Best Mathematics
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. "In the vast world of nonfiction writing, Malcolm Gladwell is as close to a singular talent as exists today... Outliers is a pleasure to read and leaves you mulling over its inventive theories for days afterward.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"If the tale of the self made man is one extreme, then outliers is the other extreme as it basically attempts to discredit the successful and say it was all due to luck. He also mentions that there were only a handful of school at the time to have such a computer. You are correct that now I'd have a harder time creating my own operating system, that ship has sailed, I agree, but that is looking at success with a very narrow lense. The true story of success is that successful people will not let their story be changed by adding or removing a variable from their path, they will keep fighting and find something to replace that variable. That's why some of the most successful people have been declined or faced defeat (be it investors, agents, etc.). This is NOT personal development, or anything of the sort in case you think this is a book I read and learn to be successful... quite contrary the message appears to comfort those that don't have success and blame society, and poke those with success implying that whatever they have was not earned."
"BIG Fan of Malcolm Gladwell -and 1984- and this is a great read for anyone that wants a mind-blowing book."
"“No matter how talented you are, how hard you work and how much you practice, you can be successful only if you also have the right backing and luck.” This is a statement I have had heard from elders a thousand times over and this book statistically validates the point."
"I must call the reader to question the assertion that 10,000 hours or more will make you an expert and the inference that much of what brings about success is the sheer amount of time invested in learning a skill. It is important to realize we often stop short in learning something; yet, it is also important to realize that while you could spend tons of hours learning something that there may be a particular thing you simply enjoy doing more than another or that you're simply better at."
"It contained a lot of factual information that with a grain of salt, made a social theory on how and why people are successful/the way they are."
"Not only does this detail some methods of thinking that are outside of the box and beneficial to the reader, but it also going a long way to help inspire you to overcome difficulties in your own life."
"There is a reason behind any trend and phenomenon."
"Gladwell has once again used his unique writing style, his meticulous research and his ability to tell a story to produce an eye opening and thought provoking book."
Even as Virginia’s Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langley’s all-black “West Computing” group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens. Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The book is as much about the advances and science done at NACA and NASA as it is about the black women who were an integral part of this piece of history."
"Many movie goers who only see the movie will miss out on a number of opportunities to see more realistically Aunt Katherine's nature, attitudes, and life's perspectives on work, family, and race."
"Sure, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, et al are amazing, inspiring, and strong, but their own modesty over their roles in NACA/NASA history is telling: like many black pioneers of the Jim Crow era, they didn't step up for the attention or accolades. The portions of the book that were the most fascinating to me were those pertaining to the links forged by the black community in the Southern Virginia area, and how they intersected with employment and residency in Hampton as the 20th century progressed."
"I had no idea that black women played such a key role in our space program. HIDDEN FIGURES tells the story of four determined black women, who overcame numerous obstacles, and worked in the space program at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (now known as "Langley Research Center."). To give the reader an idea of how difficult it was for a woman--much less an African-American woman--to actually become a mathematician, the author notes these statistics: "In the 1930s, just over a hundred women worked as professional mathematicians." The likelihood of a black woman actually becoming a mathematician working on the space program was about zero: "Employers openly discriminated against Irish and Jewish women with math degrees. It was unusual for a woman to even be acknowledged as co-author of a report: "The work of most of the women, like that of the computing machines they used, was anonymous."
"But this book dealt particularly well with how black society dealt with segregation and all the attendant hardships and how it fought against them."
Best Applied Mathematics
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. "In the vast world of nonfiction writing, Malcolm Gladwell is as close to a singular talent as exists today... Outliers is a pleasure to read and leaves you mulling over its inventive theories for days afterward.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"If the tale of the self made man is one extreme, then outliers is the other extreme as it basically attempts to discredit the successful and say it was all due to luck. He also mentions that there were only a handful of school at the time to have such a computer. You are correct that now I'd have a harder time creating my own operating system, that ship has sailed, I agree, but that is looking at success with a very narrow lense. The true story of success is that successful people will not let their story be changed by adding or removing a variable from their path, they will keep fighting and find something to replace that variable. That's why some of the most successful people have been declined or faced defeat (be it investors, agents, etc.). This is NOT personal development, or anything of the sort in case you think this is a book I read and learn to be successful... quite contrary the message appears to comfort those that don't have success and blame society, and poke those with success implying that whatever they have was not earned."
