The co-op bookstore for avid readers

Graham Farmelo Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

Graham Farmelo on X
User avatar

Writing the authorised biography of Stephen Hawking. Author of 'The Universe Speaks in Numbers’ and ‘The Strangest Man,’ a biography of Paul Dirac.

3 books
Book Cover for: Discrete Mathematics: Elementary and Beyond, László Lovász

Discrete Mathematics: Elementary and Beyond

László Lovász
Graham FarmeloGraham Farmelo

Avi Wigderson and László Lovász win the 2021 Abel Prize “for their foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their leading role in shaping them into central fields of modern mathematics”: https://t.co/u5rllHADkJ

Paperback, 2003

$54.99$29.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: Blue Moon: Too Good To Be True, A. E. Via

Blue Moon: Too Good To Be True

A. E. Via
Graham FarmeloGraham Farmelo

Russia’s ‘geopolitical’ vaccine: is the Sputnik jab too good to be true? (via @politico): https://t.co/Mh0J3iV4Yy

Paperback, 2019

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon
Book Cover for: The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets, Graham Farmelo

The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

Graham Farmelo
Graham FarmeloGraham Farmelo

Dirac’s great lecture The Relation Between Mathematics and Physics,’ still a great and deceptively simple read, is featured at length in my book ‘The Universe Speaks in Numbers’; see also the podcast of the same name: https://t.co/YqgC573j85 (@AGMRacing)

Hardcover, 2019

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lists icon
Right arrow icon