Tuesday, March 21, 2017

book list

Math for fun

- Fantasia Mathematica : being a set of stories together with a group of
oddments...
compiled and edited by clifton fadiman
- Imaginary numbers : an anthology of marvelous mathematical stories etc
edited by William Frucht
- The Mathematical Magpie : Being More Stories...
Assembled and Edited, by Clifton Fadiman
- Sets functions and logic
- history of geometry
- joy of math
- mathematical thinking - problem-solving and proofs by John P D'angelo
and Douglas West


Computer science
- A coffeehouse conversation on the turing test
by Douglas Hofstaedter
- Metamagical Themas by Hoftaedter Douglas
- Church of the 4th dimension
- cartoon guide to CS
- the algorithmic beauty of plants - springer verlag


Child Development
- Building self-esteem in children HQ 769
- Becoming a person HQ 767.9
- The magic of Matsumoto ; the suzuki method of education MT1 Suz
- 365 things to do with your child Bill Adler Jr
- The wise child Choquette, Sonia




Marriage etc
- Understanding marriage : developments in the study of
couple interaction
- What predicts divorce ?

Languages :

- Learn Malay: A Phrase a Day - Malay-English by G. Soosai (1995-11-30)
Paperback – 1857
- The additional Michael Frayn
- Michael Erard - Verbal blunders
- The world's writing system ed by Peter Daniels and William Bright
- tamizh - bharatiyin ariviyal paarvai




Art and drawing
- The art of caricature Dick Gautier
- Great cartoonists and their art - artwood ?
- Animals that govern us Jean Malatier (or Mulatier)

Architecturea
- The Indian courtyard house by T.S> Randhawa


General Human Interest
- Matthew Stewart : The courtier and the heretic :
Leibniz, Spinoza and the fate of God in the modern world
- Calpern : Thought and Knowledge

Fiction (?)
- The wolves of willoughby chase by Joan Aiken
- I was a rat by Philip Pullman


Science books for gen reading
- Fun with optics
- Joseph Schwarz (many)
- Triplet Genetic code - Lynn E H Trainor
- Molecules : a v short intro by Philip Ball
- Braving the elements
- The joy of chemistry : the amazing science of familiar things
- The chemical adventures of sherlock holmes
- curt suplee ??


History archive
A century of news from the archives of the IHT
Film archive : Clearinghouse of south asian non-fiction filem
www.himalassociation.org/fsa/clearing.html
fsa@himalaassociation.org

Vintage
- From Plato to Bradbury : tour of some of the world's best books
Robert Kanigel
- Flatlands by Edwin Abbott

Chemistry
- Chemistry and chemical reactivity Kot 2009
- Basic concepts of chem Leo J Malone
- General chemical priciples and modern applications Ralph Petxxx
- Intro to General, organic and bio chemistry Karen timberlake


Math texts
- 101+great ideas for introducing key math concepts for sec schools
- PHB practical handbook of curve design and gneration David von seggern
- Trigonometry by Michael sullivan
- Trigonometry by cynthia young
- contemporary math in context a unified approach
- trigonometric delights by Maor Eli