Books

These are a few of the books I found interesting to read. They'll more likely help you understand the various concepts in Mathematics and extend your knowledge about the world. If you're not sure whether they're worth of investing in, check the quotes I selected and found as useful!


Data Analysis 

Glenn J Myatt, "Making Sense of Data: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining", 2006

John W Murphy, "Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets", 1999 

Douglas A Downing & Jeffrey Clark, "Forgotten Statistics: A Self-Teaching Refresher Course", 1996 

Judea Pearl, "Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Network of Plausible Inference", 1988 (quotes)

John M Chambers et al, "Graphical Methods for Data Analysis", 1983 (quotes)

John W Tukey, "Exploratory Data Analysis", 1977 (quotes)

Ronald A Fisher, "The Design of Experiments", 1971 (quotes)


Chaos Theory

Benoît B Mandelbrot, "The (Mis)Behavior of Markets", 2004 (quotes)

Heinz-Otto Peitgen et al, "Chaos and Fractals: New Frontiers of Science", 2004 (quotes)

David Ruelle, "Chance and Chaos", 1991 (quotes)

David Ruelle, "Chaotic Evolution and Strange Attractors: The statistical analysis of time series for deterministic nonlinear systems", 1989 (quotes)

James Gleick, "Chaos: Making a New Science", 1987 (quotes)


Information Theory

James Gleick, "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood", 2011 (quotes)


Mathematics (General)

Ian Stewart & David Tall, "The Foundations of Mathematics" 2nd Ed., 2015 (quotes)

Clifford A Pickover, "The Math Book", 2009 (quotes)

Ken F Riley et al, "Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A comprehensive guide", 2002

John L Casti, "Reality Rules: Picturing the world in mathematics", 1992 (quotes)

Paul R Halmos, "I Want to Be A Mathematician", 1985 (quotes)

Gian-Carlo Rota, "Discrete Thoughts", 1981 (quotes)


Mathematics (History of)

Victor J Katz & Karen H Parshall, "Taming the Unknown: History of algebra from antiquity to the early twentieth century", 2014

Israel Kleiner, "Excursions in the History of Mathematics", 2012 (quotes)

Alexander Ostermann & Gerhard Wanner, "Geometry by Its History", 2012

Steven G Krantz, "The History and Concept of Mathematical Proof", 2007 (quotes)

John L Casti, "Mathematical Mountaintops: The Five Most Famous Problems of All Time", 2001  (quotes)

Roger L Cooke, "The History of Mathematics: A brief course", 1997

John Stillwell, Mathematics and Its History, 1989

Stanislaw M Ulam, "Adventures of a Mathematician", 1976 (quotes)

Howard Eves, "In Mathematical Circles", 1969 (quotes)

Carl B Boyer & Uta Merzbach, "A History of Mathematics", 1968

James R Newman, "The World of Mathematics" Vol. I-III, 1956 (quotes)

Howard W Eves, "An introduction to the history of mathematics", 1953 (quotes)

Morris Kline, "Mathematics in Western culture", 1953 (quotes)

Eric T Bell, "The Development of Mathematics", 1940 (quotes)

Eric T Bell, "Men of Mathematics", 1937 (quotes)

Florian Cajori, "A History of Mathematics", 1893 (quotes)


Mathematicians

Steven G Krantz, "A Primer of Mathematical Writing" 2nd Ed., 2016 (quotes)

Paul Lockhart, "Measurement", 2012 (quotes)

Paul Lockhart, "A Mathematician's Lament", 2009 (quotes)

William Byers, "How Mathematicians Think", 2007 (quotes)

David Ruelle, “The Mathematician's Brain”, 2007 (quotes)


Mathematics (Popularization)

Nassim N Taleb, "Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life", 2018 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction", 2013 (quotes)

Nassim N Taleb, "Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder", 2012 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "Visions of Infinity", 2013 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "In Pursuit of the Unknown", 2012 (quotes)

David Easley & Jon Kleinberg, "Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World", 2010 (quotes

Steven G Krantz, "The Proof is in the Pudding", 2007 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "Why Beauty Is Truth", 2007 (quotes)

Nassim N Taleb, "The Black Swan", 2007 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "Letters to a Young Mathematician", 2006 (quotes)

Clifford A Pickover, "The Mathematics of Oz", 2002 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "Does God Play Dice: The New Mathematics of Chaos", 2002 (quotes)

Clifford A Pickover, "Wonders of Numbers: Adventures in Mathematics, Mind, and Meaning", 2001 (quotes)

Nassim N Taleb, "Fooled by Randomness", 2001 (quotes)

John L Casti, "Five More Golden Rules : Knots, Codes, Chaos, and Other Great Theories of 20th Century Mathematics", 2000 (quotes)

Clifford A Pickover, "The Loom of God: Mathematical Tapestries at the Edge of Time", 1997 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "The Magical Maze: Seeing the World Through Mathematical Eyes", 1997 (quotes)

John L Casti, "Five Golden Rules", 1995 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "Nature's Numbers: The unreal reality of mathematics", 1995 (quotes)

Ian Stewart & Martin Golubitsky, "Fearful Symmetry: Is God a Geometer?", 1992 (quotes)

