Query: 2012 non-fiction Mathematics books
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman
In Pursuit of the Unknown
The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
The Signal and the Noise
Antifragile (book)
Logic: The Laws of Truth
Evidence from documents: In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: '''''In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation''''' is a book on the travelling salesman problem, by William J. Cook, published in 2012 by the Princeton University Press, with a paperback reprint in 2014. The Basic Library List Committee of the Mathematical Association of America has suggested its inclusion in undergraduate mathematics libraries.
In Pursuit of the Unknown: '''''In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World''''' is a 2012 nonfiction book by British mathematician Ian Stewart , published by Basic Books. In the book Stewart traced a history of the role of mathematics in human history, beginning with the Pythagorean theorem (Pythagorean equation) to the equation that transformed the twenty-first century financial market, the Black–Scholes model.
The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction: '''''The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction''''' is a book on the history of mathematics. Rather than giving a systematic overview of the historical development of mathematics, it provides an introduction to how the discipline of the history of mathematics is studied and researched, through a sequence of case studies in historical topics. It was written by British historian of mathematics Jackie Stedall (1950–2014), and published in 2012 as part of the Oxford University Press ''Very Short Introductions'' series of books.
The Signal and the Noise: '''''The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail – but Some Don't''''' (alternatively stylized as '''''The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – but Some Don't''''') is a 2012 book by Nate Silver detailing the art of using probability and statistics as applied to real-world circumstances.
Antifragile (book): '''''Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder''''' is a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb published on November 27, 2012, by Random House in the United States and Penguin in the United Kingdom.
Logic: The Laws of Truth: '''Logic: The Laws of Truth''''' is a 2012 book by Nicholas J. Smith, in which the author provides an introduction to classical logic. It covers the formal tools and techniques of logic and their underlying rationales and broader philosophical significance. The book also presents various forms of proof: proof trees, major variants of natural deduction, axiomatic proofs, and sequent calculus. It also includes numerous logical exercises.