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Marcelo Viana (Brazil) The Big Questions: Mathematics, Press, May 2011. ISBN-13: 978-09837- Yiming Long (China) by Tony Crilly. Quercus, April 2011. 004-01. Cheryl E. Praeger (Australia) ISBN-13: 978-18491-624-01. The Evolution of Logic, by W. D. Vasudevan Srinivas (India) The Black Swan: The Impact of the Hart. Cambridge University Press, John Francis Toland (United Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicho- August 2010. ISBN-13: 978-0-521- Kingdom) las Taleb. Random House Trade Pa- 74772-1 Wendelin Werner (France) perbacks, second edition, May 2010. *Fascinating Mathematical People: ISBN-13: 978-08129-738-15. (First Interviews and Memoirs, edited by Ex Officio: edition reviewed March 2011.) Donald J. Albers and Gerald L. Alex- László Lovász, Past President The Blind Spot: Science and the Cri- anderson. Princeton University Press, (Hungary) sis of Uncertainty, by William Byers. October 2011. ISBN: 978-06911-482- Princeton University Press, April 98. Book List 2011. ISBN-13:978-06911-468-43. *Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: The The Book List highlights books that The Calculus Diaries: How Math Polymath Who Brought Us Calculus, by have mathematical themes and are Can Help You Lose Weight, Win M. B. W. Tent. AK Peters/CRC Press, aimed at a broad audience potentially in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie October 2011. ISBN: 978-14398-922- including mathematicians, students, Apocalypse, by Jennifer Ouellette. 20. and the general public. When a book Penguin, reprint edition, August The Grand Design, by Stephen has been reviewed in the Notices, a 2010. ISBN-13: 978-01431-173-77. Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow. reference is given to the review. Gen- The Calculus of Selfishness, by Karl Bantam, September 2010. ISBN-13: erally the list will contain only books Sigmund. Princeton University Press, 978-05538-053-76. January 2010. ISBN-13: 978-06911- published within the last two years, Hidden Harmonies (The Lives and 427-53. though exceptions may be made in Times of the Pythagorean Theorem), Chasing Shadows: Mathematics, cases where current events (e.g., the by Robert and Ellen Kaplan. Blooms- Astronomy, and the Early History of bury Press, January 2011. ISBN-13: death of a prominent mathemati- Eclipse Reckoning, by Clemency Mon- 978-15969-152-20. cian, coverage of a certain piece of telle. Johns Hopkins University Press, The History and Development of mathematics in the news) warrant April 2011. ISBN-13: 978-08018-969- Nomography, by H. A. Evesham. Do- drawing readers’ attention to older 10. cent Press, December 2010. ISBN-13: books. Suggestions for books to The Clockwork Universe: Isaac 978-14564-796-26. include on the list may be sent to Newton, the Royal Society, and the Hot X: Algebra Exposed, by Dan- [email protected]. Birth of the Modern World, by Ed- ica McKellar. Hudson Street Press, *Added to “Book List” since the ward Dolnick. Harper, February 2011. August 2010. ISBN-13: 978-15946- list’s last appearance. ISBN-13: 978-00617-195-16. (Re- 307-05. The Adventure of Reason: Interplay viewed April 2011.) I Want to Be a Mathematician: A Con- Complexity: A Guided Tour, by between Philosophy of Mathematics versation with Paul Halmos. A film by Melanie Mitchell. Oxford University and , 1900–1940, George Csicsery. Mathematical Associ- Press, April 2009. ISBN-13: 978- by Paolo Mancosu. Oxford University ation of America, March 2009. ISBN-13: 01951-244-15. (Reviewed April 2011.) Press, January 2011. ISBN-13: 978- 978-08838-590-94. (Reviewed June/ Crafting by Concepts: Fiber Arts 01995-465-34. July 2011.) and Mathematics, by Sarah-Marie At Home with André and Simone Le Operazioni del Calcolo Logico, Weil, by Sylvie Weil. (Translation of Belcastro and Carolyn Yackel. /CRC Press, March 2011. ISBN- by Ernst Schröder. Original German Chez les Weils, translated by Benjamin version of Operationskreis des Logik- Ivry.) Northwestern University Press, 13: 978-15688-143-53. Cycles of Time: An Extraordi- kalkuls and Italian translation with October 2010. ISBN-13: 978-08101- nary New View of the Universe, by commentary and annotations by Da- 270-43. (Reviewed May 2011.) Roger Penrose. Knopf, May 2011. vide Bondoni. LED Online, 2010. ISBN- The Autonomy of Mathematical ISBN-13: 978-03072-659-06. 