For some people, math is intimidating. For others, it is a beautiful thing that creates order. In fact, brain scans of mathematicians found that certain equations evoke the same sense of beauty as artistic masterpieces and music from the greatest composers. You might be thinking, “But those are mathematicians, I will always hate math.” To that we ask you to give these audiobooks on the beauty of math a listen. Hopefully these passionate mathematicians can change your mind!
Many of us think that math is hard, but, as Cheng makes clear, math is actually designed to make difficult things easier. Combined with her infectious enthusiasm for cooking and a true zest for life, Cheng's perspective on math becomes this singular…
Many people take math in high school and promptly forget much of it. But math plays a part in all of our lives all of the time, whether we know it or not. Whether he is illuminating how often you should flip your mattress to get the maximum lifespan…
You won’t find any equations in "Hidden Figures," but you will learn about how important math was to the exceptionally talented Black women called “human computers”. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South's segregated public schools,…
Don’t be fooled by the cover—the narrator is not The Man in the Mirror. But this Michael Jackson is a good narrator—he has a nice voice that adds to Stephen Hawking’s most popular work. How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible?…
Ever looked at a regular pattern and assumed that it will continue that way indefinitely? Ellenberg suggests you pay attention to that missile, which for the first part of its flight headed straight (and safely) into the sky, but is now headed right…
What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of Van Gogh and Picasso, weren't even told they existed? Alas, this is how math is taught, and so for most of us it…
From preeminent math personality and author of "The Joy of X", a brilliant and endlessly appealing explanation of calculus—how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better. Without calculus, we wouldn't have cell phones, TV, GPS or…
Bertrand Russell wrote that mathematics could exalt "as surely as poetry." This is especially true of one equation: ei(pi) + 1 = 0, the brainchild of Leonhard Euler, the Mozart of mathematics. More than two centuries after Euler's death, it is still…
The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Now it threatens the foundations of modern physics. For centuries the power of zero savored of the demonic; once harnessed, it…
Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the 20th century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. This unique scientific biography is a rollicking narrative coupled…
The epic true story of how a global team of physics luminaries—Einstein, Curie, Schrödinger, and more—toppled the Newtonian universe amid the turmoil of two World Wars. In cinematic, page-turning chapters, Tobias Hürter takes us back to this…
In "Significant Figures", acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of 25 great mathematicians, Stewart examines the roles they played in creating, inventing and…
