The Mathematics of Poker by Bill Chen and Jerrod Ankenman is a text that goes deep into the mathematical concepts behind poker games, including betting, raising, and the mathematically best way to play certain kind of hands given the various information you acquire during a hand.  It primarily utilizes game theory and statstics to achieve its goal. Bill Chen is a highly respected poker pr...

Men of Mathematics by Eric Temple Bell is a collection of short biographies about more than 30 famous mathematicians from Ancient Greece to the early 20th century.  As the book was written in the 1930s, it doesn't contain information about any mathematicians from the past 80 years or so.  This actually adds to the charm of the book.  It's interesting to see what mathemati...

Mathematics by Modern Curriculum Press is an overall decent math book.  It covers all of the topics a 3rd grader needs to know and covers them so that a child can master each concept before moving on to the next one.What I like is that on the back of each test is a cumulative review.  It reviews everything your child has learned in Math up to that test.  It gives the child a chan...

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson is an epic book about cryptology and espionage during both WWII and modern day.  The story shifts between the two time periods with fluid motions, almost as if there is barely a shift at all.  The characters are all wonderfully fleshed out, my two favorites being the WWII cryptologist named Lawrence Waterhouse and the WWII sniper named Bobby Shaftoe.Th...

Mathematics was one of my toughest classes that I have ever studied in my school and college days. I still remember my dad twisting my ears and slapping me sometimes for not having solved the maths problems correctly. With great difficulty  I have completed my Enginnering in Computer science where I could score above 70 in all the subjects except  mathematics.  I still remember m...

Magic Math Multiplication board is an educational toy that teaches your child their times table ones through nines.  Perfect for 2nd and 3rd graders, this little jewel came to us as a gift.  For around $12, I've seen similar units at Wal-Mart and the exact model can be found on eBay occasionally.Originally this was given to my older child.  She was having diffi...

Since junior high school a calculator was a big part of learning mathematics especially when it came to algebra related tasks or anything else for that matter past the point of basic math schools. It has always been my weakest subject as well so a calculator has always been like a life line to me in that sense. I started using Scientific calculators in high school and somehow managed to learn t...

This calculator is vital for any student who has to do relatively complicated maths frequently as it is powerful and intuitive. It has a wide range of functions with an easy to use "Natural Textbook" display.FunctionsIt contains all of the functions you would expect for a scientific calculator: logs, trigonometry, recall functions, powers, etc. However, it also contains functions that...

This is the calculator you want if you want something more technological than a scientific calculator but less technological than a super computer. I bought this for my pre-calculus class and I love it. It is bulky, but it is very useful. It uses 4 triple A batteries and I've been using this for a year, so I'm assuming it has a high battery life since it has yet to die on me, though it ...