I promised I'd post a hit for math books to use in the curriculum. Here
is the list as suggested by all of you. Pay special attention to the
awesome website at the bottom. I know you'll all find it beneficial.
Thanks Professor Kasman!
Abundance of Katherines by John Green Author or Looking for Alaska. One
of the main focuses in the book is 17 year old Colin Singleton's
engagement in developing his Theorem, a mathematical formula that will
predict which person in a romantic relationship will dump the other.
The Fractal Murders by Mark Cohen
Reality Conditions: Short Mathematical Fiction by Alex Kasman
Conned again, Watson: Cautionary Tales of Logic, Math and Probability
by Colin Bruce
Parrot's Theorem: A Novel by Enis Guedj
A History of PI by Petr Beckman
Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci
A Tour of the Calculus by David Berlinski
The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for
Infinity
Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest
Mathematical Problem by Simon Singh
A Gebra named Al: A Novel by Wendy Isdell
The Number Devil: a mathematical adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Go Figure!: Using math to answer everyday imponderables
Coincidences, chaos, and all that math jazz: making light of weighty
ideas by Edward Burger
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott
Good Will Hunting
Contact
Mathematical Fiction Website http://math.cofc.edu/kasman/MATHFICT/
Keith Schroeder
Howard-Suamico School District
Bay Port High School
2710 Lineville Road
Green Bay, WI 54313-7151
keitschr@hssd.k12.wi.us
920-662-7157
Fax: 920-662-7294
"In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us
with floaties and teach us how to swim."Linton Weeks (Washington Post
article, 13 January 2001, p. C01)
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