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SciTech Book News

As a resource for librarians and other buyers of high-level books, SciTech Book News, published quarterly, cites about 2000 new books from several hundred publishers in each issue, offering concise reviews and annotations and thorough bibliographic information. The bibliography itself is arranged by subject, but this page and the other publisher pages present the material arranged by publisher.

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Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — September 2009

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A mathematician's lament.

Lockhart, Paul.

978-1-934137-17-8

In this manifesto Lockhart explains that mathematics is in fact an art and that by reducing it to a set of facts and procedures to be memorized modern education methods have left nothing but a boring shell; comparable to studying music only with notation and theory, or painting through color swatches and paint-by-numbers. He contends that most students have only experienced math with the depth, beauty, imagination, and history removed and suggests we approach the subject from a playful, intuitive and aesthetic angle. Very well written, this book will be of equal interest to teachers, students, parents, mathematicians and general readers. Lockhart has taught mathematics at Brown U and UC Santa Cruz and currently teaches K-12 students in New York. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Science next; innovation for the common good from the Center for American Progress.

Ed. by Jonathan D. Moreno and Rick Weiss.

978-1-934137-18-5

Following a foreword by former Sen. Edwards' wife Elizabeth extolling scientific advances as she faces cancer, Moreno (bioethics, U. of Pennsylvania) and Weiss, both affiliated with the Center for American Progress (CAP), present a collection of progressive ideas for tackling challenges including restoring dam- damaged rivers, preventing biotechnology-fueled terrorism, reforming government, and bridging the great divide between science and the public. CAP is a think tank in Washington, D.C. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)