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  1. Bolyai Society Mathematical Studies #19: Building Bridges: Between Mathematics and Computer Science
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  3. An Invitation to Discrete Mathematics
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  4. An Invitation to Discrete Mathematics
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  5. Modeling for Insight: A Master Class for Business Analysts
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  6. Lecture Notes in Mathematics #1953: Information Geometry: Near Randomness and Near Independence
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  7. Studies in Computational Intelligence #138: The Puzzle of Granular Computing
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  8. Geekspeak: How Life + Mathematics = Happiness
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An Introduction To Statistical Analysis for Business and Industry An Introduction To Statistical Analysis for Business and Industry
by Michael Stuart
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Full title: 'Introductory Statistics for Business and Industry'.... (read more)
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The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the Seventeenth-Century Letter That Made the World Modern
by Keith Devlin
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Before the mid-seventeenth century, scholars generally agreed that it was impossible to predict something by calculating mathematical outcomes. One simply could not put a numerical value on the likelihood that a particular event would occur. Even the... (read more)
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Games and Puzzles

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Edwin A Abbott
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Classic of science (and mathematical) fiction — charmingly illustrated by the author — describes the adventures of A. Square, a resident of Flatland, in Spaceland (three dimensions), Lineland (one dimension) and Pointland (no... (read more)
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Logic and Philosophy

I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas Hofstadter
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Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, “I” arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am a Strange Loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the “strange... (read more)
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General

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity
by David Foste Wallace
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The bestselling author of "Infinite Jest" takes on the 2,000 year-old quest to understand infinity. Wallace brings his considerable talents to the history of one of math's most enduring puzzles: the seemingly paradoxical nature of infinity.... (read more)
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Probability and Statistics

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information 2nd Edition
by Edward R Tufte
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The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise... (read more)
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Popular Chaos and Fractals

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow
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In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a... (read more)
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Topology

Graduate Texts in Mathematics #218: Introduction to Smooth Manifolds
by John M Lee
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This book is an introductory graduate-level textbook on the theory of smooth manifolds. Its goal is to familiarize students with the tools they will need in order to use manifolds in mathematical or scientific research--- smooth structures, tangent... (read more)
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eBooks

Analysis in Integer and Fractional Dimensions Analysis in Integer and Fractional Dimensions
by Ron Blei
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Thorough and self-contained study for graduate students and researchers.... (read more)
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Vector Analysis

Elementary Vector Geometry Elementary Vector Geometry
by Seymour Schuster
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Dealing primarily with the development of vector algebra as a mathematical tool in geometry, this elementary text features applications to plane and spherical trigonometry. Appropriate for high school students and college undergraduates, it offers... (read more)
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Advanced

Chaos: Making a New Science
by James Gleick
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Chaos records the birth of a new science. This new science offers a way of seeing order and pattern where formerly only the random, the erratic, the unpredictable – in short, the chaotic – had been observed. Chaos is a history of discovery... (read more)
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