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Summer Reading Lists for
Mathematics and Physics |
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ALL PHYSICS STUDENTS |
George Gamow One,
Two, Three Infinity
Dover Pubns; ISBN:
0486256642 |
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RISING SOPHOMORES
(Choose ONE title) |
To Infinity and
Beyond : A Cultural History of the Infinite (Princeton Paperbacks)
by Eli Maor Princeton
Univ Pr; ISBN: 0691025118 |
History of Pi
by Peter Beckmann,
St. Martin's Press; ISBN:
0312381859 |
E : The Story of
a Number
by Eli Maor
Princeton Univ Pr; ISBN:
0691058547 |
An Imaginary
Tale : The Story of the Square Root of Minus One
by Paul J. Nahin Princeton
Univ Pr; ISBN: 0691027951 |
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RISING JUNIORS
(Choose ONE title) |
Chaos : Making a
New Science
by James Gleick Penguin
USA (Paper); ISBN: 0140092501 |
The Code Book :
The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography
Doubleday; ISBN: 0385495315
by Simon Singh |
The Man Who Knew
Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by Robert Kanigel ISBN:
0671750615 Washington Square Pr |
The Man Who
Loved Only Numbers : The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for
Mathematical Truth
by Paul Hoffman
Little Brown & Company;
ISBN: 0786884061 |
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RISING SENIORS
(ALL STUDENTS should read Mathematical Tourist, however AP Calculus
students should also read A
Tour of the Calculus.)
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Mathematical
Tourist : New and Updated Snapshots of Modern Mathematics
by Ivars Peterson W
H Freeman & Co; ISBN: 0716732505 |
A Tour of the
Calculus
by David Berlinski Vintage
Books; ISBN: 0679747885 |