"BIG Fan of Malcolm Gladwell -and 1984- and this is a great read for anyone that wants a mind-blowing book."
"“No matter how talented you are, how hard you work and how much you practice, you can be successful only if you also have the right backing and luck.” This is a statement I have had heard from elders a thousand times over and this book statistically validates the point."
"I must call the reader to question the assertion that 10,000 hours or more will make you an expert and the inference that much of what brings about success is the sheer amount of time invested in learning a skill. It is important to realize we often stop short in learning something; yet, it is also important to realize that while you could spend tons of hours learning something that there may be a particular thing you simply enjoy doing more than another or that you're simply better at."
"It contained a lot of factual information that with a grain of salt, made a social theory on how and why people are successful/the way they are."
"Not only does this detail some methods of thinking that are outside of the box and beneficial to the reader, but it also going a long way to help inspire you to overcome difficulties in your own life."
"There is a reason behind any trend and phenomenon."
"Gladwell has once again used his unique writing style, his meticulous research and his ability to tell a story to produce an eye opening and thought provoking book."
Best Geometry & Topology
Geometry is number in space; music is number in time; and cosmology expresses number in space and time. The five authors whose books comprise QUADRIVIUM are Miranda Lundy, Anthony Ashton,, Jason Martineau, Daud Sutton, and John Martineau.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great book with thorough illustrations, many made to look the like wood-block prints."
"Just perfect."
"Thank you."
"Beautiful book with nice images and thoughtful text."
"Wooden books make it simple and beatiful everytime."
"Interesting book with ideas to spark creativity."
Best Mathematics History
he #1 New York Times bestseller The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America's greatest achievements in space.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The book is as much about the advances and science done at NACA and NASA as it is about the black women who were an integral part of this piece of history."
"Many movie goers who only see the movie will miss out on a number of opportunities to see more realistically Aunt Katherine's nature, attitudes, and life's perspectives on work, family, and race."
"Sure, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, et al are amazing, inspiring, and strong, but their own modesty over their roles in NACA/NASA history is telling: like many black pioneers of the Jim Crow era, they didn't step up for the attention or accolades. The portions of the book that were the most fascinating to me were those pertaining to the links forged by the black community in the Southern Virginia area, and how they intersected with employment and residency in Hampton as the 20th century progressed."
"I had no idea that black women played such a key role in our space program. HIDDEN FIGURES tells the story of four determined black women, who overcame numerous obstacles, and worked in the space program at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory (now known as "Langley Research Center."). To give the reader an idea of how difficult it was for a woman--much less an African-American woman--to actually become a mathematician, the author notes these statistics: "In the 1930s, just over a hundred women worked as professional mathematicians." The likelihood of a black woman actually becoming a mathematician working on the space program was about zero: "Employers openly discriminated against Irish and Jewish women with math degrees. It was unusual for a woman to even be acknowledged as co-author of a report: "The work of most of the women, like that of the computing machines they used, was anonymous."
"But this book dealt particularly well with how black society dealt with segregation and all the attendant hardships and how it fought against them."
Best Mathematical Infinity
By practicing and mastering this entire workbook, your child will become very familiar and comfortable with the state math exam and common core standards. By working on these problems on a daily basis, students will be able to (1) find any deficiencies in their understanding and/or practice of math and (2) have small successes each day that will build competence and confidence in their abilities. If your child is having trouble with any questions, you can easily access our video explanations where an instructor will show the student how to get the correct answer. CEO & Co-Founder of Argo Brothers is an author, entrepreneurial thinker, and educator who has helped thousands of students gain acceptance into top colleges and high schools. Eduard has been an educator for over a decade teaching students about corporate finance, stock market analysis and business expansion. Aside from actively being involved in the production of K-12 and higher education test prep books, Eduard believes education starts from the very beginning and Eduard has created a custom learning program at Einstein Daycare, a licensed pre-school located in New York City, where kids are intellectually stimulated using cutting-edge learning tools.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Highly recommend this book, provides excellent preparation for state exam."
"This book helps parents who weren't taught common core."
"Great and useful book."
"We just received the book and have worked on a few pages and it's to be going pretty good."
"Best common core book i bought."
Best Mathematical Analysis
Editing and improving graphics. Aesthetics and data graphical displays.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Looking at a visualization and then not only understanding the presented information, but also learning a concept or process from it is brilliant."
