10 Best Mathematics Reference Books

Keep your mind sharp all year long with Mathematics 2021: Your Daily Epsilon of Math , a 12″ × 12″ wall calendar featuring 12 images relating to math concepts! Let mathematicians Rebecca Rapoport and Dean Chung tickle the left side of your brain by providing you with a math challenge for every day of the year. The solution is always the date; but the fun lies in figuring how to arrive at the answer, and possibly discovering more than one method of arriving there. Some of the most tricky problems require only middle school math applied cleverly. With entry-level algebra, word problems, math puns, and interesting math definitions thrown into the mix, this calendar should intrigue you for the whole year. End the year with more brains than you had when it began with Mathematics 2021: Your Daily Epsilon of Math.

A hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world. In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its myriad uses, its strange symbols, and the wild leaps of logic and faith that define the usually impenetrable work of the mathematician. Truth and knowledge come in multiple forms: colorful drawings, encouraging jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin shows us how to think like a mathematician by teaching us a brand-new game of tic-tac-toe, how to understand an economic crises by rolling a pair of dice, and the mathematical headache that ensues when attempting to build a spherical Death Star. Every discussion in the book is illustrated with Orlin’s trademark “bad drawings,” which convey his message and insights with perfect pitch and clarity. With 24 chapters covering topics from the electoral college to human genetics to the reasons not to trust statistics, Math with Bad Drawings is a life-changing book for the math-estranged and math-enamored alike.

The only way to learn calculus is to do calculus problems. Lots of them! And that’s what you get in this book–more calculus problems than your worst nightmare–but with a BIG difference. Award-winning calculus teacher W. Michael Kelley has been through the whole book and made a ton of notes, so you get: • 1,000 problems with comprehensive solutions • Annotated notes throughout the text, clarifying exactly what’s being asked • Really detailed answers (no more skipped steps!) • Extra explanations that make what’s baffling perfectly clear • Pointers to other problems that show skills you need And all of the major players are here: limits, continuity, derivatives, integrals, tangent lines, velocity, acceleration, area, volume, infinite series–even the really tough stuff like epsilon-delta proofs and formal Riemann sums. So dig in to your heart’s content!

See how math’s infinite mysteries and beauty unfold in this captivating educational book! Discover more than 85 of the most important mathematical ideas, theorems, and proofs ever devised with this beautifully illustrated book. Get to know the great minds whose revolutionary discoveries changed our world today. You don’t have to be a math genius to follow along with this book! This brilliant book is packed with short, easy-to-grasp explanations, step-by-step diagrams, and witty illustrations that play with our ideas about numbers. What is an imaginary number? Can two parallel lines ever meet? How can math help us predict the future? All will be revealed and explained in this encyclopedia of mathematics. It’s as easy as 1-2-3! The Math Book tells the exciting story of how mathematical thought advanced through history. This diverse and inclusive account will have something for everybody, including the math behind world economies and espionage. This book charts the development of math around the world, from ancient mathematical ideas and inventions like prehistoric tally bones through developments in medieval and Renaissance Europe. Fast forward to today and gain insight into the recent rise of game and group theory. Delve in deeper into the history of math: – Ancient and Classical Periods 6000 BCE – 500 CE – The Middle Ages 500 – 1500 – The Renaissance 1500 – 1680 – The Enlightenment 1680 – 1800 – The 19th Century 1800 – 1900 – Modern Mathematics 1900 – Present The Series Simply Explained With over 7 million copies sold worldwide to date, The Math Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series from DK Books. It uses innovative graphics along with engaging writing to make complex subjects easier to understand.