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New Mathematics Titles
Books released during the week of April 23, 2012 |  | The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science: The Very Best Backyard Science Experiments You Can Do Yourself Neil A. Downie "This is the most extensive collection of project ideas at this level that I know of. Downie gives better 'how to' explanations and takes the ideas further than most other books of this kind. The Ultimate Book of Saturday Science is a true omnibus."--David Willey, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown |
Books released during the week of April 16, 2012 |  | The Decomposition of Global Conformal Invariants (AM-182) Spyros Alexakis This book addresses a basic question in differential geometry that was first considered by physicists Stanley Deser and Adam Schwimmer in 1993 in their study of conformal anomalies. |
Books released during the week of April 9, 2012 |  | The Universe in Zero Words: The Story of Mathematics as Told through Equations Dana Mackenzie The Universe in Zero Words tells the history of twenty-four great and beautiful equations that have shaped mathematics, science, and society--from the elementary (1+1=2) to the sophisticated (the Black-Scholes formula for financial derivatives), and from the famous (E=mc2) to the arcane (Hamilton's quaternion equations). Mackenzie, who has been called "a popular-science ace" by Booklist magazine, lucidly explains what each equation means, who discovered it (and how), and how it has affected our lives. |
 | A Wealth of Numbers: An Anthology of 500 Years of Popular Mathematics Writing Edited by Benjamin Wardhaugh This entertaining and enlightening anthology--the first of its kind--gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing, bringing to life a little-known side of math history. |
Books released during the week of April 2, 2012 |  | Mumford-Tate Groups and Domains: Their Geometry and Arithmetic (AM-183) Mark Green, Phillip A. Griffiths & Matt Kerr Mumford-Tate groups are the fundamental symmetry groups of Hodge theory, a subject which rests at the center of contemporary complex algebraic geometry. This book is the first comprehensive exploration of Mumford-Tate groups and domains. Containing basic theory and a wealth of new views and results, it will become an essential resource for graduate students and researchers. |
Books released during the week of March 26, 2012 |  | New in Paperback: Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology David S. Richeson "The author has achieved a remarkable feat, introducing a naïve reader to a rich history without compromising the insights and without leaving out a delicious detail. Furthermore, he describes the development of topology from a suggestion by Gottfried Leibniz to its algebraic formulation by Emmy Noether, relating all to Euler's formula. This book will be valuable to every library with patrons looking for an awe-inspiring experience."--Choice |
Books released during the week of February 27, 2012 |  | Circles Disturbed: The Interplay of Mathematics and Narrative Edited by Apostolos Doxiadis & Barry Mazur "Circles Disturbed offers a range of possibilities for how narrative can function in mathematics and how narratives themselves show signs of a mathematical structure. An intelligent, exploratory collection of writings by a distinguished group of contributors."--Theodore Porter, University of California, Los Angeles |
 | Hybrid Dynamical Systems: Modeling, Stability, and Robustness Rafal Goebel, Ricardo G. Sanfelice & Andrew R. Teel "This superb book unifies some of the key developments in hybrid dynamical systems from the last decade and, through elegant and clear technical content, introduces the necessary tools for understanding the stability of these systems. It will be a great resource for graduate students and researchers in the field."--Magnus Egerstedt, Georgia Institute of Technology |
 | Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football (New in Paper) Wayne L. Winston "Sports fans will learn much from probability theory and statistical models as they abandon empty clichés (time to throw momentum out of the informed fan's lexicon) and confront institutionalized injustices (such as those built into the protocols for selecting a national champion in college football and for seeding the NCAA's basketball tournament). A rare fusion of sports enthusiasm and numerical acumen."--Booklist |
Books released during the week of February 13, 2012 |  | Mathematical Analysis of Deterministic and Stochastic Problems in Complex Media Electromagnetics G. F. Roach, I. G. Stratis & A. N. Yannacopoulos "This is an outstanding book that has the potential to become a real classic. It is the first to systematically address the mathematics of electromagnetic wave propagation in complex media. It will be useful not only to mathematicians but also graduate students, physicists, and engineers who want to get a state-of-the-art picture of scattering by complex media."--Gerhard Kristensson, Lund University, Sweden |
Books released during the week of February 6, 2012 |  | Fréchet Differentiability of Lipschitz Functions and Porous Sets in Banach Spaces (AM-179) Joram Lindenstrauss, David Preiss & Jaroslav Tišer
This book makes a significant inroad into the unexpectedly difficult question of existence of Fréchet derivatives of Lipschitz maps of Banach spaces into higher dimensional spaces. Because the question turns out to be closely related to porous sets in Banach spaces, it provides a bridge between descriptive set theory and the classical topic of existence of derivatives of vector-valued Lipschitz functions. The topic is relevant to classical analysis and descriptive set theory on Banach spaces. The book opens several new research directions in this area of geometric nonlinear functional analysis. |
 | Google's PageRank and Beyond: The Science of Search Engine Rankings Amy N. Langville & Carl D. Meyer "[F]or anyone who wants to delve deeply into just how Google's PageRank works, I recommend Google's PageRank and Beyond."--Stephen H. Wildstrom, BusinessWeek |
 | Small Unmanned Aircraft: Theory and Practice Randal W. Beard & Timothy W. McLain "This book presents a unique and broad introduction to the necessary background, tools, and methods to design guidance, navigation, and control systems for unmanned air vehicles. Written with confidence and authority by leading researchers in the field, this effectively organized book provides an excellent reference for all those interested in this subject."--Emilio Frazzoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
 | Who's #1? The Science of Rating and Ranking Amy N. Langville & Carl D. Meyer "Who's #1? is an excellent survey of the fundamental ideas behind mathematical rating systems. Once a realm of sports enthusiasts, ranking things is becoming a vital tool in many information-age applications. Langville and Meyer compare and contrast a variety of models, explaining the mathematical foundations and motivation. Readers of this book will be inspired to further explore this exciting field."--Kenneth Massey, Massey Ratings |
Books released during the week of December 26, 2011 |  | In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation William J. Cook "A gripping insider's account of one of the great mathematical problems. This book shows how deep mathematical insights can arise from apparently simple questions, and how the results can be applied to that most human of objectives: to achieve a desired outcome in the best possible way. In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman deserves to become an instant classic."--Ian Stewart, author of Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures |
 | Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers John MacCormick "It's been a long time since any book has given me the excitement I remember from reading Hawking and Feynman in my teens. This book does exactly that. It reminds me why I love computer science. MacCormick's explanations are easy to understand yet they tell the real story of how these algorithms actually work. This is a book that deserves not just to be admired, but celebrated."--Andrew Fitzgibbon, creator of Emmy-winning camera software and consultant for the Xbox 360 Kinect |
Books released during the week of December 19, 2011 |  | Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory: A Concise Introduction Daniel Liberzon "A very scholarly and concise introduction to optimal control theory. Liberzon nicely balances rigor and accessibility, and provides fascinating historical perspectives and thought-provoking exercises. A course based on this book will be a pleasure to take."--Andrew R. Teel, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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