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Science Literacy Week - M is for Mathematics

Science Literacy Week (SLW) in Canada is a celebration of the unique relationship each of us share with science and how we manifest it. This year's SLW is dedicated to the integral role that mathematics has and continues to play in scientific and technological innovations. With that as this year's central theme, the SLW team encourages us to explore mathematics, its modern applications and how this ancient science is the origin of all the technology we know and use today.

To encourage the same exploration within the McGill Community, the HSSL Library brings to you this virtual collection of books to satisfy your mathematical curiosities. So pick a book or 'sum' and enjoy!

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Pi of life : hidden happiness of mathematics by Sunil Singh
The mathematical universe : from Pythagoras to Planck
L. A. Math: A Collection of detective stories using math to solve crime
Never split tens : a biographical novel of blackjack game theorist
Prime Suspects: a graphic novel that investigates key concepts in mathematics
Impossible? Explore these mind-boggling but true mathematical paradoxes
Wizards, Aliens, and Starships
The Perfect Shape: Spiral Stories
The Essence of Mathematics Through Elementary Problems

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Celestial tapestry : the warp and weft of art and mathematics
How to free your inner mathematician : notes on mathematics and life
Love and Math
Clash of symbols : a ride through the riches of glyphs
Math Bytes
Mathematical Elegance

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Proving it her way : Emmy Noether, a life in mathematics
The legacy of Tatjana Afanassjewa : philosophical insights from the work of an original physicist and mathematician
Nonplussed!
Foolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations
Statistics taught through fiction
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
Introducing Mathematics
Everyday Calculus
Zombies and Calculus

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Sophie Germain : revolutionary mathematician
A Mathematical Odyssey
Emmy Noether - Mathematician Extraordinaire
Sophie's Diary
Murder on the Einstein Express and Other Stories
Pythagoras' Revenge

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Guesstimation
A Certain Ambiguity
How to Bake Pi
Numbers Rule
Guesstimation 2. 0
Health and Lifestyle
Fashion Figures : How Missy the Mathlete Made the Cut
Humble pi : when math goes wrong in the real world
Single Digits
The Math of Life and Death
Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics

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