MAA Reviews

January–March, 2008

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• 40 Puzzles and Problems in Probability and Mathematical Statistics, by Wolfgang Schwarz
• A (Terse) Introduction to Linear Algebra, by Yitzhak Katznelson and Yonatan R. Katznelson
• A Basic Course in Probability Theory, by Rabi Bhattacharya and Edward C. Waymire
• A Course in Enumeration, by Martin Aigner
• A Matrix Handbook for Statisticians, by George A. F. Seber
• Advanced Algebra, by Anthony W. Knapp
• Advanced Calculus, by Avner Friedman
• Algebraic Geometric Codes: Basic Notions, by Michael Tsfasman, Serge Vlăduț, and Dmitry Nogin
• Analysis in Euclidean Space, by Kenneth Hoffman
• Art for a House of Mathematics, by Anna Campbell Bliss
• Assessing Mathematical Proficiency, ed. by Alan H. Schoenfeld
• Bootstrap Methods: A Guide for Practitioners and Researchers, by Michael R. Chernick
• Cellular Automata: A Discrete View of the World, by Joel L. Schiff
• College Geometry: An Introduction to the Modern Geometry of the Triangle and the Circle, by Nathan Altshiller-Court
• Combinatorial Optimization: Theory and Algorithms, by Bernhard Korte and Jens Vygen
• Complex Analysis: In the Spirit of Lipman Bers, by Jane P. Gilman, Irwin Kra, and Rubí E. Rodríguez
• Complex Variables, by Robert B. Ash and W. P. Novinger
• Differential Analysis on Complex Manifolds, by Raymond O. Wells, Jr.
• Discrete Thoughts: Essays on Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy, by Marc Kac, Gian-Carlo Rota, and Jacob T. Schwartz
• Drawings from Angola: Living Mathematics, by Paulus Gerdes
• Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries: Development and History, by Marvin Jay Greenberg
• Euler at 300: An Appreciation, ed. by Robert E. Bradley, Lawrence A. D'Antonio, C. Edward Sandifer
• Feasibility and Infeasibility in Optimization: Algorithms and Computational Methods, by John W. Chinneck
• Frames for Undergraduates, by Deguang Han, Keri Kornelson, David Larson, and Eric Weber
• Function Theory on Planar Domains: A Second Course in Complex Analysis, by Stephen D. Fisher
• Group Representation Theory, ed. by Meinolf Geck, Donna Testerman, and Jacques Thévenaz
• Hands on History: A Resource for Teaching Mathematics, ed. by Amy Shell-Gellasch
• Heights in Diophantine Geometry, by Enrico Bombieri and Water Gubler
• Hesiod's Anvil: Falling and Spinning through Heaven and Earth , by Andrew J. Simoson
• Hilbert's Tenth Problem: Diophantine Classes and Extensions to Global Fields, by Alexandra Shlapentokh
• History of Banach Spaces and Linear Operators, by Albrecht Pietsch
• How Mathematics Happened: The First 50,000 Years, by Peter S. Rudman
• How Round Is Your Circle? Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet, by John Bryant and Chris Sangwin
• Indiscrete Thoughts, by Gian-Carlo Rota
• Infinity: Beyond the Beyond the Beyond, by Lillian R. Lieber
• Invitation to Didactique, by Virginia McShane Warfield
• Invitation to Ergodic Theory, by C. E. Silva
• Is Mathematics Inevitable? A Miscellany, ed. by Underwood Dudley
• Julia Robinson and Hilbert's Tenth Problem, by George Csicsery
• Key Works in Radical Constructivism, by Ernst von Glaserfeld
• Linear Algebra and Its Applications, by Peter D. Lax
• Linear Algebra in Action, by Harry Dim
• Linear Models for Unbalanced Data, by Shayle R. Searle
• Logic's Lost Genius: The Life of Gerhard Gentzen, by Eckart Menzler Trott
• Lunda Geometry: Mirror Curves, Designs, Knots, Polyominoes, Patterns, Symmetries, by Paulus Gerdes
• Mathematical Analysis: A Concise Introduction, by Bernd S. W. Schröder
• Mathematical Control Theory: An Introduction, by Jerzy Zabczyk
• Mathematics and Democracy: Designing Better Voting and Fair-Division Procedures, by Steven J. Brams
• Matrix Theory: From Generalized Inverses to Jordan Form, by Robert Piziak and P. L. Odell
• Measure, Topology, and Fractal Geometry, by Gerald Edgar
• Models for Probability and Statistical Inference: Theory and Applications, by James H. Stapleton
• Probability and Statistical Inference, by Robert Bartoszyński and Magdalena Niewiadomska-Bugaj
• Probability Theory: A Comprehensive Course, by Achim Klenke
• Pythagorean-Hodograph Curves: Algebra and Geometry Inseparable, by Rida T. Farouki
• Random Curves: Journeys of a Mathematician, by Noel Koblitz
• Simulation and the Monte Carlo Method, by Reuven Y. Rubinstein and Dirk P. Kroese
• Spline Functions: Basic Theory, by Larry L. Schumaker
• Statistical Analysis of Extreme Values: With Applications to Insurance, Finance, Hydrology and Other Fields, by R.-D. Reiss and M. Thomas
• Stochastic Global Optimization, by Anatoly Zhigljavsky and Antanas Zilinskas
• Superior Beings: If They Exist, How Would We Know?, by Steven J. Brams
• Teaching Essential Mathematics Grades K-8: Increasing Engagement and Building Understanding of Key Concepts, by Timothy J. McNamara
• The Adventure of Numbers, by Gilles Godefroy
• The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist, by Reviel Netz and William Noel
• The Arithmetic of Dynamical Systems, by Joseph H. Silverman
• The Art of Mathematics, by Jerry P. King
• The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking, by Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird
• The Indian Clerk, by David Leavitt
• The Math Problems Notebook, by Valentin Boju and Louis Funar
• The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam: A Sourcebook, ed. by Victor J. Katz
• The Presidential Election Game, by Steven J. Brams
• The Riemann Hypothesis: A Resource for the Afficionado and Virtuoso Alike, by Peter Borwein, Stephen Choi, Brendan Rooney, and Andrea Weirathmueller
• The Sensual (Quadratic) Form, by John Horton Conway
• Things That Talk: Object Lessons from Art and Science, ed. by Lorraine Daston
• Topics in Commutative Ring Theory, by John J. Watkins
• Twenty-Four Hours of Local Cohomology, by Srikanth B. Iyengar et al.
• Worlds Out of Nothing: A Course in the History of Geometry in the 19th Century, by Jeremy Gray

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