The Monty Hall Problem

The intriguing story of the mathematical brain teaser that asks a game show contestant to choose one of three doors to find a single prize. After the person makes their choice, the host revels one of the remaining two doors to be a dud. Should the contestant change their mind and pick the remaining door, or stick with their initial choice?

The Monty Hall Problem
by Jason Rosenhouse
Find it in the library at call number QA95 .R67 2009

Standard Deviants

Hip, well-regarded DVDs on dozens of mathematical topics from pre-algebra and algebra to geometry, statistics and calculus.

Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Amazing Algebra, Geometry, Statistics & Calculus
by the Standard Deviants
Find these DVD sets in the QA (mathematics) section of our Film collection

Naive Decision Making

Covering similar ground to the popular Irrational Exuberance and Freakonomics, this title takes a more scholarly approach to the math behind our everyday lives.

Naive Decision Making: Mathematics Applied to the Social World
by T.W. Körner
Find it in the Library at call number QA279.4 .K67 2008

Is God a Mathematician?

Surveying the elegant mathematical explanations for everything around us, this readable look at history through a math lens covers many of the big names and ideas you've heard of plus many of the lesser-knowns that help explain our world.

Is God a Mathematician?
by Mario Livio
Find it in the Library at call number QA8.4 .586 2010

Culinary Calculations

A guide to basic math that's particularly relevant for culinary professionals. Includes a handy glossary and useful tables with common formulas for use in the kitchen.

Culinary Calculations: Simplified Math for Culinary Professionals
by Terri Jones
Find it in the Library zt call number TX911.3 .M33J56 2008

The Physics of NASCAR

A layman's look at the 'science behind the speed' of America's top spectator sport.

The Physics of NASCAR: The Science Behind the Speed
by Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
Find it in the Library at call number TL236.28 .L47 2009

Mathematical Games

A collection of math games originally published in Scientific American on one CD. Includes an interview with Martin Gardner and dozens of photos.

Martin Gardner's Mathematical games
by Martin Gardner
Find it in our Audio collection at call number QA95 .G37 2005.

The Poincaré Conjecture

After a hundred years of failed attempts, an eccentric Russian seems to have solved one of math's great puzzles. This book tells us about the Conjecture, how it was solved and what it means about opening doors to new ways of understanding the Universe.

The Poincaré COnjecture
by Donal O'Shea
Find it in the Library at call number QA612.O83 2007

The Triumph of Numbers

How numbers influenced modern life through such things as the rise of birth statistics and the backbone of computers.

The Triumph of Numbers
by I.B. Cohen
Find it at call number QA276 .C53 2006