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Questions in which books play a key-role, such as questions on antique books, e-books, difference between various editions of a book, etc. For questions asking for recommendations of books on some subject the tag textbook-recommendation is often more suitable.
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Insightful books about elementary mathematics
Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Gowers. It is very short and indeed very insightful. It is not a textbook, but includes some school-mathematics topics. From the cover:
The aim o …
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Favorite popular math book
Title: Prisoner's Dilemma
Author: William Poundstone
Short description (from New York Times Book Review): The real originality of PRISONER'S DILEMMA lies in its colorful synthesis of logical materi …
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Good Books on the history of Zero
Since no other answer came up, I repeat my comment as an answer. The book written by Charles Seife: Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea which won the 2000 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfic …
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Is “problem solving” a subject to be taught?
I am witnessing a new curriculum change in my country (Iran). It includes the change of all the mathematics textbooks at all grades. The peoples involved has sent me the textbook for seven graders (13 …