Book of Proof
By: Richard Hammack
4.47
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
This book is an introduction to the language and standard proof methods of mathematics. It is a bri…
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1. Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
By: René Descartes , Donald A. Cress
3.76
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Rene Descartes has often been called the father of modern philosophy, and it is certainly true that… read more
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"The dreams we imagine when we are asleep should not in any way make us doubt the truth of the thoughts we have when we are awake."-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
"c'est une vérité très certaine que, lorsqu'il n'est pas en notre pouvoir de discerner les plus vraies opinions, nous devons suivre les plus probables partie 3, para 3)"-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
"Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part in a well-conducted dialogue in which such minds rev…"-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
"Those who possess the strongest reasoning and who best order their thoughts in order to make them clear and intelligible can always best persuade others of what they are proposing, even if they were …"-René Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
2. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth
By: Paul Hoffman
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Based on a National Magazine Award-winning article, this masterful biography of Hungarian-born Paul… read more
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- mathematics
- nonfiction
- science
3. Breakfast of Champions
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
2.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Breakfast of Champions,one of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore … read more
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4. The Plague
By: Albert Camus , Stuart Gilbert
4.02
Format: 308 pages, Paperback
The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947. It tells the story from the point of … read more
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"Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."-Albert Camus, The Plague
"I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold."-Albert Camus, The Plague
5. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
By: Simon Singh
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demon… read more
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6. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon
3.90
Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more
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"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
7. The Trial and Death of Socrates
By: Plato , G.M.A. Grube , John M. Cooper
3.63
Format: 224 pages,
The third edition of The Trial and Death of Socratespresents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished transla… read more
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8. Linear Algebra Done Right
By: Sheldon Axler
3.73
Format: None pages, Paperback
This text for a second course in linear algebra is aimed at math majors and graduate students. The … read more
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9. The Brothers Karamazov
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky
4.37
Format: 796 pages, Paperback
The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more
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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
10. La casa de Bernarda Alba
By: Federico García Lorca , None , None
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Focus Student Editions are designed for Spanish language courses in literature and culture. Pre… read more
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11. The Wasp Factory
By: Iain Banks
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed B… read more
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12. Introduction to Real Analysis
By: None , None
4.30
Format: 503 pages, Hardcover
In recent years, mathematics has become valuable in many areas, including economics and management … read more
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13. The Symposium
By: Plato , Christopher Gill
4.09
Format: 90 pages, Paperback
A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more
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"The truth about eros is terrifying."-Plato, The Symposium
"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"-Plato, The Symposium
"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."-Plato, The Symposium
"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"-Plato, The Symposium
14. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
By: T.E. Lawrence
3.23
Format: 218 pages, Paperback
In his classic book, T.E. Lawrence--forever known as Lawrence of Arabia--recounts his role in the o… read more
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15. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
16. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
By: Richard P. Feynman
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific mi… read more
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"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
"You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick."-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character
17. Liberalism and Its Discontents
By: Francis Fukuyama
3.93
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling auth… read more
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"Нема причин, з яких економічна ефективність має домінувати над усіма іншими соціальними цінностями."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Комуністичні суспільства були схильні цінувати виробництво більше за споживання, що призвело до поганих наслідків: у них були «герої соціалістичної праці», але не було продуктів на полицях магазинів."-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"Низка людей, які працюють у цій галузі, починаючи з таких постструктуралістів, як Лакан і Дерріда, писали в такий спосіб, який, здавалося, навмисне затуманював їхні думки й захищав від відповідальнос…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
"As instituições financeiras comportam-se de modo muito diferente do que as empresas na economia real. Ao contrário de uma companhia de manufatura, um grande banco de investimento é sistemicamente per…"-Francis Fukuyama, Liberalism and Its Discontents
18. How to Think About Analysis
By: Lara Alcock
4.38
Format: 274 pages, Kindle Edition
Analysis (sometimes called Real Analysis or Advanced Calculus) is a core subject in most undergradu… read more
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19. How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
By: Stanislas Dehaene
4.33
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“There are words that are so familiar they obscure rather than illuminate the thing they mean, and … read more
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"Yann LeCun's strategy provides a good example of a much more general notion: the exploitation of innate knowledge. Convolutional neural networks learn better and faster than other types of neural net…"-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
"Our brain is therefore not simply passively subjected to sensory inputs. From the get-go, it already possesses a set of abstract hypotheses, an accumulated wisdom that emerged through the sift of Dar…"-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
"The moral here is that nature and nurture should not be opposed. Pure learning, in the absence of any innate constraints, simply does not exist. Any learning algorithm contains, in one way or another…"-Stanislas Dehaene, How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
20. Book of Proof
By: Richard Hammack
4.47
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
This book is an introduction to the language and standard proof methods of mathematics. It is a bri… read more
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21. Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
By: Anil Ananthaswamy
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoi… read more
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