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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Causal Inference in Statistics: A Primer by Judea Pearl, Nicholas P. Jewell, Madelyn Glymour

Causal Inference in Statistics: A Primer

Judea Pearl, Nicholas P. Jewell, Madelyn Glymour

156 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott

Flatland: A Romance in Many Dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott

144 pages • first pub 1884 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy mathematics philosophy science fiction adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science by Barbara Oakley

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

Barbara Oakley

316 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science self help reflective medium-paced
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

Jordan Ellenberg

480 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilization by Michael Brooks

The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilization

Michael Brooks

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics informative medium-paced
Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters by Deborah Stone

Counting: How We Use Numbers to Decide What Matters

Deborah Stone

312 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind

Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum

Theoretical Minimum

Leonard Susskind

364 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced
The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data by David Spiegelhalter

The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data

David Spiegelhalter

448 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction business mathematics science informative slow-paced
Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers by Amir D. Aczel

Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers

Amir D. Aczel

6 hours • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil

Weapons of Math Destruction

Cathy O'Neil

259 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics politics science technology challenging informative medium-paced