Princeton

Mathematics
2021
NEW & FORTHCOMING

Do Not Erase
“A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a mak- Okoudjou, Peter Shor, Christina Sormani,
er of patterns,” wrote the British mathematician G. Terence Tao, Claire Voisin, and many others.
H. Hardy. In Do Not Erase, photographer Jessica The companion essays give insights into how the
Wynne presents remarkable examples of this idea chalkboard serves as a special medium for math-
through images of mathematicians’ chalkboards. ematical expression. The volume also includes an
While other fields have replaced chalkboards introduction by the author, an afterword by New
with whiteboards and digital presentations, Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson, and biographical
mathematicians remain loyal to chalk for puzzling information for each contributor.
out their ideas and communicating their research.
Wynne offers more than one hundred stunning Jessica Wynne is associate professor of pho-
photographs of these chalkboards, gathered from a tography at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
diverse group of mathematicians around the world. Her photographs are in collections at the Morgan
The photographs are accompanied by essays from Library and the Museum of Modern Art (SF),
each mathematician, reflecting on their work and and her work has been exhibited at the Whitney
processes. Together, pictures and words provide Museum of American Art and the Cleveland Cen-
an illuminating meditation on the unique relation- ter for Contemporary Art. She has been featured
ships among mathematics, art, and creativity. in such publications as the New York Times, the
Guardian, and Fortune.
The mathematicians featured in this collection
Website www.jessicawynne.com
comprise exciting new voices alongside established
June 2021. 252 pages. 108 color illus.
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A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role

in recreation, mathematics, and philosophy

Games for Your Mind

Logic puzzles were first introduced to the public by Lewis
Carroll in the late nineteenth century and have been popular
ever since. Games like Sudoku and Mastermind are fun and
engrossing recreational activities, but they also share deep
foundations in mathematical logic and are worthy of serious
intellectual inquiry. Games for Your Mind explores the history
and future of logic puzzles while enabling you to test your
skill against a variety of puzzles yourself.

In this informative and entertaining book, Jason Rosenhouse

begins by introducing readers to logic and logic puzzles
and goes on to reveal the rich history of these puzzles. He
shows how Carroll’s puzzles presented Aristotelian logic as
a game for children, yet also informed his scholarly work
on logic. He reveals how another pioneer of logic puzzles,
Raymond Smullyan, drew on classic puzzles about liars and
truthtellers to illustrate Kurt Gödel’s theorems and illuminate
profound questions in mathematical logic. Rosenhouse then
presents a new vision for the future of logic puzzles based on
nonclassical logic, which is used today in computer science
and automated reasoning to manipulate large and sometimes
contradictory sets of data.

Featuring a wealth of sample puzzles ranging from simple to

extremely challenging, this lively and engaging book brings
together many of the most ingenious puzzles ever devised,
including the "Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever," metapuzzles,
paradoxes, and the logic puzzles in detective stories.

Jason Rosenhouse is professor of mathematics at James

Madison University. He is the author of The Monty Hall
Problem: The Remarkable Story of Math’s Most Contentious
Brain Teaser and Among the Creationists: Dispatches from the
Anti-Evolutionist Front Line. He is the coauthor (with Laura
Taalman) of Taking Sudoku Seriously: The Math behind the
World’s Most Popular Pencil Puzzle and the coeditor (with
Jennifer Beineke) of The Mathematics of Various Entertaining
Subjects (Vols. 1–3) (Princeton).
2020. 352 pages. 35 b/w illus. 32 tables.
Hardback 9780691174075 $29.95 | £25.00 ebook 9780691200347

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 NEW & FORTHCOMING

A sweeping cultural history of one of the most

influential mathematical books ever written

Encounters with Euclid

Euclid’s Elements of Geometry is one of the fountainheads of
mathematics—and of culture. Written around 300 bce, it has
traveled widely across the centuries, generating countless new
ideas and inspiring such figures as Isaac Newton, Bertrand
Russell, Abraham Lincoln, and Albert Einstein. Encounters
with Euclid tells the story of this incomparable mathematical
masterpiece, taking readers from its origins in the ancient
world to its lasting influence today.

