Top Five Books of 2015

Description
What are your top five reads for 2015? These books DO NOT need to have been published in 2015. See the annual blog post for staff favorites: TBA To add a book to your list, click the "Add work to list" button in the upper-right corner. This will take you to a search box, where you can search by title, author, keyword, etc. Clicking on the title will add the book to your list. You can reorder your list over on the right-hand side, by dragging and dropping titles in the "Your list" section.
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Elements of Programming
de Alexander Stepanov
145 membres
4
Rang global 199
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Explications
gam3: An extreamly in depth study of a very narrow subject. If you have an interest in programming you should read this book.
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Maigret et les témoins récalcitrants
de Georges Simenon
327 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.5
Rang global 315
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Explications
gam3: Absolutely wonderful prose.
3
Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man
de John Allen Paulos
704 membres
5 critiques
3.8
Rang global 434
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Explications
gam3: Great travel book. I have been reading and re-reading it for years.
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Mister Pip
de Lloyd Jones
3,485 membres
180 critiques
3.8
Rang global 534
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Explications
gam3: This book is very different from any other book I have read. It is quite melancholy, but hopeful in a strange way.
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Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory
de Avner Ash
107 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.3
Rang global 780
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Explications
gam3: An extreamly brave book on mathematics. You can read that as difficult. I am not sure I understand Eliptic Curves now, but I sure did a lot of hard thinking.