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rough estimate of the total retail price of above books is somewhere around $170 U.S. (equivalent to roughly €2.50 in euros :|) god damn maths is expensive doodthing;
anyways any of you things have lots of specialty books type stuff and if so how much money have you blown on them
also this is official please no new silly maths books threads thanks for you cooperation
Quote from: Commodore Guff on May 07, 2008, 04:17:10 PM
(equivalent to roughly €2.50 in euros :|)
lol.
I can't say that I have any silly books such as those.
Quote from: Liquid on May 07, 2008, 04:24:24 PM
I can't say that I have any silly books such as those.
We will bury you. baddood;
GOD created the integers.
Quote from: Secretarial Sam on May 07, 2008, 04:32:58 PM
GOD created the integers.
AND HE CAN JUST AS EASILY UNMAKE THEM (http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7281/arghvnewlr8.gif)
but anyways it's just a collection of a bunch of important historical maths papers with commentary by hawking
what is the story of i about
Quote from: JMV on May 07, 2008, 04:47:28 PM
what is the story of i about
it's about a happy little constant who's faced by skeptics early on in its life but then goes on to prove them wrong but then his life takes a tragic turn for the worse and he dies of tuberculosis such a tragic end to such a heroic figure
why don't you have a book about e
Quote from: Kaz on May 07, 2008, 05:39:28 PM
why don't you have a book about e
because i've yet to find one that i'm interested in given that most popular books on maths are pretty casual and deal more with the history than with the actual mathematics
besides it's somewhat adequately covered in various parts of the books i already have and i've already done a bit of research on my own
I have a shelf of books dealing with the field of quantum mechanics/string theory/paranormal reality theory, I've probably spent about $100 on them, but I get all my books at very low prices one way or another
I like mathematical theory books however I am no mathematician; do you have any recommendations for cool maths reading that's not too intense or technical? I just read Zero: History of a Dangerous Idea and another book about Information Theory by Charles Seife, they were good but very much dumbed down (too much) and didn't really delve too deeply into their subject matters.
Quote from: Snorkel on May 07, 2008, 06:13:15 PM
quantum mechanics/string theory
I just watched 2 videos on that, as well as the shitty (IMO) flash "Imagining the Tenth Dimension."
I find it highly interesting.
Quote from: MethreE on May 07, 2008, 09:30:35 PM
I just watched 2 videos on that, as well as the shitty (IMO) flash "Imagining the Tenth Dimension."
I find it highly interesting.
the extra dimension stuff is cool, but the most interesting is the stuff about how subatomic particles and their properties connect consciousnesses to each other and to other things and to the universe in general
Quote from: Snorkel on May 07, 2008, 07:31:53 PM
did you mean to quote nothing
I quoted a linebreak. baddood;
Quote from: JMV on May 07, 2008, 10:22:19 PM
I quoted a linebreak. baddood;
okay no more spam mister
Quote from: Snorkel on May 07, 2008, 06:13:15 PM
I like mathematical theory books however I am no mathematician; do you have any recommendations for cool maths reading that's not too intense or technical? I just read Zero: History of a Dangerous Idea and another book about Information Theory by Charles Seife, they were good but very much dumbed down (too much) and didn't really delve too deeply into their subject matters.
uh not many off the top of my head given that i prefer the technical books but uh the man who knew infinity, which is about ramanujan, is nontechnical but it's really more of a biography than anything and doesn't really explain much of what he actually did maths-wise
oh, prime obsession might be good for you, though
it's about the riemann hypothesis and it's not very technical at all but it does do a decent job of explaining the basic concepts
I don't have any mathy books.
Quote from: General Socks on May 08, 2008, 04:55:59 PM
I don't have any mathy books.
do you have a collection of books pertaining to any topic in particular
Quote from: Commodore Guff on May 08, 2008, 04:56:56 PM
do you have a collection of books pertaining to any topic in particular
Yes, war and military history, about 8 books or so, I'll try to find them all.
nerd
Quote from: General Socks on May 08, 2008, 04:58:42 PM
Yes, war and military history, about 8 books or so, I'll try to find them all.
we're waiting baddood;
should i get boyer's history of the pebble book
it seems like it was translated from three different languages and was a transliteration of the multiple translations
Quote from: Felt Reborn on May 09, 2008, 03:33:31 PM
should i get boyer's history of the pebble book
it seems like it was translated from three different languages and was a transliteration of the multiple translations
what book doodthing;
Quote from: Commodore Guff on May 09, 2008, 04:47:04 PM
what book doodthing;
http://www.amazon.com/History-Calculus-Its-Conceptual-Development/dp/0486605094/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210383707&sr=8-8
the history of the calculus and its super ego
I have a collection of for Dummies books. baddood;
Quote from: Commodore Guff on May 09, 2008, 12:17:32 PM
we're waiting
They have been either thrown out or misplaced by my idiotic birth female, the only one left is the Art of War which I keep in my military shrine located in a trap door in my closet. I'm devastated.
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two books doodthing;
Quote from: Karel101 on May 09, 2008, 08:22:19 PM
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Writing romances. Interesting.
I have hundreds of art and photo books. And almost as many comic books. Like Calvin and Hobbes comic books. Never got into superhero/story type comic books.
Quote from: Clair on May 09, 2008, 09:13:40 PM
Writing romances. Interesting.
as i stood there in awe with my eyes slipping through the barely opened door
i viewed a passion awakened at long last
an embrace measured not in duration but in degrees fahrenheit
no one expected--or even suspected that guff and soup would be sharing this unbridled love with one another
but there i was
watching the beautiful miracle of every loved one's life
watching soup press himself against the ever warming body of guff
and guff, melting soup into his lips
each pump with more emotion
and each thrust had more substance than the previous
i wanted to pull myself away, i really did
but i could not stop myself
Quote from: Karel101 on May 10, 2008, 06:45:41 AM
as i stood there in awe with my eyes slipping through the barely opened door
i viewed a passion awakened at long last
an embrace measured not in duration but in degrees fahrenheit
no one expected--or even suspected that guff and soup would be sharing this unbridled love with one another
but there i was
watching the beautiful miracle of every loved one's life
watching soup press himself against the ever warming body of guff
and guff, melting soup into his lips
each pump with more emotion
and each thrust had more substance than the previous
i wanted to pull myself away, i really did
but i could not stop myself
Oh god, a masterpiece. More, more please.
Wow, I didn't know Soup was a guy.
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