Paradox Lost: Images of the Quantum3 reviews Philip R. Wallace Springer, 1996 Don't try to talk about QM without reading this book! + free your mind from Copenhagen prison + Debunking and Demystifying What a breath of fresh air this book is! Finally, a clear and cogent explanation that all the supposed paradoxes of Quantum Mechanics are the result of our attempts to translate airtight mathematical concepts into flawed natural language - while trying deperately to maintain outdated ideas about ...             Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin5 reviews Lawrence Weinstein, John A. Adam Princeton University Press, 2008 Use the skills you have + A little knowledge, common sense and basic algebra will carry you far. + Very useful brain exercises If you can do basic arithmetic with one-digit numbers - add, subtract, multiply, divide - you can be a math genius. Maybe not genius, but you can still blow the doors off most people, and build up a healthy amount of BS-proofing, just by learning how to apply the skills you already have. This book ...             Digital Signal Processing: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists27 reviews Steven Smith Newnes, 2002 Clearly the author's labor of love! + Good entry level book giving intuitions before the mathematics + Perfect fit for a practicing engineer + it is NOT a book ... it's a magnificent working tool + Clear and useful             Investigation Advanced Algebra with the TI-921 review Brendan Kelly Brendan Kelly Pub, 1996 Fantastic Work and superb book. Dr Kelly has chosen the best flower from each garden and put it together in this book ..i meant nice examples and topics has been selected carefully to train you to master the calculator capabilities and learn some thing nice about the subject,i loved the part on number theory and i found the ...             Group Theory: An Intuitive Approach1 review R. Mirman World Scientific Publishing Company, 1997 Good INTRODUCTION into group theory. The first thing to say: you need time to read this book. It is written in a "prosa"-style but nevertheless it covers a lot of topics. If you have never heard anything about group theory than that is your choise. It's not written in the pure algebraic-style but illustrates the subject with a lot ...             What Is Quantum Mechanics?: A Physics Adventure23 reviews Language Research Foundation, 1996 Challenge yourself!! Try this masterpiece! + An Adventure into Physics that will not disappoint + Hello Kitty meets Schrodinger's cat + What is Quqntum Mechanics + The best Hello, Kitty quantum mechanics primer around...             Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics69 reviews William Dunham Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 Just what I've been looking for! + What a book like this should be! + 'Journey through Genius' is the right title. + Required text for class. + Math Geeks Unite!             e: The Story of a Number53 reviews Eli Maor Princeton University Press, 1998 Amazing minds! + Fabulous book, but there is an important error + Very entertaining + Interesting enough to keep you reading + Good pick             Fundamentals Of Kalman Filtering: A Practical Approach (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics)3 reviews Paul Zarchan, Howard Musoff AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast, 2005 information + A well written and practical textbook + A great book Although I am disappointed in the second reviewers comments he is wrong concerning the code. Complete code is presented in the text and is on CD for all of the examples. Readers can now make up their own mind before purchasing the text. If you go to the Google Book Search and type in Zarchan you ...             Gravitation (Physics Series)40 reviews Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, ... W. H. Freeman, 1973 Amazing - Not for beginners + The best book on General Relativity + Gravitation As a child I used to ask my father "Does space go on forever? And if it doesn't, what is on the otherside??' My father of course had no idea. It has since been a subtle quest of mine to fine answers to these questions. I, as well as every person on this planet, have heard Einstein's name ...             Ants, Bikes, and Clocks: Problem Solving for Undergraduates2 reviews William Briggs SIAM: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2004 Challenging and fun applied math problems + great collections of thought provoking problems. This is a wonderful collection of applied math problems from diverse sources used to illustrate the mathematical problem solving process. The beauty of this book is the liberal use of math problems of the applied variety such as the following: (Problem 6.26) Ants on a stick: One hundred ants are ...             The Force of Symmetry10 reviews Vincent Icke Cambridge University Press, 1995 Modern physics as natural philosophy + Wonderful Surprise + A fine introduction As I write these words, I stop frequently to consider how they might best be arranged, an activity no different in principle from picking my way along a trail when hiking over tricky terrain. For human beings, walking and language production (at least spoken language) are natural, their potential ...             The World According to Wavelets: The Story of a Mathematical Technique in the Making13 reviews Barbara Burke Hubbard AK Peters, Ltd., 1998 It can be done! + tells the story well + Excellent Introduction to Wavelets + Good for start             One Two Three . . . Infinity: Facts and Speculations of Science29 reviews George Gamow Dover Publications, 1988 It remains one of the best popular science books ever published + Blast From the Past + This the book that woke me to science! + Still as intriguing as the day it was written             A Walk Through Combinatorics: An Introduction to Enumeration and Graph Theory (Second Edition)6 reviews Miklos Bona World Scientific Publishing Company, 2006 Encompassing and Very Clear + Can't say it enough - I wish I had this book when I was beginning to learn combinatorics + A good book on combinatorics + A Walk Through Combinatorics + Well structured book             3D Math Primer for Graphics and Game Development (Wordware Game Math Library)41 reviews Fletcher Dunn Wordware Publishing, Inc., 2002 GREAT BOOK! + Great Companion Book for Intro Graphics APIs + Good, with a few problems... + Best Math book....period + Gets you up to speed very quickly.             All You Wanted to Know About Mathematics but Were Afraid to Ask: Mathematics for Science Students (All You ...2 reviews Louis Lyons Cambridge University Press, 1998 get your books & pencils, be ready to ask & learn...... + Amazing Book!! This is a great book, a must for people from 6 - 96. Is there anything that bothered you in maths, & you were shy or afraid to ask your strict teacher? well, once you have : All You Wanted to Know About Mathematics but Were Afraid to Ask : Mathematics for Science Students, there'll be no problems ...             Visual Complex Analysis32 reviews Tristan Needham Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 Excellently Judged And Works Extremely Well + I'd give it 6 stars, if they would let me. + Best Book Ever. + Different and valuable + Feynman Unleashed!!!             Thinking Physics: Understandable Practical Reality21 reviews Lewis Carroll Epstein Insight Press, 2005 20 years and counting + some part of it can have some revision + good practical examples + A fine addition to any science library             The Shape of Space (Pure and Applied Mathematics)11 reviews Jeffrey R. Weeks CRC, 2001 Magic book on Topology for educated commons + Orientability in Manifolds + The joy of math + Excellent Introduction, No Assumptions + Interesting book