6 must-read nonfiction books like Mathematics Rebooted: A Fresh Approach to Understanding by Lara Alcock

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Mathematics Rebooted: A Fresh Approach to Understanding

By: Lara Alcock

4.31

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you like to understand more mathematics? Many people would. Perhaps at school you liked mathe…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Mathematics Rebooted: A Fresh Approach to Understanding by Lara Alcock , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5) by Terry Pratchett

1. Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.27

Format: 378 pages, Paperback

Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on the Discworld that is the job of… read more

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"When in doubt, choose to live."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

"Yep, it's gone myffic all right."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

"Questions don't have to make sense, Vincent," said Miss Susan. "But answers do."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

"Sometimes thinking is like talking to another person, but that person is also you."

-Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Discworld, #26; Death, #5)

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2. The Complete Maus

By: Art Spiegelman

4.57

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive ed… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Ingen är normal."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

"Es bueno ser simpatico si quieres vivir."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

"He’s more attached to things than people."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

"If you want to live, it's good to be friendly."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

3. How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics

By: Eugenia Cheng

3.37

Format: 414 pages, Hardcover

What is math? How exactly does it work? And what do three siblings trying to share a cake have to d… read more

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Cover of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer

4. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

By: Ian Mortimer

4.01

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

Imagine you could get into a time machine and travel back to the 14th century. This text sets out t… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception."

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

"You might find it alarming to think that your doctor will not actually need to see you in person but might make a diagnosis based on the position of the stars, the colour and smell of your urine, and…"

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

"So, as long as you can get enough to eat, and can avoid all the various lethal infections, the dangers of childbirth, lead poisoning, and the extreme violence, you should live a long time. All you ha…"

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

"Collectively they remind us that history is much more than an education process. Understanding the past is a matter of experience as well as knowledge, a striving to make spiritual, emotional, poetic…"

-Ian Mortimer, The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

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5. 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

Similar categories in Milo Beckman's Math Without Numbers book and Lara Alcock's Mathematics Rebooted: A Fresh Approach to Understanding

  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • science
Cover of Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken

6. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food

By: Chris van Tulleken

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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7. Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe

By: Jorge Cham

4.03

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Delightful, funny, and yet rigorous and intelligent: only Jorge and Daniel can reach this exquisite… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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8. Mathematics Rebooted: A Fresh Approach to Understanding

By: Lara Alcock

4.31

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you like to understand more mathematics? Many people would. Perhaps at school you liked mathe… read more

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  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • science

11 Best philosophy books like Math Without Numbers by Milo Beckman

Transform Your Habits

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World

David Deutsch

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Steven H. Strogatz

4.30

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Math Without Numbers

Milo Beckman

4.10

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Giorgio Parisi

3.44

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