What are you reading now? (STEM only)

[Andy Resnick]

Just finished Petr Beckman's "A History of Pi". Fascinating narrative written by a bracing narrator.

 

[gleem]

Mathematical Problem Solving - Alan H. Schoenfeld

The author is a mathematician who in 1975 upon reading George Polya's book "How to Solve It" (1945) noted how much in the book was what he did in problem solving. He wonder why he was not taught these strategies but had to learn them for himself. He raised the questions what does it mean to "think mathematically" and How can we help students to do it? He states the book's focus is the framework for the analysis of complex problem solving behavior. The book reviews his analysis of studies of actual problem solving sessions forming the basis of his subsequent work in math education.

 

[jasonRF]

Just finished Petr Beckman's "A History of Pi". Fascinating narrative written by a bracing narrator.

I really enjoyed that book, too. An uncle gave it to me when i was a young teenager and I found it to be inspiring.

 

[berkeman]

I bought the new math textbook by @Orodruin and it just came in the mail a couple of days ago. I got it through the PF discount link (thanks @Greg Bernhardt ). This should be a fun adventure!

Save 20% off the purchase of ‘Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering’ when you order online at https://www.crcpress.com/9781138056886 and enter Promo Code MPE18. Free standard shipping when you order online.

Reference https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/the-birth-of-a-textbook/

 

[vanhees71]

Hm, I'm still waiting for getting the book (I ordered it on Dec/23), but books from the UK take pretty long if ordered directly from the publisher and not via Amazon :-(.

 

[Nguyen Son]

I'm reading Statistical Mechanics by W.Greiner and Quantum Theory of Many-particle systems by Fetter&Walecka I think I should try to understand more about Stat. Mechanics although I've passed it, I'm still not satisfied

 

[vanhees71]

Fetter&Walecka is a classic and among the best books on non-relativistic many-body QFT I know. Another good source is also Landau&Lifshitz vol. IX; for the more introductory parts of stat. mech. also vol. V. Of course, Greiner's book is also good.

 

[Nguyen Son]

I'm happy to hear that, thanks a lot for your comment mr vanhees71

 

[vanhees71]

I bought the new math textbook by @Orodruin and it just came in the mail a couple of days ago. I got it through the PF discount link (thanks @Greg Bernhardt ). This should be a fun adventure! View attachment 218381

I've got it too. So I've something interesting to look at the weekend :-)).

 

[vanhees71]

I don't know, whether also biographies qualify as "STEM only", but I started to read again

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738206938/?tag=pfamazon01-20

It's a page turner!

 

[ISamson]

I am reading "Forces of Nature" Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...hrome..69i57.237j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[pinball1970]

Donald Johanson, Lucy's Legacy: 2009 Lots of books on this subject but this one is from the horses mouth (one of them anyway)

 

[NFuller]

I've been working through Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics by Robert Zwanzig one of the limited number of books on the subject.

 

[DrDu]

But it depends somewhat on the bird! A raven seems to be pretty clever, while chicken are known to be somewhat limited...

Prejudices!
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170110-despite-what-you-might-think-chickens-are-not-stupid

 

[Andy Resnick]

Currently working on "Interacting Systems far from Equilibrium: Quantum Kinetic Theory" (Klaus Morawetz).

 

[Demystifier]

Currently working on "Interacting Systems far from Equilibrium: Quantum Kinetic Theory" (Klaus Morawetz).

According to Amazon, it is not released yet.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198797249/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[Andy Resnick]

According to Amazon, it is not released yet.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198797249/?tag=pfamazon01-20

I'm from the fuuuuuuture...!

 

[Demystifier]

I'm from the fuuuuuuture...!

Can you send me a copy of H. Chiung, The History of Time Travel (Mars University Press, Mars City, 2410)?

 

[The Bill]

I'm reading Robert Ghrist's Elementary Applied Topology.

 

[vanhees71]

I'm rereading S. S. Schweber, QED and the men who made it

 

[mr.tea]

I am reading now "Computers Ltd.: What They Really Can't Do" by David Harel.

 

[aabottom]

Just finished:
1) Quantum Mechanics and Experience, by David Z Albert
2) The Illustrated A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking

 

[Frimus]

Just reading
Physics from Symmetry - 2nd (corrected) edition.
I couldn`t resist 50% price reduction for all physics ebooks offered by Springer through April 24.

 

[Demystifier]

E. Alpaydin, Machine Learning: The New AI (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262529513/?tag=pfamazon01-20
- The hot topic for the layman.

 

[smodak]

Advanced Undergraduate Quantum Mechanics: Methods and Applications by Lev I Deych

 

[Salvador Sosa]

Feynman lectures volume 2

 

[aabottom]

1) Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884 by Seeley & Co. of London.
Very interesting thought provoking historical novel that illustrates creation of higher dimensions.

2) Hyperspace: Our Final Frontier by John Gribbin © 2001
Just a little outdated because of all the new cosmological data out since 2001.

 

[gleem]

Just finished "Letters to a Young Mathematician" by Ian Stewart. Fictional correspondences to an aspiring math student from her mentor from HS through a tenured university position. What math is and why it is worth doing. Advice on challenges and how to succeed with some of the mentors personal experiences in those regards. Also a good read for aspiring physicists. Delightful!

 

[Chris Riccard]

The curious lives of human cadavers by Mary roach.

 

[dagmar]

Storia delle Matematiche by the old Professor Gino Benedetto Loria (Mantova, 19 May 1862 – Genova, 30 January 1954).