Reading STEM 2022 - hosted by corvidaeus

A book about mathematics or statistics
This one doesn't have to be boring, I promise! Could be pure maths, like arithmetic or geometry, or applied maths, like statistics, modelling, data science, economics, etc
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The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

Katie Mack

6 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
Are Numbers Real?: The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World by Brian Clegg

Are Numbers Real?: The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World

Brian Clegg

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity by Antonio Padilla

Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Cosmic Quest from Zero to Infinity

Antonio Padilla

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative lighthearted medium-paced
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil

Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World

Vaclav Smil

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction economics history science informative slow-paced
Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Gowers

Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

Very Short Introductions

Timothy Gowers

168 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science informative lighthearted slow-paced
The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Jacqueline A. Stedall

The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Very Short Introductions

Jacqueline A. Stedall

145 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything by John Brockman

What Have You Changed Your Mind About?: Today's Leading Minds Rethink Everything

Edge Question

John Brockman

387 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction essays psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

10 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism history race science informative inspiring slow-paced
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth

Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

Kate Raworth

299 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction economics adventurous slow-paced
The Four Pillars of Geometry by John Stillwell

The Four Pillars of Geometry

John Stillwell

227 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics challenging informative reflective slow-paced