune's Formula
The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street
by William Poundstone 2005 400 pages
4.19
4k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
How to Make the World Add Up Summary
How to Make the World Add Up
by Tim Harford 2020 304 pages
4.12
7k+ ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
The Mathematics of Life Summary
The Mathematics of Life
by Ian Stewart 2011 371 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Biology
Game Theory Summary
Game Theory
A Very Short Introduction
by Ken Binmore 2007 200 pages
3.15
1k+ ratings
Economics
Science
Philosophy
Smart Baseball Summary
Smart Baseball
The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball
by Keith Law 2017 304 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Baseball
Sports
American
The Data Detective Summary
The Data Detective
Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
by Tim Harford 2021 333 pages
4.12
7k+ ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
How to Predict Everything Summary
How to Predict Everything
by William Poundstone 2019 304 pages
3.22
50+ ratings
Mathematics
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