In this lively and informative book, Benjamin Wardhaugh

explains how Euclid’s text journeyed from antiquity to the
Renaissance, introducing some of the many readers, copyists,
and editors who left their mark on the Elements before hand-
ing it on. He shows how some read the book as a work of
philosophy, while others viewed it as a practical guide to life.
He examines the many different contexts in which Euclid’s
book and his geometry were put to use, from the Neoplatonic
school at Athens and the workshops of Restoration London
to the Jesuit mission in China and the artisans’ studios of
medieval Baghdad. Wardhaugh shows how the Elements
inspired ideas in theology, art, and music, and how the book
has acquired new relevance to the strange geometries of dark
matter and curved space.

Encounters with Euclid traces the life and afterlives of one

of the most remarkable works of mathematics ever written,
revealing its continuing role in the timeless search for order
and reason in an unruly world.

Benjamin Wardhaugh is a historian of mathematics and

the author of Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles
Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician, and Scientific Rebel and How
to Read Historical Mathematics (Princeton) and the editor
of A Wealth of Numbers: An Anthology of 500 Years of Popular
Mathematics Writing (Princeton).
March 2021. 416 pages. 34 b/w illus.
Hardback 9780691211695 $29.95 | £25.00 ebook 9780691219813
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NEW & FORTHCOMING

The year’s finest mathematical writing from around

the world

The Best Writing on Mathematics

2020
This annual anthology brings together the year’s finest math-
ematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising
new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the
field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2020 makes available
to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere
else—and you don’t need to be a mathematician to enjoy
them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature,
meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into
the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday aspects of
math, and take readers behind the scenes of today’s hottest
mathematical debates.

Here, Steven Strogatz reveals how calculus drives advances

in virology, Paul Thagard argues that the power of mathe-
matics stems from its combination of realistic and fictional
qualities, and Erica Klarreich describes how Hao Huang
used the combinatorics of cube nodes to solve a longstanding
problem in computer science. In other essays, John Baez tells
how he discovered the irresistible attractions of algebraic
geometry, Mark Colyvan compares the radically different
explanatory practices of mathematics and science, and Boris
Odehnal reviews some surprising properties of multidimen-
sional geometries. And there’s much, much more.

In addition to presenting the year’s most memorable writings

on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a bibli-
ography of other notable writings and an introduction by the
editor.

This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where

math has taken us—and where it is headed.

Mircea Pitici teaches mathematics at Syracuse University

and has edited The Best Writing on Mathematics since 2010.
The Best Writing on Mathematics
2020. 264 pages. 16 color + 91 b/w illus. 1 table.
Paperback 9780691207568 $24.95 | £22.00
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 NEW & FORTHCOMING

How science changed the way artists understand reality

Exploring the Invisible

Exploring the Invisible shows how modern art expresses the
first secular, scientific worldview in human history. Now fully
revised and expanded, this richly illustrated book describes
two hundred years of scientific discoveries that inspired
French Impressionist painters and Art Nouveau architects,
as well as Surrealists in Europe, Latin America, and Japan.
With a foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson and a wealth of
stunning images, this edition of Exploring the Invisible draws
on the latest scholarship to provide a global perspective on
the scientists and artists who explore life on Earth, human
consciousness, and the space-time universe.

Lynn Gamwell is a lecturer in the history of art, science, and

mathematics at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium
at the American Museum of Natural History.
2020. 528 pages. 332 color + 183 b/w illus.
Hardback 9780691191058 $49.95 | £42.00

An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat

equation and its role in the triumphant development of
the trans-Atlantic telegraph cable

Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons

Heat, like gravity, shapes nearly every aspect of our world
and universe, from how milk dissolves in coffee to how mol-
ten planets cool. The heat equation, a cornerstone of modern
physics, demystifies such processes, painting a mathematical
picture of the way heat diffuses through matter. Presenting
the mathematics and history behind the heat equation, Hot
Molecules, Cold Electrons tells the remarkable story of how this
foundational idea brought about one of the greatest techno-
logical advancements of the modern era.

Paul J. Nahin is the author of many popular math books,

including How to Fall Slower Than Gravity, Dr. Euler’s Fab-
ulous Formula, and An Imaginary Tale (all Princeton). He is
professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University
of New Hampshire.
2020. 232 pages. 37 b/w illus.
Hardback 9780691191720 $24.95 | £22.00 ebook 9780691199948

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NEW & FORTHCOMING

The legendary Renaissance math duel that ushered in

the modern age of algebra

The Secret Formula

The Secret Formula tells the story of two Renaissance
mathematicians whose jealousies, intrigues, and contentious
debates led to the discovery of a formula for the solution of
the cubic equation. Niccolò Tartaglia was a talented and am-
bitious teacher who possessed a secret formula. He wrote it
down in the form of a poem to prevent other mathematicians
from stealing it. Gerolamo Cardano was a physician, gifted
scholar, and notorious gambler who would not hesitate to
use flattery and even trickery to learn Tartaglia’s secret. A
lively and compelling account of genius, betrayal, and all-too-
human failings, The Secret Formula reveals the epic rivalry
behind one of the fundamental ideas of modern algebra.

