Math Databases and Journals
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Browse Mathematics Holdings in the Library Collection
| QA | Mathematics, general |
| QA8-20 | Logic and theory |
| QA21 | History of mathematics |
| QA22-36 | Ancient and modern mathematics, general |
| QA40-75 | Handbooks, manuals, instrumentation |
| QA101-145 | Elementary mathematics |
| QA150-272 | Algebra |
| QA151-155 | Algebra & Trigonometry |
| QA273-275 | Probabilities |
| QA276-299 | Mathematical statistics |
| QA299.6-433 | Analysis |
| QA303 | Calculus |
| QA440-699 | Geometry |
| QA533 | Trigonometry |
| QA801-939 | Analytic Mechanics |
Interesting Math Books
Who says you can only learn about math in textbooks? These books take math out of the classroom and into real-world situations. Bonus: they are AWESOME!
The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
Call Number: Stacks QA303.2 .O94 2010
ISBN: 9780143117377
Publication Date: 2010
Were you traumatized by high school calculus? Does the mere mention of integrals and derivatives make you queasy? Jennifer Ouellette feels your pain. She never took math in college, mostly because she -- like most people -- assumed that she wouldn’t need it in real life. But then the English-major-turned-award-winning-science-writer had a change of heart and decided to revisit the equations and formulas that had haunted her for years. And she’s here to tell you that the mysteries of calculus aren’t nearly so scary when they’re faced head on. The Calculus Diaries is the fun and fascinating account of her year spent confronting her math phobia. With wit and verve, Ouellette shows how she learned to apply calculus to everything from gas mileage, diet, and the rides at Disneyland, to surfing in Hawaii, shooting craps in Vegas, and warding off zombies famished for tasty fresh brains. Along the way, she proves that even the mathematically challenged can learn the fundamentals of the universal language.
Loving + Hating Mathematics: Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life
Call Number: QA28 .H48 2011
ISBN: 9780691142470
Publication Date: 2011
Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But few subjects provoke hotter emotions--and inspire more love and hatred--than mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as floating above the messiness of human life, its story is nothing if not human; often, it is all too human. Loving and Hating Mathematics is about the hidden human, emotional, and social forces that shape mathematics and affect the experiences of students and mathematicians. Written in a lively, accessible style, and filled with gripping stories and anecdotes, Loving and Hating Mathematics brings home the intense pleasures and pains of mathematical life. These stories challenge many myths, including the notions that mathematics is a solitary pursuit and a "young man’s game," the belief that mathematicians are emotionally different from other people, and even the idea that to be a great mathematician it helps to be a little bit crazy. Reuben Hersh and Vera John-Steiner tell stories of lives in math from their very beginnings through old age, including accounts of teaching and mentoring, friendships and rivalries, love affairs and marriages, and the experiences of women and minorities in a field that has traditionally been unfriendly to both. Included here are also stories of people for whom mathematics has been an immense solace during times of crisis, war, and even imprisonment--as well as of those rare individuals driven to insanity and even murder by an obsession with math.
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