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Book Review Manual

Book title Author Published Publisher MSC Reviewer Reviewed Comments
A Guide to the Classification Theorem of Compact Surfaces Jean Gallier, Dianna Xu 2013 springer-verlag 57 Manifolds and cell complexes Marco Castrillon Lopez 27 Jan 18 0
Reverse Mathematics: Proofs from the Inside Out John Stillwell 2017 princeton university press 03 Mathematical logic and foundations Adhemar Bultheel 26 Jan 18 0
Shattered Symmetry Pieter Thyssen, Arnout Ceulemans 2017 oxford university press 70 Mechanics of particles and systems Adhemar Bultheel 9 Jan 18 0
Ten Great Ideas about Chance persi diaconis, Brian Skyrms 2016 princeton university press 60 Probability theory and stochastic processes Adhemar Bultheel 8 Jan 18 0
The Strength in Numbers Barry Bozeman, Jan Youtie princeton university press 91 Game theory, economics, social and behavioral sciences Adhemar Bultheel 8 Jan 18 0
The Best Writing on Mathematics 2017 Mircea Pitici, (ed.) 2017 princeton university press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 8 Jan 18 0
The Joy of Mathematics alfred s. posamentier, Robert Geretschläger 2017 prometheus books 97 Mathematics education Adhemar Bultheel 8 Jan 18 0
Blockbuster Science: The Real Science in Science Fiction David Siegel Bernstein 2017 prometheus books 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 8 Jan 18 0
The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside: A Maverick of Electrical Science Basil Mahon 2017 prometheus books 01 History and biography Adhemar Bultheel 8 Jan 18 0
The Outer Limits of Reason Noson S. Yanofsky 2016 MIT Press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 13 Dec 17 0
The Dialogues. Conversations about the Nature of the Universe Clifford V. Johnson 2017 MIT Press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 8 Dec 17 0
How to Count to Infinity Marcus Du Sautoy 2017 Quercus 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 5 Dec 17 0
Hypatia. Mathematician, Philosopher, Myth Charlotte Rooth 2017 Fonthill Media 01 History and biography Adhemar Bultheel 5 Dec 17 0
The Beauty of Numbers in Nature ian stewart 2017 Ivy Press/Quarto 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 5 Dec 17 0
Essentials of Mathematical Thinking Steven G. Krantz 2017 Chapman and Hall/CRC Press 97 Mathematics education Adhemar Bultheel 25 Nov 17 0
The Mathematics Lover’s Companion Edward R. Scheinerman 2017 Yale University Press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 16 Nov 17 0
The Geometrical Beauty of Plants Johan Gielis 2017 Atlantis Press/Springer Nature 51 Geometry Adhemar Bultheel 16 Nov 17 0
The Calculus Story David Acheson 2017 oxford university press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 31 Oct 17 0
Foolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations Brian Hayes 2017 MIT Press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 27 Oct 17 0
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (8th ed.) Barbara Gastel, Robert A. Day 2017 cambridge university press 97 Mathematics education Adhemar Bultheel 13 Oct 17 0
The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects volume 2 Jennifer Beineke, Jason Rosenhouse, (eds.) 2017 princeton university press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 13 Oct 17 0
The Great Formal Machinery Works Jan von Plato 2017 princeton university press 68 Computer science Adhemar Bultheel 20 Sep 17 0
Wetting of Real Surfaces Edward Yu Bormashenko 2013 Walter de Gruyter Berlin-Boston. Marco Castrillon Lopez 13 Sep 17 0
An Informal Introduction to stochastic Calculus with Applications Ovidiu Calin 2015 World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. Marco Castrillon Lopez 18 Aug 17 0
Python for Scientists (2nd edition) John M. Stewart 2017 cambridge university press 68 Computer science Adhemar Bultheel 11 Aug 17 0
Significant Figures ian stewart 2017 profile books 01 History and biography Adhemar Bultheel 20 Jul 17 0
Mathematics in Ancient Egypt-A Contextual History ANNETTE IMHAUSEN 2016 princeton university press, princeton Raquel Díaz 18 Jul 17 0
A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman 2017 Simon & Schuster 01 History and biography Adhemar Bultheel 6 Jul 17 0
Unsolved! Craig P. Bauer 2017 princeton university press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 28 Jun 17 0
Strategy Games to Enhance Problem-Solving Ability in Mathematics alfred s. posamentier, Stephen Krulik 2017 World Scientfic 97 Mathematics education Adhemar Bultheel 23 Jun 17 0
The Canterbury Puzzles Henry Dudeney 2017 Penguin / Michael Joseph 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 23 Jun 17 0
Power-Up: Unlocking the Hidden Mathematics in Video Games Matthew Lane 2017 princeton university press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 19 Jun 17 0
Problem-Solving Strategies in Mathematics From Common Approaches to Exemplary Strategies Alfred S Posamentier, Stephen Krulik 2015 World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 97 Mathematics education Eugenia 7 Jun 17 0
Large Truncated Toeplitz Matrices, Toeplitz Operators, and Related Topics Dario A. Bini, Torsten Ehrhardt, Alexei Yu. Karlovich, Ilya Matvey Spitkovsky, (eds.) 2017 birkhäuser basel 47 Operator theory Adhemar Bultheel 20 May 17 0
Hodge Theory Edited by Eduardo Cattani, Fouad El Zein, Philip A. Griffiths, Lê Düng Tráng 2014 princeton university press 14 Algebraic geometry Vicente Munoz 10 May 17 0
Chow rings, decomposition of the diagonal, and the topology of families Claire Voisin 2014 annals of mathematics studies, princeton university press 14 Algebraic geometry Vicente Munoz 4 May 17 0
Theories of Everything: Ideas in Profile Frank Close 2017 profile books 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 20 Apr 17 0
The Calculus of Happiness: How a Mathematical Approach to Life Adds Up to Health, Wealth, and Love Oscar E. Fernandez 2017 princeton university press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 20 Apr 17 0
Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics Eugenia Cheng 2017 profile books 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 20 Apr 17 0
Elements of Hilbert Spaces and Operator Theory Harkrishan Lal Vasudeva 2017 Springer Nature 46 Functional analysis Adhemar Bultheel 20 Apr 17 0
Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula Paul Nahin 2017 princeton university press 30 Functions of a complex variable Adhemar Bultheel 10 Apr 17 0
Finding Fibonacci Keith Devlin 2017 princeton university press 01 History and biography Adhemar Bultheel 10 Apr 17 0
The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016 Mircea Pitici, (ed.) 2014 princeton university press 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 10 Apr 17 0
All sides to an oval Angelo Alessandro Mazzotti 2017 Springer International Publishing 51 Geometry Adhemar Bultheel 22 Mar 17 0
The Mathematics of Secrets Joshua Holden 2017 princeton university press 94 Information and communication, circuits Adhemar Bultheel 16 Mar 17 0
Wavelets. A Student Guide Peter Nickolas 2017 cambridge university press 41 Approximations and expansions Adhemar Bultheel 4 Mar 17 0
The Riemann Hypothesis. A Million Dollar Problem Roland van der Veen, Jan van de Craats 2017 MAA Press 11 Number theory Adhemar Bultheel 4 Mar 17 0
The Power of Computational Thinking Paul Curzon, Peter W McOwan 2017 world scientific 97 Mathematics education Adhemar Bultheel 19 Feb 17 0
Quantum Information Theory Mark M. Wilde 2013 cambridge university press 81 Quantum theory Adhemar Bultheel 19 Feb 17 0
Nice Numbers John Barnes 2016 Birkhäuser Verlag 00 General Adhemar Bultheel 19 Feb 17 0

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