THESANTINI Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 I just finshed taking Math @ the University of Maryland and would like to continue learning. Are there any good books, I'm not speaking of textbooks but books. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VendingMenace Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 why not textbooks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfson Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 The Unknowable (Springer Series in Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science) by G. J. Chaitin is a good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THESANTINI Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 Textbooks are generally not as well written as actual books. They try to simply some material & do not cover others as well as they should, its a far larger audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixenell Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Robert and Ellen Kaplan's The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero and The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics. I met the authors a few weeks ago, and they (and their books) are absolutely amazing. I highly recommend both books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neurocomp2003 Posted January 14, 2004 Share Posted January 14, 2004 3 things you must note 1) pure vs applied math 2) topic/field of math 3) extense of your knowledge in that field. IF your looking for the beauty of math and cs i sugeest Gary Flake's the "computational beauty of nature" and excellent friendly book about how math and computers applies to nature. Discuses, NNs, GAs, CAs, Chaos, complexity, fractals, computatbility, with excellent simulations But when it comes down to it a textbook is the only way to go to understand theory/equations and to provide examples if your looking for more discriptive stuff perhaps pick up a physics book, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourier jr Posted May 3, 2004 Share Posted May 3, 2004 Yeah what kinds of books are you interested in, like history, problems, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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