Mark’s Comments (group member since Sep 06, 2020)

Mark’s comments from the Math Reading Challenge group.

Okay, here goes. I'll update this as I go along. I've read 7 math-related books so far this year, but most of them don't satisfy the prompts.

* 1. A work of fiction in which a main character is a mathematician: Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture: A Novel of Mathematical Obsession

2. A math-related book published the year you were born
3. A biography of a mathematician

*4. A math book that helps you make something: The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life The section on cycloids led to my buying a spirograph set and using it to make some cool pictures.

5. A book with a number in the title
6. A book related to number theory

* 7. A nonfiction math book written by a woman: The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse

8. A graphic novel about math or mathematicians

* 9. A book about connections between math and the arts: Maybe cheating a bit on this one, but I'll count Chaos: Making a New Science for its chapter and illustrations on fractals/the Mandelbrot set

10. A book of poetry with mathematical themes
11. A children's or YA book about math or mathematicians
12. A math-related book you want to give to someone who isn't sure whether they like math

Hi, I'm Mark. I stumbled upon this group a few weeks ago and today decided to jump in, even though I'll be getting quite the late start. I've already been on a bit of a math kick this year, so I should be able to fill in a couple of the slots in the challenge with some of the books I've read in the past months. I'm approaching the reading challenge from the perspective of a numerate layperson with a fairly strong general interest and appreciation for math.