Turing Good book recommendation--Math + physics + universe

Say, recently what better exercise brain, increase knowledge of science books, carefully a stocktaking, seems to be a lot, together to see.

1, "Math Girl"

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommended reasons: While reading the novel and mastering the knowledge of mathematics, even if you are afraid of math, you will love this book.

Jcs Hao

Translator: Zhu Yifei Dingling (2)

Pages: 284 368 (2)

◎原版全系列累计销量突破27万册，绝赞的数学科普◎日本数学会权威推荐，日本数学会出版奖得主结城浩力作◎在动人的故事中走近数学，在青春的浪漫中理解数学

"Math Girl" in the form of fiction, highlighting a group of young people to explore the beauty of mathematics. The content is easy to digest, the mathematics explanation part is very exquisite, is called "the excellent Elementary Mathematics Popular science book". The contents of the series and mathematical models, Fibonacci series, convolution, harmonic number, Taylor expansion, Basel problem, division number, etc., is very suitable for mathematics interested in high school students and adults reading.

Math Girl 2: Flt theorem has a lot of ingenuity. Each chapter explains the different topics, and then in the last chapter cut to the Chase-Flt theorem. The author skillfully takes the concept of each chapter as a puzzle to spell out the approximate proof of the Flt theorem known as the "Century puzzle". The whole book, one go, is perfect for beginners and adults who are interested in math.

2. Introduction to Mathematical thinking: learning to think like a mathematician

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommended reasons: Knowledge is a stereotype, thinking is active, thinking is the key to get started.

[Beauty] Keith Devlin

Translator: Lynn

Number of pages: 152

◎写给高中生、大学生以及所有希望提高分析思维能力者的数学思维入门书◎结合Coursera免费线上热门课程，《数学思维导论》配套教科书

Introduction to Mathematical thinking: learning to think like a mathematician will teach you to think like a mathematician, to successfully complete the transition from high school mathematics to university mathematics, or to master the critical thinking skills necessary for success in all walks of life. Reading this book requires high-level math. At the same time, this book is also Coursera popular course "Mathematical thinking Introduction" supporting textbooks, combined with online courses, will be able to obtain a better learning effect.

3, "Play enough math: arithmetic and geometry of the wok too"

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommended reasons: To see the title of the 5 stars, because the math is not enough to play while learning, it will bring you have not had the sense of happiness.

Jean-Paul Draye

Translator: Lu Yao

Number of pages: 244

◎数学游戏的全新体验◎看数学探索的新成果，诠释令数学家如痴如醉的精彩游戏。◎看数学在生活和艺术中的美妙之处。

"Math and Geometry wok Too" uncover fun games, art designs and math codes in everyday life, and reveal the hidden wok too of arithmetic and geometry through novel topics and beautifully illustrated illustrations, from the simplest mathematical principles to the exciting world of algorithms, revealing the infinite power of algorithms to solve mathematical puzzles. This book is suitable for all math enthusiasts to read.

4. "Creativity in Mathematics and music: capturing the Unknown and the Invisible"

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommendation Reason: Mathematics and music have any wonderful connection, let us from different angles to see the world, get the same revelation.

Kokoko

Translator: Yuangang

Number of pages: 224

◎讲解数学与音乐的精髓和奇妙关联◎日本音乐人、数学家中岛幸子作品◎日本《朝日新闻》GLOBE专题报道图书

"Mathematics and music Creativity: capturing the Unknown and the Invisible" in the popular language to reproduce the mathematical and musical knowledge of the discovery of ideas, from the perspective of mathematics and music to explain the two disciplines of the essence of the spirit, and thus explain the wonderful relationship between the two and their respective "creative" method. Without complicated jargon, create your own math and music with the most basic cognitive and logic!

"The first thing I want to say is, like this book is the" Wild Way ", you and me, haha; then, to talk about my understanding: music is sound waves, which is the rational connection between mathematics and music, the Mystery of Light is infinite; music and mathematics are both free and personal, which is the emotional connection between the two, need to think and experience And again, believe me, this book is an intimate gift for you who love music and love maths, and finally, let us abandon the past, and wholeheartedly to experience this beautiful and magical world, because we are all TMD is buried genius!!! ”

--Watercress Reader review

5. Mathematics and Life (revised edition)

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Reason for recommendation: The best theory is the theory, and life is linked to the theory that life.

