Mathematics History

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    • Complete Series
    • By: Marcus du Sautoy
    • Narrated by: Marcus du Sautoy
    • Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 10-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • This 10-part history of mathematics reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and rivalries of mathematicians struggling to get their ideas heard....

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    • The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians
    • By: Ian Stewart
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 254 ratings
    • In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history....

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    • My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
    • By: Max Tegmark
    • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
    • Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,510 ratings
    • Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy, and mathematics that are the foundation of his work....

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    • Mastering Mental Math
    • By: Art Benjamin, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Art Benjamin
    • Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 09-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 278 ratings
    • No Calculator,? No Problem! Mastering Mental Math award-winning professor of mathematics and celebrated “mathemagician” Arthur T. Benjamin delivers 10 fun-filled lessons on how to do math in your head with confidence, accuracy, and speed - sometimes faster than a calculator....

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    • By: Milo Beckman
    • Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
    • Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • This is an audiobook about math, but it contains no numbers. Math Without Numbers is a vivid, conversational, and wholly original guide to the three main branches of abstract math - topology, analysis, and algebra - which turn out to be surprisingly easy to grasp....

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    • Excursions to the Edge of Thought
    • By: Jim Holt
    • Narrated by: David Stifel
    • Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 05-15-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 635 ratings
    • From Jim Holt, New York Times best-selling author, comes this entertaining and accessible audiobook guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: Timothy Gowers
    • Narrated by: Craig Jessen
    • Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 05-25-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • The aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics and the sort of mathematics we learn at school....

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    • By: Matthew McConaughey
    • Narrated by: Matthew McConaughey
    • Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 10-20-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 177,992 ratings
    • With unflinching honesty, Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey shares unconventional wisdom and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.

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    • Unleashing Students' Potential Through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching
    • By: Jo Boaler, Carol Dweck - foreword
    • Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
    • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 109 ratings
    • Mathematical Mindsets provides practical strategies and activities to help teachers and parents show all children, even those who are convinced that they are bad at math, that they can enjoy and succeed in math....

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    • How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form
    • By: Paul Lockhart
    • Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
    • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 03-31-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • A brilliant research mathematician reveals math to be a creative art form on par with painting, poetry, and sculpture, and rejects the standard anxiety-producing teaching methods used in most schools today....

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    • 3D Graphics, Machine Learning, and Simulations with Python
    • By: Paul Orland
    • Narrated by: Derek Lettman
    • Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 05-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • To score a job in data science, machine learning, computer graphics, and cryptography, you need to bring strong math skills to the party. Math for Programmers teaches the math you need for these hot careers, concentrating on what you need to know as a developer....

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    • How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
    • By: Ian Stewart
    • Narrated by: Dana Hickox
    • Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 10-18-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 116 ratings
    • In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time....

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    • Understanding the Father of Western Philosophy
    • By: Hunter Sullivan
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 4 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 08-27-24
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Imagine unlocking the secrets of the universe by delving into the mind of the man who started it all. Thales of Miletus for Beginners: ...

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    • A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
    • By: David Bessis, Kevin Frey - translator
    • Narrated by: Mike Lenz
    • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 05-28-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires a special gift or that comprehension is a matter of genes. Yet, the greatest mathematicians throughout history, from Rene Descartes to Alexander Grothendieck, have insisted that this is not the case.

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    • Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
    • By: Aubrey Clayton
    • Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
    • Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 08-24-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 130 ratings
    • There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic quibble: It underlies a reproducibility crisis now threatening entire disciplines....

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    • Fundamental No-Limit Hold'em Mathematics You Need to Know
    • By: Alton Hardin
    • Narrated by: Joshua Alexander
    • Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 11-21-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 147 ratings
    • Poker math is a vitally important aspect to no-limit hold'em poker, but it's often overlooked or simply not used because many poker players fear it's too difficult to learn. I'm here to tell you it is not. In fact, fundamental poker math is very easy to learn....

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    • The Story of People and Mathematics
    • By: Mickael Launay, Stephen S. Wilson
    • Narrated by: Oliver J. Hembrough
    • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 11-01-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
    • From Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. The story of our best invention yet....

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    • 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning
    • By: Peter Liljedahl
    • Narrated by: Marlin May
    • Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 03-30-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • Sparked by observing teachers struggle to implement rich mathematics tasks to engage students in deep thinking, Peter Liljedahl has translated his 15 years of research into this practical guide on how to move toward a thinking classroom....

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    • The History of Astrology and the Search for Our Destiny in Data
    • By: Alexander Boxer
    • Narrated by: Peter Noble
    • Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • Humans are pattern-matching creatures, and astrology is the universe's grandest pattern-matching game. In this refreshing work of history and analysis, data scientist Alexander Boxer examines classical texts on astrology to expose its underlying scientific and mathematical framework....

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