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Steven Strogatz Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time.

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Book Cover for: Perspectives of Nonlinear Dynamics: Volume 2, E. Atlee Jackson

Perspectives of Nonlinear Dynamics: Volume 2

E. Atlee Jackson
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

@DynamicsSIAM @drdebadas Those are lecture notes that Dr. Herbert Huppert provided to all of us who were taking his Part II Nonlinear Diff Eqns course at Cambridge that year. The "Jackson appendix" I referred to is Appendix G in E. Atlee Jackson, Perspectives of Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol I.

Paperback, 1992

$101.00$76.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Proving It Her Way: Emmy Noether, a Life in Mathematics, David E. Rowe

Proving It Her Way: Emmy Noether, a Life in Mathematics

David E. Rowe
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

Proving It Her Way: Emmy Noether, a Life in Mathematics, by David E. Rowe and Mechthild Koreuber https://t.co/4h6CzDeStQ

Paperback, 2020

$32.99$16.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mathematics for Human Flourishing, Francis Su

Mathematics for Human Flourishing

Francis Su
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

Today at 4:00 pm ET, my guest for "Meet a Mathematician" is Francis Su @mathyawp. Join us by registering (FREE!) here: https://momath.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finfo&reset=1&id=7180 If you have never read his essay "Mathematics for Human Flourishing", you will be amazed and moved by it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5022pc2niqpxy97/Su_Mathematics%20for%20Human%20Flourishing.pdf?dl=0. https://t.co/T9sG9ABhLS

Paperback, 2021

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Golden Ticket: P, Np, and the Search for the Impossible, Lance Fortnow

The Golden Ticket: P, Np, and the Search for the Impossible

Lance Fortnow
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

@MichaelALewis10 @red_abebe @d_malinsky I learned a lot from the book THE GOLDEN TICKET by Lance @fortnow — https://t.co/cdFbGf1e0r

Paperback, 2017

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mathematics in Western Culture, Morris Kline

Mathematics in Western Culture

Morris Kline
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

@fahimmumand I loved Mathematics in Western Culture by Morris Kline. (Vigorous writing and clear explanations. But it’s Eurocentric and probably not very accurate, historically.)

Paperback, 2002

$41.99$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken, Dermot Turing

X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken

Dermot Turing
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

Forgotten heroes of the Enigma story https://t.co/BVok0CgxIK. A book review of "X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken," by Dermot Turing, The History Press (2018). (Dermot Turing is Alan’s nephew).

Paperback, 2022

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Women in Mathematics, Lynn M. Osen

Women in Mathematics

Lynn M. Osen
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

Women in Mathematics, by Lynn M Osen https://t.co/6RgXcU02pK https://t.co/hPIIiWPbcH

Paperback, 1975

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Book Cover for: The Ascent of Man, Jacob Bronowski

The Ascent of Man

Jacob Bronowski
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

@stopdeboosting @matloff @karnavr In his masterpiece PBS series (and later book) “The Ascent of Man“, Jacob Bronowski said that Enrico Fermi was the cleverest man he ever knew, with one exception. Later in the book, he says that Johnny von Neumann was the cleverest man he ever knew, without exception.

Paperback, 2011

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mathematical Models in Biology, Leah Edelstein-Keshet

Mathematical Models in Biology

Leah Edelstein-Keshet
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

@GH0ST116 Leah Edelstein Keshet's book "Mathematical models in biology" has some chapters about discrete models and difference equations

Paperback, 2005

$90.99$65.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Women in Mathematics: The Addition of Difference, Claudia Henrion

Women in Mathematics: The Addition of Difference

Claudia Henrion
Steven StrogatzSteven Strogatz

Women in Mathematics: The Addition of Difference, by Claudia Henrion https://t.co/z9HahsVoFl

Paperback, 1997

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