Best Sellers in Mathematics

By Bette-Lee Fox

November 2009 to date as identified by YBP Library Services

1) Probabilities: The Little Numbers That Rule Our Lives
Olofsson, Peter
John Wiley
2010. ISBN 0470624450 [9780470624456]. $34.95

2) Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in China and the United States
Liping Ma
Routledge
2010. ISBN 0415873835 [9780415873833]. $130

3) Perfect Rigor: [A Genius] + [The Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century]
Gessen, Masha
Houghton Harcourt
2009. ISBN 015101406X [9780151014064]. $26

4) Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics
Alexander, Amir
Harvard University Press
2010. ISBN 0674046617 [9780674046610]. $28.95

5) Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present
Szpiro, George G.
Princeton University Press
2010. ISBN 0691139946 [9780691139944]. $26.95

6) There's Something About Gödel: The Complete Guide to the Incompleteness Theorem
Berto, Francesco
Wiley-Blackwell
2009. ISBN 1405197668 [9781405197663]. $89.95

7) Flatland
Abbott, Edwin A.
Cambridge University Press
2010. ISBN 0521769884 [9780521769884]. $60

8) Matrices, Moments and Quadrature with Applications
Golub, Gene H.
Princeton University Press
2010. ISBN 0691143412 [9780691143415]. $65

9) Directed Algebraic Topology: Models of Non-Reversible Worlds
Grandis, Marco
Cambridge University Press
2009. ISBN 0521760364 [9780521760362]. $95

10) Algebraic and Geometric Methods in Statistics
Gibilisco, Paolo
Cambridge University Press
2010. ISBN 0521896193 [9780521896191]. $115

11) How To Read Historical Mathematics
Wardhaugh, Benjamin
Princeton University Press
2010. ISBN 0691140146 [9780691140148]. $22.95

12) Winning the Math Wars: No Teacher Left Behind
Abbott, Martin
University of Washington Press
2010. ISBN 029598967x [9780295989679]. $25

13) Mixed Effects Models for Complex Data
Lang Wu
Chapman & Hall CRC
2010. ISBN 1420074024 [9781420074024]. $89.95

14) Numerical Notation: A Comparative History
Chrisomalis, Stephen
Cambridge University Press
2010. ISBN 0521878187 [9780521878180]. $95

15) New Perspectives in Stochastic Geometry
Kendall, Wilfrid S.
Oxford University Press
2010. ISBN 0199232571 [9780199232574]. $140

16) The Ellipse: A Historical and Mathematical Journey
Mazer, Arthur
John Wiley
2010. ISBN 0470587180 [9780470587188]. $54.95

17) Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity
Cross, Christopher T.
National Academies Press
2009. ISBN 0309128064 [9780309128063]. $54.95

18) The Autonomy of Mathematical Knowledge: Hilbert's Program Revisited
Franks, Curtis
Cambridge University Press
2009. ISBN 0521514371 [9780521514378]. $75

19) Handbook of Spatial Statistics
Gelfand, Alan E.
Chapman & Hall CRC
2010. ISBN 1420072870 [9781420072877]. $99.95

20) Statistical Simulation: Power Method Polynomials and Other Transformations
Headrick, Todd C.
Chapman & Hall CRC
2010. ISBN 1420064908 [9781420064902]. $89.95

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