Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2023-01-13
Books mentioned on Steven Strogatz Thinks You Don't Know What Math Is | People I (Mostly) Admire | Episode 96
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Infinite Powers
Discussed“I've been reading infinite Powers which is your book about calculus and I was thinking about it absent-mindedly as I got in the car”
Where to get it
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The Joy of X
The Joy of X by Steven Henry Strogatz is an engaging popular mathematics book that guides everyday readers through the hidden beauty and profound everyday relevance of mathematical concepts.
Discussed“you tell a story in one of your books called The Joy of x about a time when your second grader asked you for help on a multiplication problem and in the interview rated you because you were using the old school method”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Joy of X
“So in writing the book The Joy of X, I was asked by the op-ed page editor of the New York Times, 'Can't you write for my readers, the people who read the opinion page, just an educated smart person who doesn't know anything about math? What’s it all about?”