What We Are Reading Today: Calculus Reordered by David Bressoud

What We Are Reading Today: Calculus Reordered by David Bressoud
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Updated 16 January 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Calculus Reordered by David Bressoud

What We Are Reading Today: Calculus Reordered by David Bressoud

“Calculus Reordered” tells the remarkable story of how calculus grew over centuries into the subject we know today. David Bressoud explains why calculus is credited to 17-century figures Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, how it was shaped by Italian philosophers such as Galileo Galilei, and how its current structure sprang from developments in the 19th century. Bressoud reveals problems with the standard ordering of its curriculum—limits, differentiation, integration, and series—and he argues that a pedagogy informed by the historical evolution of calculus represents a sounder way for students to learn this fascinating area of mathematics.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Data Science for Neuroimaging’

What We Are Reading Today: ‘Data Science for Neuroimaging’
Updated 28 January 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Data Science for Neuroimaging’

What We Are Reading Today: ‘Data Science for Neuroimaging’

Authors: Ariel Rokem & Tal Yarkoni 

As neuroimaging turns toward data-intensive discovery, researchers in the field must learn to access, manage, and analyze datasets at unprecedented scales.

Concerns about reproducibility and increased rigor in reporting of scientific results also demand higher standards of computational practice.

This book offers neuroimaging researchers an introduction to data science, presenting methods, tools, and approaches that facilitate automated, reproducible, and scalable analysis and understanding of data.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘A History of Biology’ by Michel Morange

What We Are Reading Today: ‘A History of Biology’ by Michel Morange
Updated 27 January 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘A History of Biology’ by Michel Morange

What We Are Reading Today: ‘A History of Biology’ by Michel Morange

This book presents a global history of the biological sciences from ancient times to today, providing needed perspective on the development of biological thought while shedding light on the field’s upheavals and key breakthroughs through the ages.

Michel Morange brings to life the dynamic interplay of science, society, and biology’s many sub-disciplines, enabling readers to better appreciate the interdisciplinary exchanges that have shaped the field over the centuries.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Renormalization Group and Condensed Matter Physics’

What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Renormalization Group and Condensed Matter Physics’
Updated 26 January 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Renormalization Group and Condensed Matter Physics’

What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Renormalization Group and Condensed Matter Physics’

Authors: David Nelson & Grace H. Zhang 

Renormalization group ideas have had a major impact on condensed matter physics for more than a half century.

This book develops the theory and illustrates the broad applicability of the renormalization group to major problems in condensed matter physics.

Based on course materials developed and class-tested by the authors at Harvard University, the book will be especially useful for students, as well as researchers. 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Prehistoric Textiles’

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Updated 25 January 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Prehistoric Textiles’

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  • “Prehistoric Textiles” made an unsurpassed leap in the social and cultural understanding of textiles in humankind’s early history

Author: E.J.W.BARBER

This pioneering work revises our notions of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East.
Using innovative linguistic techniques, along with methods from paleobiology and other fields, it shows that spinning and pattern weaving began far earlier than has been supposed.
“Prehistoric Textiles” made an unsurpassed leap in the social and cultural understanding of textiles in humankind’s early history.

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Fuji: A Mountain in the Making’

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Updated 24 January 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Fuji: A Mountain in the Making’

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Author: ANDREW W. BERNSTEIN

Mount Fuji is everywhere recognized as a wonder of nature and enduring symbol of Japan. Yet behind the picture-postcard image is a history filled with conflict and upheaval. Violent eruptions across the centuries wrought havoc and instilled fear.
It has been both a totem of national unity and a flashpoint for economic and political disputes.
And while its soaring majesty has inspired countless works of literature and art, the foot of the mountain is home to military training grounds and polluting industries.