13: 978-88-7916-474-0. Knowledge: Hilbert’s Program Re- *Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Loving + Hating Mathematics: Chal- visited, by Curtis Franks. Cambridge Sciences of Life, by Justin E. H. Smith. lenging the Myths of Mathematical University Press, December 2010. Princeton University Press, May 2011. Life, by Reuben Hersh and Vera John- ISBN-13: 978-05211-838-95. ISBN-13: 978-06911-417-87. Steiner. Princeton University Press, Jan- The Beginning of Infinity: Explana- Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and uary 2011. ISBN-13: 978-06911-424-70. tions That Transform the World, by the Rise of Modern Mathematics, by *Magical Mathematics: The Math- David Deutsch. Viking Adult, July Amir Alexander. Harvard University ematical Ideas that Animate Great 2011. ISBN-13: 978-06700-227-55. Press, April 2010. ISBN-13: 978- Magic Tricks, by Persi Diaconis and The Best Writing on Mathemat- 06740-466-10. (Reviewed November Ron Graham. Princeton University ics: 2010, edited by Mircea Pitici. 2010.) Press, November 2011. ISBN: 978- Princeton University Press, December An Early History of Recursive Func- 06911-516-49. 2010. ISBN-13: 978-06911-484-10. tions and Computability from Gödel A Mathematician’s Lament: How (Reviewed November 2011.) to Turing, by Rod Adams. Docent School Cheats Us Out of Our Most

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Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form, 2010. ISBN-13: 978-06911-399-44. The Strangest Man, by Graham by Paul Lockhart. Bellevue Literary (Reviewed January 2011.) Farmelo. Basic Books, August 2009. Press, April 2009. ISBN-13: 978-1- One, Two, Three: Absolutely El- ISBN-13: 978-04650-182-77. (Re- 934137-17-8. ementary Mathematics [Hardcover] viewed in this issue.) Mathematics and Reality, by Mary David Berlinski. Pantheon, May 2011. Street-Fighting Mathematics: Leng. Oxford University Press, June ISBN-13: 978-03754-233-38. The Art of Educated Guessing and 2010. ISBN-13: 978-01992-807-97. Origami Inspirations, by Meen- Opportunistic Problem Solving, by Mathematics Education for a New akshi Mukerji. A K Peters, September Sanjoy Mahajan. MIT Press, March Era: Video Games as a Medium for 2010. ISBN-13: 978-1568815848. 2010. ISBN-13: 978-0-262-51429-3. Learning, by Keith Devlin. A K Peters/ The Perfect Swarm: The Science of (Reviewed August 2011.) CRC Press, February 2011. ISBN-13: Complexity in Everyday Life, by Len Survival Guide for Outsiders: How 978-1-56881-431-5. Fisher. Basic Books, March 2011 (pa- to Protect Yourself from Politicians, The Mathematics of Life, by Ian perback). ISBN-13: 978-04650-202-49. Experts, and Other Insiders, by Sher- Stewart. Basic Books, June 2011. ISBN- The Pleasures of Statistics: The man Stein. BookSurge Publishing, 13: 978-04650-223-80. (Reviewed in Autobiography of Frederick Mosteller. February 2010. ISBN-13: 978-14392- this issue.) Edited by Stephen E. Fienberg, David 532-74. *Mathematics, Religion and Ethics: C. Hoaglin, and Judith M. Tanur. The Theory That Would Not Die: An Epistemological Study, by Salilesh Springer, January 2010. ISBN-13: 978- How Bayes’ Rule Cracked the Enigma Mukhopadhyay. Feasible Solution 03877-795-53. Code, Hunted Down Russian Sub- LLC, September 2010. ISBN: 978-1- Problem-Solving and Selected Top- marines, and Emerged Triumphant 4507-3558-2. ics in Number Theory in the Spirit from Two Centuries of Controversy, Mysteries of the Equilateral Trian- of the Mathematical Olympiads, by by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne. Yale gle, by Brian J. McCartin. Hikari, Au- Michael Th. Rassias. Springer, 2011. University Press, April 2011. ISBN-13: gust 2010. ISBN-13: 978-954-91999- ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-0494-2. 