In Pursuit of the Unknown

In Pursuit of the Unknown

By
Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart
2012 • 360 pages

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Popular Mathematics

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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
How to Solve it
A Mathematician's Apology
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Math

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No bullshit guide to math and physics
Algebra
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Infinity and the Mind
Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery
No Bullshit Guide to Linear Algebra

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History

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Columbine
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why
Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Time Reborn
The Trouble with Physics

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Physics

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The Universe in a Nutshell
The Nature of Space and Time
Brief History of Time
The Grand Design
What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Thing Explainer
Time Reborn

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Mathematics

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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
In Pursuit of the Unknown
Lost in Math
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law
Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
Infinite Powers

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High Priority

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Deep Learning
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Programming the Universe
Energy and Civilization: A History
The beginning of infinity explanations that transform the world
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
The Selfish Gene

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42 books

Foundations

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The Ascent of Man
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Information Theory: A Tutorial Introduction
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
The Selfish Gene
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

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Physics

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Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
Der Teil und das Ganze
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
Concepts of Physics

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Science

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Infinity and the Mind
Relativity
Ideas and Opinions
The World As I See It
The Meaning of Relativity
Feynman
La fisica dei supereroi

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Breath of Scandal
Poor Economics
Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System
The Road to Reality
Molecular Gastronomy
Monoculture: How One Story is Changing Everything
Limonov

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My Library

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Fermi Remembered
Goedel's Way: Exploits into an undecidable world
Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
Debate en torno a la etica del discurso de Apel: Diálogo filosófico Norte-Sur desde América Latina
Love and math : the heart of hidden reality
The Road to Reality
The Large, the Small and the Human Mind

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The Bee Sting
Trust
A Passage North
In Pursuit of the Unknown
L’ultima cosa bella sulla faccia della terra
Quando abbiamo smesso di capire il mondo
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Non Fiction

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Poor Economics
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Blink
The Selfish Gene
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

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Incomplete Reads

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A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Oath of the Vayuputras
Sophie's World
IMAGINE DESIGN CREATE: How Designers, Architects, and Engineers Are Changing Our World
The First Principle: Talks On Zen
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Euler Book Prize

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Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
Prime Obsession
The Honors Class
King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, the Man Who Saved Geometry
Euler's Gem
The Princeton companion to mathematics
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes

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History Of Science

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Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World
Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America
Fatal Invention
Video Games Have Always Been Queer
Superior: The Return of Race Science

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Science And Engineering

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Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
Body Respect
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain
Evolution Gone Wrong: The Curious Reasons Why Our Bodies Work
Robotics, AI, and Humanity: Science, Ethics, and Policy
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

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Math

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The Code for Love and Heartbreak
The Biggest Number in the World: A Journey to the Edge of Mathematics
Hypatia of Alexandria
The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

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Tr Science

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On the Origin of Stories
The beginning of infinity explanations that transform the world
The Enigma of Reason
Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind
Statistics Done Wrong
In Pursuit of the Unknown
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves

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Edges Of Science

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Calculating the Cosmos
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Reality is Not What it Seems
Now: The Physics of Time
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The Great Unknown

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Nonfiction

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What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Обезьяны, нейроны и душа
The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment
The Year of Living Biblically
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
The Grand Design
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