Theoni Pappas, "More Joy of Mathematics: Exploring mathematical insights & concepts", 1991 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "Game, Set, and Math: Enigmas and Conundrums", 1989 (quotes)

Theoni Pappas, "The Joy of Mathematics: Discovering Mathematics All Around You", 1986 (quotes)

Morris Kline, "Mathematics: The loss of certainty", 1980 (quotes)

Ian Stewart, "Concepts of Modern Mathematics", 1975 (quotes)

Morris Kline, "Mathematics for the Nonmathematician", 1967 (quotes)

Martin Gardner, "Aha! Insight", 1978 (quotes)

Eric T Bell, "Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science", 1951 (quotes)

Eric T Bell, "The Queen of the Sciences", 1931 (quotes)


Mathematics (Puzzles)

Martin Gardner, "Order and Surprise", 1983 (quotes)

Martin Gardner, "Hexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions", 1988 (quotes)

Martin Gardner, "Mathematical Magic Show", 1977 (quotes)

Martin Gardner, "Mathematics, Magic, and Mystery", 1956 (quotes)


Mathematics (Trivia)

William Byers, "Deep Thinking: What Mathematics Can Teach Us About the Mind", 2015 (quotes)


Physics

Richard P Feynman, "The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist", 1998 (quotes)

Richard Feynman, "Six Easy Pieces", 1994 (quotes)

Richard P Feynman, "QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter", 1985 (quotes)

Yuri I Manin, "Mathematics and Physics", 1981 (quotes)

Richard Feynman, "The Feynman Lectures on Physics" Vol. 1,1964 (quotes)

Fritjof Capra, "The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism", 1975 (quotes)


Problem Solving

George Pólya, "Mathematical Discovery", 1962 (quotes)

George Pólya, "Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning", 1954 (quotes)

George Pólya, "How to Solve It", 1945 (quotes)


Science

Henri Poincaré, "The Foundations of Science", 1913 (quotes)

Henri Poincaré, "Science and Hypothesis", 1905 (quotes)


Statistics (Popularization)

Carl T Bergstrom & Jevin D West, "Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World", 2020 (quotes)

Tim Harford, "The Data Detective: Ten easy rules to make sense of statistics", 2020 (quotes

Vaclav Smil, "Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World", 2020

David Spiegelhalter, "The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data", 2019 (quotes)

Judea Pearl & Dana Mackenzie, "The Book of Why: The new science of cause and effect", 2018 (quotes

Daniel J Levitin, "Weaponized Lies", 2017 (quotes)

Beau Lotto, "Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently", 2017 (quotes)

David S Salsburg, "Errors, Blunders, and Lies: How to Tell the Difference", 2017 (quotes)

Michael Sullivan, "Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data", 5th Ed., 2017

Cathy O'Neil, "Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy", 2016 (quotes)

John H Johnson & Mike Gluck, "Everydata: The misinformation hidden in the little data you consume every day", 2016 (quotes) 

Stephen Few, "Signal: Understanding What Matters in a World of Noise", 2015 (quotes)

Alex Reinhart, "Statistics Done Wrong: The Woefully Complete Guide", 2015

Gary Smith, "Standard Deviations", 2014 (quotes)

Nate Silver, "The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't", 2012 (quotes)

Charles Wheelan, "Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data", 2012 (quotes)

Alan Graham, "Developing Thinking in Statistics", 2006 (quotes

Charles Livingston & Paul Voakes, "Working with Numbers and Statistics: A handbook for journalists", 2005 (quotes)

James Surowiecki, "The Wisdom of Crowds", 2005 (quotes)

Joel Best, "More Damned Lies and Statistics: How numbers confuse public issues", 2004 (quotes)

Phillip I Good & James W Hardin, "Common Errors in Statistics (and How to Avoid Them)", 2003 (quotes)

Gerd Gigerenzer, "Calculated Risks: How to know when numbers deceive you", 2002 (quotes)

Joel Best, "Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists", 2001 (quotes)

Donald J Wheeler, "Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos" 2nd Ed., 2000 (quotes)

Herbert F Spirer et al, "Misused Statistics" 2nd Ed, 1998 (quotes)

Peter L Bernstein, "Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk", 1996 (quotes)

Victor Cohn & Lewis Cope, "News & Numbers: A writer’s guide to statistics", 1989 (quotes

Robert Hooke, "How to Tell the Liars from the Statisticians", 1983 (quotes

Darell Huff, "How to Lie with Statistics", 1954 (quotes)


Systems Thinking

Fritjof Capra, "The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision", 2014 (quotes)

John L Casti, "X-Events: The Collapse of Everything", 2012 (quotes)

Fritjof Capra, "The Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living", 2002 (quotes)

Fritjof Capra, "The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems", 1996 (quotes)

Fritjof Capra, "The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Turning Culture", 1982 (quotes)


Topology

David S Richeson, "Euler’s Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology", 2008

Alexandru Scorpan, "The Wild World of 4-manifolds", 2005

John M Lee, "Introduction to Smooth Manifolds", 2003

Ioan M James [Ed.], "History of Topology", 1999

George K Francis, "A Topological Picture Book", 1987


Barry Mazur, "Imagining Numbers", 2003 (quotes)

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