978-03001-696-90. 5-6. Electronic copies available for *Proof and Other Dilemmas: Math- Towards a Philosophy of Real free at http://www.m-hikari.com/ ematics and Philosophy, edited by Mathematics, by David Corfield. Ox- mccartin-2.pdf. Bonnie Gold and Roger A. Simons. ford University Press, April 2003. Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Mathematical Association of America, ISBN-13: 0-521-81722-6. (Reviewed Unknown Detective Career of the November 2011.) July 2008. ISBN-13: 978-08838-556- World's Greatest Scientist, by Thomas Train Your Brain: A Year’s Worth 76. (Reviewed in this issue.) Levenson. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, of Puzzles, by George Grätzer. A K *The Proof is in the Pudding: A June 2009. ISBN-13: 978-01510-127- Peters/CRC Press, April 2011. ISBN- Look at the Changing Nature of Math- 87. 13: 978-15688-171-01. ematical Proof, by Steven G. Krantz. NIST Handbook of Mathemati- Viewpoints: Mathematical Perspec- Springer, May 2011. ISBN: 978-03874- cal Functions, Cambridge University tive and Fractal Geometry in Art, by Press, Edited by Frank W. J. Olver, 890-87. Marc Frantz and Annalisa Crannell. Daniel W. Lozier, Ronald F. Boisvert, Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Math- Princeton University Press, August and Charles W. Clark. Cambridge ematical Deception, by Charles Seife. 2011. ISBN-13: 978-06911-259-23. University Press, May 2010. ISBN-13: Viking, September 2010. ISBN-13: Visual Thinking in Mathematics, by 978-05211-922-55 (hardback plus 978-06700-221-68. Marcus Giaquinto. Oxford University CD-ROM); ISBN-13: 978-05211-406-38 The Quants: How a New Breed of Press, July 2011. ISBN-13: 978-01995- (paperback plus CD-ROM). (Reviewed Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street 755-34. September 2011.) and Nearly Destroyed It, by Scott What’s Luck Got to Do with It? The Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Sci- Patterson. Crown Business, January History, Mathematics and Psychology ence from Bunk, by Massimo Pigliucci. 2011. ISBN-13: 978-03074-533-89. of the Gambler’s Illusion, by Joseph University of Chicago Press, May (Reviewed May 2011.) Mazur. Princeton University Press, 2010. ISBN-13: 978-02266-678-67. Riot at the Calc Exam and Other July 2010. ISBN-13: 978-069-113890- (Reviewed April 2011.) Mathematically Bent Stories, by Colin 9. Number Freak: From 1 to 200— Adams. AMS, July 2009. ISBN-13: 978- Why Beliefs Matter: Reflections on The Hidden Language of Numbers 08218-481-73. the Nature of Science, by E. Brian Revealed, by Derrick Niederman. Roads to Infinity: The Mathematics Davies. Oxford University Press, June Perigee Trade, August 2009. ISBN-10: of Truth and Proof, by John C. Stillwell. 2010. ISBN13: 978-01995-862-02. 03995-345-98. A K Peters/CRC Press, July 2010. Numbers: A Very Short Introduc- ISBN-13: 978-15688-146-67. tion, by Peter M. Higgins. Oxford Uni- The Shape of Inner Space: String versity Press, February 2011. ISBN-13: Theory and the Geometry of the 978-0-19-958405-5. Universe’s Hidden Dimensions, by Numbers Rule: The Vexing Math- Shing-Tung Yau (with Steve Nadis). ematics of Democracy, from Plato Basic Books, September 2010. ISBN- to the Present, by George G. Szpiro. 13: 978-04650-202-32. (Reviewed Princeton University Press, April February 2011.)

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