Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”) is the study of topics such as quantity (numbers), structure, space, and change.

Mathematicians seek out patterns and use them to formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proof. When mathematical structures are good models of real phenomena, then mathematical reasoning can provide insight or predictions about nature. Through the use of abstraction and logic, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and mo ...more

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Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver

Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander

Who Pooped in Central Park? Scat and Tracks for Kids by Gary D. Robson

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315 books — 129 voters

Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler

Principles of Mathematical Analysis by Walter Rudin

Linear Algebra and Its Applications by Gilbert Strang

Real and Complex Analysis by Walter Rudin

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Dragons Don't Dance Ballet by Jennifer Carson

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

Classroom books

182 books — 59 voters

Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter

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413 books — 658 voters

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16 books — 20 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Mathematics”

“ Do you mean ter tell me," he growled at the Dursleys, "that this boy—this boy!—knows nothin' abou'—about ANYTHING?" Harry thought this was going a bit far. He had been to school, after all, and his marks weren't bad. "I know some things," he said. "I can, you know, do math and stuff. ...more ”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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“ My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math;in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. ...more ”
― Stephenie Meyer, Midnight Sun [2008 Draft]

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