Fabio Toscano is a science writer for newspapers and televi-

sion and is the author of many popular science books.
2020. 176 pages. 2 b/w illus.
Hardback 9780691183671 $24.95 | £22.00 ebook 9780691200323

A practical guide to making good decisions in a world of

missing data

Dark Data
In the era of big data, it is easy to imagine that we have all the
information we need to make good decisions. But in fact the
data we have are never complete, and may be only the tip of
the iceberg. Just as much of the universe is composed of dark
matter, invisible to us but nonetheless present, the universe
of information is full of dark data that we overlook at our
peril. In Dark Data, data expert David Hand takes us on a
fascinating and enlightening journey into the world of the
data we don’t see.

David J. Hand is emeritus professor of mathematics and

senior research investigator at Imperial College London, a
former president of the Royal Statistical Society, and a fellow
of the British Academy.
2020. 344 pages. 6 b/w illus. 6 tables.
Hardback 9780691182377 $29.95 | £25.00 ebook 9780691198859
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 NEW & FORTHCOMING

“The Doctrine of Triangles succeeds brilliantly in making

this history accessible. . . . A pleasure to read.”
—Dennis Duke, Florida State University

The Doctrine of Triangles

The Doctrine of Triangles offers an interdisciplinary history of
trigonometry that spans four centuries, starting in 1550 and
concluding in the 1900s. Glen Van Brummelen tells the story
of trigonometry as it evolved from an instrument for under-
standing the heavens to a practical tool, used in fields such as
surveying and navigation. In Europe, China, and America,
trigonometry aided and was itself transformed by concurrent
mathematical revolutions, as well as the rise of science and
technology. The Doctrine of Triangles brings trigonometry’s
rich historical past full circle into the modern era.

Glen Van Brummelen is dean of the faculty of natural and

applied sciences at Trinity Western University, and a historian
of mathematics and astronomy.
June 2021. 376 pages. 122 b/w illus. 6 tables.
Hardback 9780691179414 $29.95 | £25.00 ebook 9780691219875

An inviting, intuitive, and visual exploration of

differential geometry and forms

Visual Differential Geometry

and Forms
Visual Differential Geometry and Forms fulfills two principal
goals. In the first four acts, Tristan Needham puts the geom-
etry back into differential geometry. Using 235 hand-drawn
diagrams, Needham deploys Newton’s geometrical methods
to provide geometrical explanations of the classical results. In
the fifth act, he offers the first undergraduate introduction to
differential forms that treats advanced topics in an intuitive
and geometrical manner. Requiring only basic calculus and
geometry, Visual Differential Geometry and Forms provoca-
tively rethinks the way this important area of mathematics
should be considered and taught.

Tristan Needham is professor of mathematics at the Univer-

sity of San Francisco.
June 2021. 584 pages. 239 b/w illus.
Paperback 9780691203706 $45.00 | £38.00
Hardback 9780691203690 $125.00 | £104.00 ebook 9780691219899

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TEXTBOOKS & REFERENCE

The essential introduction to the principles and

applications of feedback systems—now fully revised
and expanded

Feedback Systems
This textbook covers the mathematics needed to model, an-
alyze, and design feedback systems. Now more user-friendly
than ever, this revised and expanded edition of Feedback Sys-
tems is a one-volume resource for students and researchers
in mathematics and engineering. It has applications across a
range of disciplines that utilize feedback in physical, biologi-
cal, information, and economic systems.