"Excellent product and service!!!"
"As Race strategist for a solar car race team I've found methods of displaying large amounts of data and making accurate decisions on the visual message they carry within the pages of this book."
"I would recommend reading Tufte's entire "tetralogy" in order, starting with this one, followed by Envisioning Information, Visual Explanations and Beautiful Evidence."
"Great graphs, great quality, great content."
"Edward Tufte literally wrote the book on data visualization setting off a growing trend in beautiful and informative infographics."
"Anyone who deals with organizing and communicating data needs to read and periodically review this classic work."
Best Mathematical Matrices
✓Introduction ✓Chapter 1: Python: A Comprehensive Background ✓Chapter 2: How to Download and Install Python ✓Chapter 3: Python Glossary ✓Chapter 4: Interacting with Python ✓Chapter 5: Using Turtle for a Simple Drawing ✓Chapter 6: Variables ✓Chapter 7: Loops ✓Chapter 8: Native Python Datatypes ✓Chapter 9: Python Dictionaries ✓Chapter 10: Boolean Logic and Conditional Statements ✓Chapter 11: Constructing ‘While’ Loops In Python Chapter 12: Constructing ‘For Loops’ In Python Programming ✓Chapter 13: Constructing Classes and Defining Objects ✓- Total beginners with zero programming experience. ✓- Returning professionals who haven’t written code in years. ✓- Seasoned professionals looking for a fast, simple, crash course in Python.
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"I like Python."
"As am studying Python in my CS second semester, I was facing difficulties to understand the course book, so I got this one it's really impressive and well written easy to understand the basics of Python programming."
"Since coding is the language of the future, this book introduces easy way to learn Python programming."
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Best Number Systems
Geometry is number in space; music is number in time; and cosmology expresses number in space and time. The five authors whose books comprise QUADRIVIUM are Miranda Lundy, Anthony Ashton,, Jason Martineau, Daud Sutton, and John Martineau.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Great book with thorough illustrations, many made to look the like wood-block prints."
"Just perfect."
"Thank you."
"Beautiful book with nice images and thoughtful text."
"Wooden books make it simple and beatiful everytime."
"Interesting book with ideas to spark creativity."
Best Elementary Mathematics
Interactive tutorial exercises: MyMathLab's homework and practice exercises are correlated to the exercises in the relevant textbook, and they regenerate algorithmically to give you unlimited opportunity for practice and mastery. You can regenerate these exercises with new values for unlimited practice, and the exercises include guided solutions and multimedia learning aids to give students the extra help they need. Students are actively engaged in practicing math, ask more and better questions, and enjoy the learning process. They feel a real sense of accomplishment because they recognize and can take credit for the role they’ve played in their success.” from Jill Shirley, Cal Poly Pomona. “MML is one of the most reliable of all online Math programs.” from Sheila Pisa, Riverside Community College (CA). I have fewer students dropping out of the courses I am teaching using this method than in the past - before MML.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I paid a little more to purchase as fulfilled by Amazon. That way I could send back with ease, if there was an issue."
"This is straight forward and easy to use for learning and submitting homework."
"This is a MathLab student access kit purchased for my son's college class."
"So happy I found this!"
"As far as what you get with an access card in general I would say that having one for math is the most beneficial of them all, it give the opportunity to do practice, to have a professor go other chapters and sections and show work (they are prerecorded) It also gives quiz and test reviews."
"However, it is better to purchase the access code straight from the website!!! After reading some reviews, I agree that of course, if you open the code it is almost impossible to get a full refund back, let alone a refund in general. Now I have to wait to see if I will get a refund, so that I may purchase an access code through the Pearson website instead..."
"When i went to put in my code, it wasn't working, and i called two different people about this after searing EVERYWHERE for their phone number, and now Pearson won't switch my code without costing me because they don't tell you you have to purchase certain codes for certain platforms."
"I was assured I would be getting a hard cover copy of the text in addition to the copy of the access code to the online stuff."
