The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
By: Eugenia Cheng
3.93
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
Mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to show you that mathematics…
Want to Read $ 15.96If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life by Eugenia Cheng , here is a list of 14 books like this:
1. The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
By: Simon Singh
4.30
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In his first book since the bestselling Fermat’s Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping hist… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Simon Singh's The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- popular science
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- technology
"Po první světové válce se Spojenci nebáli nikoho."-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
"...říká se, že zkratka NSA ve skutečnosti znamená „Never Say Anything"-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
"„Každý, kdo přemýšlí o kvantové mechanice, aniž by se mu zatočila hlava, jí nerozumí."-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
"Polský úspěch v prolomení Enigmy byl dán třemi faktory: strachem, matematikou a špionáží."-Simon Singh, The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
2. A First Course in String Theory
By: Barton Zwiebach
4.19
Format: 558 pages, Hardcover
An accessible introduction to string theory, this book provides a detailed and self-contained demon… read more
Want to Read $ 59.49Similar categories in Barton Zwiebach's A First Course in String Theory book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- science
- technical
3. The Black Prince
By: Iris Murdoch , Martha C. Nussbaum
3.96
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
Bradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job… read more
Want to Read $ 11.99Similar categories in Iris Murdoch's The Black Prince book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
"Coming events do cast shadows."-Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
"I've thought about nothing else but you."-Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
"Sometimes one feels suddenly doomed by fate."-Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
"I know people can be awful dooms for each other."-Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
4. Flatterland: Like Flatland Only More So
By: Ian Stewart
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
First there was Edwin A. Abbott's remarkable Flatland, published in 1884, and one of the all-time c… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Ian Stewart's Flatterland: Like Flatland Only More So book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- science
5. A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
By: Frank Wilczek
3.49
Format: 182 pages, Hardcover
Does the universe embody beautiful ideas? Artists as well as scientists throughout human history ha… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Frank Wilczek's A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
6. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.50
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
Famous the world over for the creative brilliance of his insights into the physical world, Nobel Pr… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Richard P. Feynman's QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
7. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
By: Jordan Ellenberg
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world a… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Jordan Ellenberg's How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
Similar categories in Douglas R. Hofstadter's I Am a Strange Loop book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
9. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
Want to ReadSimilar categories in Robert A. Caro's The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
10. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
Want to Read $ 18.99Similar categories in Robert M. Sapolsky's Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- nonfiction
- science
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
11. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
By: Tony Fadell
4.33
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Written for anyone who wants to grow at work—from young grads navigating their first jobs to CEOs d… read more
Want to Read $ 21.49Similar categories in Tony Fadell's Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- nonfiction
- technology
12. Math Without Numbers
By: Milo Beckman
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An illustrated tour of the structures and patterns we call math The only numbers in this book ar… read more
Want to Read $ 10.99Similar categories in Milo Beckman's Math Without Numbers book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- popular science
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- science
13. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Michael Harriot's Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- nonfiction
14. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
Want to Read $ 16.99Similar categories in Kelly Weinersmith's A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- science
- nonfiction
- technology
"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
15. The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
By: Amitav Ghosh
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origi… read more
Want to Read $ 2.99Similar categories in Amitav Ghosh's The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- nonfiction
- science
"This is the great burden that now rests upon writers, artists, filmmakers, and everyone else who is involved in the telling of stories: to us falls the task of imaginatively restoring agency and voic…"-Amitav Ghosh, The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
16. Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
By: Neal Stephenson
3.58
Format: 883 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves, Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon returns w… read more
Want to Read $ 16.49Similar categories in Neal Stephenson's Fall; or, Dodge in Hell book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
"The living stayed home, haunting the world of the dead like ghosts."-Neal Stephenson, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
"Captain considered it, and shrugged. "It seems right," he said. "It is not precisely what El wanted; but enthroned as he is in his Palace, viewing the Land from a high seat, he does not see its compl…"-Neal Stephenson, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
17. Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
By: James Vincent
3.86
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the cubit to the kilogram, the humble inch to the speed of light, measurement is a powerful to… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in James Vincent's Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- science
- technology
18. On Grand Strategy
By: John Lewis Gaddis
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught… read more
Want to Read $ 6.99Similar categories in John Lewis Gaddis's On Grand Strategy book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- nonfiction
19. Grokking Simplicity: Taming complex software with functional thinking
By: Eric Normand
4.17
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
Distributed across servers, difficult to test, and resistant to modification—modern software is com… read more
Want to Read $ 36.99Similar categories in Eric Normand's Grokking Simplicity: Taming complex software with functional thinking book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- computer science
- technical
- nonfiction
- technology
20. The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
By: Eugenia Cheng
3.93
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
Mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to show you that mathematics… read more
Want to Read $ 15.96Similar categories in Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- science
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- technical
- computer science
- popular science
- adult
- technology
21. The Other Side of Nothing: The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being
By: Brad Warner
4.39
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A reader-friendly guide to Zen Buddhist ethics for modern times In the West, Zen Buddhism has a re… read more
Want to Read $ 9.99Similar categories in Brad Warner's The Other Side of Nothing: The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being book and Eugenia Cheng's The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life
- nonfiction