Far Hill Kai

Translator: Lu Yanshan, Li Shushe, Ma Jie, Mulder

Number of pages: 420

◎数学教育改革理念实践之作◎跨越学科边界，突破文理之限，以平衡视角探寻人类最质朴的智慧◎通俗讲解 还原数学的纯粹容颜◎生活故事 诠释小学至大学数学的原理与精髓◎人性思维 消解“应试数学”带来的数学恐惧感

Mathematics and Life (revised edition) contains the basic contents of elementary mathematics, and includes the contents of higher mathematics such as differential, integral, differential equation, Fermat theorem and Euler formula. The author has applied knowledge of several disciplines. Combining daily life and the popular stories of the East and West, the mathematical knowledge and principle one by one are presented as an interesting collection of stories in plain language. The reader not only understands the style of mathematics, but also can understand the close connection between mathematics and daily life, and its relation with physics, chemistry, Astronomy geography and even music, art and other disciplines.

6, "Measure: A love song dedicated to mathematics"

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommended reasons: Do not look at the title of the retreat, it is said that the book as long as the curiosity of children's shoes can be seen.

Paul Lockhart

Translator: Wang Lingyun

Number of pages: 376

◎淋漓尽致阐述“数学是一门艺术”◎美国著名数学老师，《一个数学家的叹息》作者Paul Lockhart力作

Measure: A Love Song for math describes the measurement of shape and motion. He interprets the complex concepts of geometry and calculus and the subtle connections between them in plain language, vividly demonstrating what mathematicians are doing and why they do so.

In the author's opinion, Mathematics is an art, and the teacher teaches mathematics the method should be, to the student honest to convey their love to this subject, inspire and inspire their innate curiosity, and help and guide them to actually plunge into this fascinating journey. This book is the best embodiment of the author's idea.

7. "A Mathematical Theory proving Darwin: Evolution and biological Creativity"

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Reason for recommendation: It is a useful attempt to interpret Darwin's evolutionary theory in mathematical language, which may open a new window for our understanding of the nature of biology.

Gregory Cai Ting

Translator: Chen Peng Translation Liu Gang revision

Number of pages: 132

◎从数学上证明达尔文的进化论

In the pioneering work of proving Darwin: A Mathematical theory of evolution and biological creativity, the mathematician Gregory Cai Ding a Mathematical theory on evolution and biological creativity, trying to reveal the deep mathematical structure of biology. On the basis of the relevant ideas of Alan Turing and John von Neumann, the author further deepens the idea of life as an evolving software, opening up a new field called "Meta-biology".

In addition to the core mathematical proofs, the author has rewritten the early history of molecular biology and the history of human discovery of software from the perspective of meta-biology, and re-examined the work of Turing and von Neumann. He also explores the theological and political implications of meta-biology, emphasizing the importance of creativity and urging us to be creative enough to design a society that allows creativity.

8, "The Birth of a theorem: I and the Fields award of 1000 Days and Nights"

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommended reasons: The author of this book also to give 5 stars, the French author is very handsome, important is very good.

Cedric, Vera.

Translator: Mayaw, Hunghom Art

Number of pages: 244

◎英国《卫报》2015年度推荐书目◎法国数学界“摇滚巨星”维拉尼亲述获得菲尔茨奖的精彩历程◎书中随处可见当今顶级数学和物理学界逸闻趣事

In 2010, the French young mathematician Cédric Villani won the Fields medal at a stroke by virtue of the proof of the nonlinear lang-path damping and the study of the convergence of the Boltzmann equation to the equilibrium state. The birth of a theorem: The 1000 days and nights of my fields prize will reproduce this research career in diaries, revealing the birth of a mathematical theorem and depicting the real life of mathematicians and scientists.

"This is a different kind of mathematical science book, the author sometimes lead you through the complex mathematical world, and sometimes let go of the hand, so that you in his surging, jumping thinking of circling, I really do not know how to experience the adventure." ”

--"New Scientist" magazine

9. How the Higgs is found: The inner story of the largest physical experiment in history

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommended reasons: To give you a deep experience, serious experimental physics can also become lively and interesting.

Joen Butterworth (Jon Butterworth)

Translator: Huang Zhijun

Number of pages: 284

◎首次由内部人士披露上帝粒子的发现过程◎彼得·希格斯、乔从丰大力推荐

In this book, "How the Higgs is found: The internal story of the largest physical experiment in history", Joen Butterworth, a senior physicist at CERN, will take you through the process of discovering the Higgs boson, understanding the science, technology, politics and culture behind the LHC, Feel the little bit of life in a large international collaborative project of modern particle physics.

10, "Plane universe: a close contact with the two-dimensional world"

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Reason for recommendation: This is an interesting, dramatic, and sci-fi book describing the two-dimensional world.

◎备受数学家和计算机科学家推崇的经典之作◎引人入胜的故事贯穿始终◎精彩插图让我们对二维世界一览无遗

"The plane Universe: a close contact with the two-dimensional world" for the Alder of physics, biology, Industrial technology and other details of the rich description of the credibility, so that the book was first published in 1984, so many readers believed.

