Favorite Math Books - Page 2

Crook · 2004-12-30, 15:43

Godel-Escher-Bach, Douglas Hofstadter
A Mathematician Apology, G.H. Hardy

mfgoode · 2004-12-30, 17:01

Crook: Its high time someone mentioned 'A mathematician's Apology' by G.H.Hardy.

Its a must for the shelf of any math'cian worth his salt. Some of his views are way out of date though. Quote/ No one has discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems very unlikely that anyone will do so for many years. /unquote
Still I value it immensely as its a classic in math literature.

Zilman: Paul if you recommend 'The Road to Reality' by Roger Penrose then I will go for it as I have 'Shadows of the Mind' and 'The Emperors new mind'.
I quite agree with his theories and prefer him to Stephen Hawking.
mally

cheesehead · 2010-04-12, 23:59

Two other threads about (not necessarily favorite) math books:

"Good introduction with math websites/books?"

http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=13269

"Suggestions on good number theory books???"

http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=2128

davieddy · 2010-04-14, 01:07

Goldstein "Classical Mechanics"

Pippard "Classical Thermodynamics"

Ziman or Peierls "Theory of solids"

(inter alia:)

David

Weyl.....
Security at Blackwells has tightened up since my
era (1968 and all that).

Arkadiusz · 2011-05-25, 15:33

W. Sierpinski, Teoria liczb II (Theory of numbers, Part II), Warszawa, 1959.

cheesehead · 2011-05-25, 23:41

The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth (in progress: Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4A so far)

Harvey563 · 2011-05-26, 17:49

Prime Numbers and Computer Methods for Factorization - Hans Riesel

2004-12-30, 17:01	#13
mfgoode Bronze Medalist Jan 2004 Mumbai,India 2²·3³·19 Posts	Favorite Math Books. Crook: Its high time someone mentioned 'A mathematician's Apology' by G.H.Hardy. Its a must for the shelf of any math'cian worth his salt. Some of his views are way out of date though. Quote/ No one has discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems very unlikely that anyone will do so for many years. /unquote Still I value it immensely as its a classic in math literature. Zilman: Paul if you recommend 'The Road to Reality' by Roger Penrose then I will go for it as I have 'Shadows of the Mind' and 'The Emperors new mind'. I quite agree with his theories and prefer him to Stephen Hawking. mally

2010-04-12, 23:59	#14
cheesehead "Richard B. Woods" Aug 2002 Wisconsin USA 1111000001100₂ Posts	slightly OT Two other threads about (not necessarily favorite) math books: "Good introduction with math websites/books?" http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=13269 "Suggestions on good number theory books???" http://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=2128

2010-04-14, 01:07	#15
davieddy "Lucan" Dec 2006 England 14512₈ Posts	Goldstein "Classical Mechanics" Pippard "Classical Thermodynamics" Ziman or Peierls "Theory of solids" (inter alia:) David Weyl..... Security at Blackwells has tightened up since my era (1968 and all that). Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2010-04-14 at 01:18

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2004-12-30, 15:43	#12
Crook Nov 2004 2⁴ Posts	Godel-Escher-Bach, Douglas Hofstadter A Mathematician Apology, G.H. Hardy

2011-05-25, 15:33	#16
Arkadiusz Dec 2009 3³ Posts	W. Sierpinski, Teoria liczb II (Theory of numbers, Part II), Warszawa, 1959.

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Harvey563 Apr 2004 5·37 Posts	Prime Numbers and Computer Methods for Factorization - Hans Riesel