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New Stuff Tuesday — Aug. 22, 2017

Economics Rules: the rights and wrongs of the dismal science By Dani Rodrik HB75 .R5785 2015 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor A work on economics hardly seems like one’s first choice for summer reading, but browsing through this little book … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 15, 2015

Zombies & Calculus by Colin Adams. Math holding you back? Have you found that calculus just isn’t as simple as geometry? Never fear! The zombie apocalypse will save you! What? Well, surviving the zombie apocalypse may help you learn calculus anyway. Continue reading

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Science in television and movies

The UWW Chem Club is sponsoring a free live webinar “Chemistry on the Silver Screen” on Tues., Feb. 24, at 5:45 p.m. in Upham room 140. The webinar will feature science advisors to Breaking Bad and other entertainment like the … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – January 29

Our Days Are Numbered: How Mathematics Orders Our Lives by Jason Brown QA93 .B76 2010 New Arrivals, 2nd floor It’s been a little chilly outside lately, which has forced me inside to run on a treadmill. While some argue that … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 25

Mathletics: A Scientist Explains 100 Amazing Things About the World of Sports by John Barrow GV 706.8 .B373 2012 New Arrivals, 2nd floor This past weekend, I did something that I had previously thought was unthinkable – I ran a … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – June 26

Taking Sudoku Seriously: The Math Behind the World’s Most Popular Pencil Puzzle by Jason Rosenhouse & Laura Taalman GV1507 .S83 R67 2011 New Arrivals, 2nd floor While I don’t want to rub it in, I had the positive fortune to … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – December 13

Proofiness How You’re Being Fooled by the Numbers by Charles Seife QA99 .S45 2011 New Arrivals, 2nd floor When it comes to math and statistics, I don’t remember much from those courses in high school and college. I may have … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – July 27

Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present by George Szpiro QA99 .S97 2010 New Book Island, 2nd floor When I browsed the New Book Island for this week’s New Stuff Tuesday candidate, I knew that … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – August 25

The Monty Hall Problem: The Remarkable Story of Math’s Most Contentious Brain Teaser By Jason Rosenhouse QA95 .R67 2009 New Book Island, 2nd floor “What’s behind door number one?” The famous question of Let’s Make a Deal‘s Monty Hall has … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – December 9

Geek Speak: How Life + Mathematics = Happiness by Graham Tattersall QA93 .T38 2008 New Book Island, 2nd floor Numbers are all around us. They’re unavoidable. You’ve got gas prices, interest rates, caloric intake, time spent working, the prison sentences … Continue reading

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