It happened one night in May 1980, a computer professor at a university led students to run a simulation program in the lab, simulating two-dimensional physics, biology, and so on. Everything went well, until a student suddenly discovered that a strange creature appeared on the computer screen, claiming to come from a truly two-dimensional world called Alder ... In this way, the author has led the reader to embark on a fascinating process of combining science, fantasy and philosophy.

11. Poincaré conjecture: The search for the shape of the universe

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommendation reason: Say, prove "Poincaré conjecture" mathematician Perelman not to receive fields prize, is a good topic, but we are not that kind of person, I pay attention to is connotation, care is to pursue the course of the shape of the universe.

Spring Live

Translator: Sun Qingyuan

Number of pages: 232

◎第35届“日本赏”最优秀奖，PARISCIENCE 2008优秀奖 获奖作品◎日本NHK电视台特别纪录，全景再现世纪难题“庞加莱猜想”的“百年魔咒”◎揭秘庞加莱猜想百年挑战历程◎记录追寻宇宙的形状与神秘数学家

What exactly is Poincaré guessing? What about the shape of the universe? How did Perelman prove the Poincaré conjecture?

"Poincaré conjecture: The shape of the pursuit of the universe" for the Japanese NHK special program production group on "Poincaré conjecture" of the special record, Panorama record tracking the shape of the universe and mysterious mathematicians clues, puzzles and truth.

"Poincaré conjecture, if the universe is not spherical, then what shape might it be?" ...... Whatever the shape of the universe, it must be decomposed into up to 8 different geometries. ”

--William Thurston (William thurston,1983 Fields Award winner)

12. Super-string Theory: Exploring time, space and the primitive of the universe

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Reason for recommendation: "Super string Theory" is the "third revolution" after Newton Mechanics, Einstein Relativity, space-time concept. This is a very hot and very fire to talk about the theory of super-string books.

◎加州理工学院理论物理研究所所长、东京大学Kavli 数学物理联合宇宙研究机构研究主任 大栗博司 教授 科普力作◎现代物理学的前沿课题，启发对宇宙的极致思考，颠覆对世界的传统认知◎2014年日本讲谈社科学出版奖 获奖图书◎卢建新_中国科学技术大学教授 / 李淼_中山大学教授 / 朱传界_人民大学教授 推荐

What exactly is "space" and "time"?

The origin of matter is not a point, but a chord.

"Super string Theory" unifies the contradiction between gravitation theory and quantum mechanics, goes beyond the limitation of "string theory", and explains the vibrational morphology of "fermions" in "Standard Model" and "boson" including "God particle". "Super string Theory: Exploring the origin of time, space and universe", Professor Li explained the basic of quantum physics, the latest development of "string theory" to "Super String Theory" in popular and witty language, the theory principle and proof of "super string Theory", and re-thought and explored the concept of space-time under the "super-string Theory".

13. What is gravity: the mystical power that governs everything in the universe

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommended reasons: A burst of gravitational waves is very hot, read the title to know, the book is more detailed and broader.

Big Libo Division

Translator: Yi Ning

Price: 39

◎纪念爱因斯坦广义相对论发表100周年◎从牛顿、爱因斯坦到量子力学、超弦理论，一场解谜宇宙的冒险，一段永不停息的追寻◎美国加州理工学院理论物理研究所所长，日本东京大学Kavli数学物理学联合宇宙研究机构研究主任大栗博司教授科普力作

Gravitation is the dominant force in the universe, which is closely related to the birth of celestial bodies and life, and the mysterious gravitational attraction is also the key to solve the puzzles of the universe. After Newton and Einstein, the study of gravity is ushering in a third golden age. What gravity is: the mystical power that governs the universe is a novel and interesting way of explaining the contents of the research from Newton and Einstein to Frontier Physics, interpreting the theory of relativity, Quantum theory, and super-string in a completely new manner. The true understanding of the meanings and meanings of gravity, gravitational waves, e=mc2, black holes, and so on, can also give you the thrill of Adventure in the quest for deep cosmic puzzles.

14. The course of the universe

Recommendation index: 5 stars

Recommended reasons: From a small embrace of the universe of fantasy, grew up with the curiosity of the universe, embarked on the journey to explore the universe.

Mary Yves Linda (Mary Evelyn Tucker), Brain Thomas Sweimer (Brian Thomas swimme)

Translator: Lou Weishan

Number of pages: 176

In the course of the universe, the author skillfully integrates scientific knowledge with the philosophical wisdom of East and West, and tells an epic story about the evolution of the universe, the Earth and mankind. And this story will change our understanding of the past of matter and time, and recall our thinking about the role and mission of mankind in the universe.

This book is part of a larger interdisciplinary education program that includes an an hour-long Emmy Award-winning documentary, a set of 20 educational series, and a corresponding syllabus, bibliography, and more. More information can be found on the website: www.journeyoftheuniverse.org.

Written in the last words

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Turing Good book recommendation--Math + physics + universe