Best Pure Mathematics
However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. Besides being a profound and entertaining meditation on human thought and creativity, this book looks at the surprising points of contact between the music of Bach, the artwork of Escher, and the mathematics of Gödel. Hofstadter's great achievement in Gödel, Escher, Bach was making abstruse mathematical topics (like undecidability, recursion, and 'strange loops') accessible and remarkably entertaining. Escher, Kurt Gödel: biographical information and work, artificial intelligence (AI) history and theories, strange loops and tangled hierarchies, formal and informal systems, number theory, form in mathematics, figure and ground, consistency, completeness, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, recursive structures, theories of meaning, propositional calculus, typographical number theory, Zen and mathematics, levels of description and computers; theory of mind: neurons, minds and thoughts; undecidability; self-reference and self-representation; Turing test for machine intelligence.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This was a very influential book for me in high school and college, and I had the privilege of being able to introduce my son to it."
"For those of you who want to know about how things are this is a must read."
"So far a fantastic book."
"Book in great shape."
"Condition of book was good, not great, slightly worse than described but totally acceptable."
"arrived safe and sound."
"A full mental meal, intellectually challenging."
"I liked Hofstadter’s search for the seat of consciousness, in humans, ant colonies, and (as he attempts to claim) self-referential formal systems. The discussion of this application to computer science and artificial intelligence was tremendously interesting, though a bit outdated. Apparently, Hofstadter thinks he needs to take his reader by the hand, start them off with some simpler concepts to build a foundation of knowledge, drag them step-by-step through his reasoning and thought process, entertain every conceivable tangent, and then incessantly repeat his core beliefs in slightly different ways. This may not be a problem to other readers, but unfortunately, I am the kind of person who cannot stop reading a book once I have started, no matter how painful the process is. Even though their names comprise two thirds of the title, GEB only references Bach and Escher when their work is useful to illustrate a more abstract concept of formal systems. He’ll present some obscure puzzle or formula and tell the reader to figure it out on their own, oh and by the way the answer is really obvious. This pedagogical style may be useful to some readers but personally, I don’t need to understand number theory on a usable level to be able to discuss it and think about it on the meta-levels. He uses this approach with genetics as well, which I am personally more versed in, trying to explain it on a simple level he calls “Typogenetics” but the effect was mainly finding myself bewildered on a topic with which I am familiar. At first, I thought these dialogues would break up the dense content of this book nicely, but after a few of them I found them redundant, tiring, and even more arrogant than the chapters, if possible. He breaks numerous expensive record players owned by the Crab just to prove a point and is constantly patronizing and antagonizing his “friend” Achilles. I’m just not sure that those few sections justify the commitment necessary to get into Hofstadter’s tangled, gabbing mind and buy into his unreciprocated bromance with Gödel. Finally, here’s some practical advice for someone considering buying this book or someone who already owns it and is debating reading it or throwing it in the trash: Read the dialogue prior to Chapter XVIII (which was only “adapted” by Hofstadter) and the final three chapters of the book, excluding the remaining dialogues, and you should get a pretty good ides of GEB’s core, without an excessive amount of filler."
Best Mathematics Reference
The best-selling author of The Complete Idiots Guide to Calculus has taken what appears to be a typical calculus workbook, chock full of solved calculus problems, and made legible notes in the margins, adding missing steps and simplifying solutions. W. Michael Kelley is a former award-winning calculus teacher and author of The Complete Idiots Guide to Calculus, The Complete Idiots Guide to Precalculus , and The Complete Idiots Guide to Algebra .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Really does break the problems down step by step."
"Excellent."
"I teach calculus and I got this book as an addition to the text I am using to aide me in adding good examples for the students to see."
"Lots of practice problems that build confidence, and enhance understanding."
"When I was an undergraduate mathematics student I bought this for a math shy friend."
"Not exactly what I thought i was getting but an excellent book for review!"
"Whenever I do not know how to approach a certain type of problem, when I am looking for the right steps and rules or even just the algebra behind certain equations, this book helps me out!"
"it's just an answer key."
Best Mathematics Research
The market-leading textbook for the course, Winston's OPERATIONS RESEARCH owes much of its success to its practical orientation and consistent emphasis on model formulation and model building. Wayne L. Winston is Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and is now a Professor of Decision and Information Sciences at the Bauer College at the University of Houston.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"In a chapter, you may have three basic examples in the first two sections, and in subsequent sections, the examples just piggyback off of them and don't even show the process of how they got to the answer."
"For an entry level course in OR, this book is fine."
"This is an excellent introduction to the field of Operations Research."
"As described!"
