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History of Mathematics

Here is a short list of a few interesting reading books I recommend.

  • Apprenticeship of a mathematician / Andre Weil
  • Adventures of a mathematician / Stanislav Ulam
  • Men of mathematics / Eric Bell

    The title of this book is accurate since there are only three women mentioned in the entire book: Sophie German, Amy Noether and a third female mathematician I never heard of.

  • Psychology of invention in the mathematical field / Jacques Hadamard
  • Emergence of probability / Ian Hackings
   

History of Science

  • The making of the atomic bomb / Richard Rhodes
  • The complexion of science / Kenneth Manning

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