"The chapters are well written/ explain the content very good and always with at least one example. and with step, by step solution guideline."
"The book was pretty beaten up - the binding was completely off!"
"rental book arrived damaged (covers very lose), big and heavy as well."
Best Mathematics Study & Teaching
Interactive tutorial exercises: MyMathLab's homework and practice exercises are correlated to the exercises in the relevant textbook, and they regenerate algorithmically to give you unlimited opportunity for practice and mastery. You can regenerate these exercises with new values for unlimited practice, and the exercises include guided solutions and multimedia learning aids to give students the extra help they need. Students are actively engaged in practicing math, ask more and better questions, and enjoy the learning process. They feel a real sense of accomplishment because they recognize and can take credit for the role they’ve played in their success.” from Jill Shirley, Cal Poly Pomona. “MML is one of the most reliable of all online Math programs.” from Sheila Pisa, Riverside Community College (CA). I have fewer students dropping out of the courses I am teaching using this method than in the past - before MML.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I paid a little more to purchase as fulfilled by Amazon. That way I could send back with ease, if there was an issue."
"This is straight forward and easy to use for learning and submitting homework."
"This is a MathLab student access kit purchased for my son's college class."
"So happy I found this!"
"As far as what you get with an access card in general I would say that having one for math is the most beneficial of them all, it give the opportunity to do practice, to have a professor go other chapters and sections and show work (they are prerecorded) It also gives quiz and test reviews."
"I was scared at first this wouldnt work but it came closed never scratched off and worked like a gem for my college math class!"
"However, it is better to purchase the access code straight from the website!!! After reading some reviews, I agree that of course, if you open the code it is almost impossible to get a full refund back, let alone a refund in general. Now I have to wait to see if I will get a refund, so that I may purchase an access code through the Pearson website instead..."
"I was assured I would be getting a hard cover copy of the text in addition to the copy of the access code to the online stuff."
Best Transformations Mathematics
By practicing and mastering this entire workbook, your child will become very familiar and comfortable with the state math exam and common core standards. By working on these problems on a daily basis, students will be able to (1) find any deficiencies in their understanding and/or practice of math and (2) have small successes each day that will build competence and confidence in their abilities. If your child is having trouble with any questions, you can easily access our video explanations where an instructor will show the student how to get the correct answer. CEO & Co-Founder of Argo Brothers is an author, entrepreneurial thinker, and educator who has helped thousands of students gain acceptance into top colleges and high schools. Eduard has been an educator for over a decade teaching students about corporate finance, stock market analysis and business expansion. Aside from actively being involved in the production of K-12 and higher education test prep books, Eduard believes education starts from the very beginning and Eduard has created a custom learning program at Einstein Daycare, a licensed pre-school located in New York City, where kids are intellectually stimulated using cutting-edge learning tools.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My students also enjoyed watching one of the You Tube videos, which provided detailed explanations on how to solve the problems."
"Awesome practice to brainstorm your kids' math knowledge; keeps my son's attention and interest to work with this book!!!"
"Great book for my 4th grader."
"Great product, but you may have to explain your child the exercises and the material."
"does the job."
"Good book and useful videos to review themes."
"Help reiterate what her teacher teaches."
Best Trigonometry
Steadfast Support for your Evolving Course The College Algebra series, by Lial, Hornsby, Schneider, and Daniels, combines the experience of master teachers to help students develop both the conceptual understanding and the analytical skills necessary for success in mathematics. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyMathLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. When John Hornsby enrolled as an undergraduate at Louisiana State University, he was uncertain whether he wanted to study mathematics education or journalism. His specific professional interests are recreational mathematics, mathematics history, and incorporating graphing calculators into the curriculum. He has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Oberlin College and a PhD in mathematics from MIT. She has two Master’s degrees: one in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Missouri—Rolla, the second in Adult Education from the University of Missouri—St. Her professional interests include improving success in the community college mathematics sequence, using technology to enhance students’ understanding of mathematics, and creating materials that support classroom teaching and student understanding.
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"the stuff inside it is... well... "Trigonometry". You do the math."
"The formula page on the back of the book was great for reference and they gave a variety of prblems."
"Easy to understand and somewhat allows you to teach yourself."
"Its a good book with a lot of practice problems."
"It had the answers to the odd books in the back, and I've had no trouble with it."
"The book is great!"
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