Karl Johan Åström is senior professor of automatic control

at Lund University in Sweden. Richard M. Murray is the
Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and
Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering at the California
Institute of Technology.
February 2021. 528 pages. 290 b/w illus + 9 tables.
Hardback 9780691193984 $95.00 | £78.00 ebook 9780691213477

A comprehensive introduction to hybrid control systems

and design

Hybrid Feedback Control

Hybrid control systems exhibit both discrete changes, or
jumps, and continuous changes, or flow. Hybrid control
systems feature widely across disciplines, including biology,
computer science, and engineering, and examples range
from the control of cellular responses to self-driving cars.
Although classical control theory provides powerful tools for
analyzing systems that exhibit either flow or jumps, it is ill-
equipped to handle hybrid control systems. Relevant to dy-
namical systems theory, applied mathematics, and computer
science, Hybrid Feedback Control will be useful to students
and researchers working on hybrid systems, cyber-physical
systems, control, and automation.

Ricardo G. Sanfelice is professor of electrical and computer

engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is
the coauthor of Hybrid Dynamical Systems (Princeton).
December 2020. 424 pages. 78 b/w illus. 1 table.
Hardback 9780691180229 $75.00 | £62.00 ebook 9780691189536

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A practical guide to data-intensive humanities research

using the Python programming language

Humanities Data Analysis

The use of quantitative methods in the humanities and
related social sciences has increased considerably in recent
years. Despite this growth, there are few resources to take
advantage of these powerful tools. Humanities Data Analysis
offers the first intermediate-level guide to quantitative data
analysis for humanities students. This practical textbook,
which assumes a basic knowledge of Python, teaches readers
the necessary skills for conducting humanities research in the
rapidly developing digital environment.

Folgert Karsdorp is a postdoctoral researcher at the Meer-

tens Institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and
Sciences. Mike Kestemont is assistant professor of literature
at the University of Antwerp. Allen Riddell is assistant
professor of information science at Indiana University.
January 2021. 360 pages. 69 color + 12 b/w illus. 5 tables.
Hardback 9780691172361 $45.00 | £38.00 ebook 9780691200330

The Stata edition of the groundbreaking textbook on

data analysis and statistics for the social sciences and
allied fields

Quantitative Social Science

Quantitative analysis is an increasingly essential skill for
social science research, yet students in the social sciences
and related areas typically receive little training in it—or if
they do, they usually end up in statistics classes that offer
few insights into their field. This textbook is a practical
introduction to data analysis and statistics written especially
for undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the
social sciences and allied fields, such as business, economics,
education, political science, psychology, sociology, public
policy, and data science.

Kosuke Imai is Professor of Government and of Statistics at

Harvard University. Lori D. Bougher is a data and statistical
analyst at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Gover-
nance at Princeton University.
March 2021. 432 pages. 79 color + 11 b/w illus. 49 tables.
Paperback 9780691191096 $49.95 | £42.00
Hardback 9780691191089 $95.00 | £78.00 ebook 9780691191294

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PRINCETON SERIES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Delay-Adaptive Linear Control

Actuator and sensor delays are among the most common
dynamic phenomena in engineering practice, and when
disregarded, they render controlled systems unstable. Over
the past sixty years, predictor feedback has been a key tool
for compensating such delays, but conventional predictor
feedback algorithms assume that the delays and other param-
eters of a given system are known. When incorrect parameter
values are used in the predictor, the resulting controller may
be as destabilizing as without the delay compensation.

Presenting breakthroughs in adaptive control and control of

delay systems, Delay-Adaptive Linear Control offers powerful
new tools for the control engineer and the mathematician.

Yang Zhu is a postdoctoral researcher in control theory and

engineering at Tel Aviv University. Miroslav Krstic is distin-
guished professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
at the University of California, San Diego.
2020. 352 pages. 48 b/w illus. 16 tables.
Hardback 9780691202549 $85.00 | £70.00 ebook 9780691203317

Statistical Inference via

Convex Optimization
This authoritative book draws on the latest research to
explore the interplay of high-dimensional statistics with
optimization. Through an accessible analysis of fundamental
problems of hypothesis testing and signal recovery, Anatoli
Juditsky and Arkadi Nemirovski show how convex optimiza-
tion theory can be used to devise and analyze near-optimal
statistical inferences.

Statistical Inference via Convex Optimization features exercises

with solutions along with extensive appendixes, making it
ideal for use as a graduate text.

Anatoli Juditsky is professor of applied mathematics and

chair of statistics and optimization at the Multidisciplinary
Institute in Artificial Intelligence at the Université Grenoble
Alpes in France. Arkadi Nemirovski is the John Hunter
Chair and professor of industrial and systems engineering at
the Georgia Institute of Technology.
2020. 656 pages. 40 b/w illus.
Hardback 9780691197296 $85.00 | £70.00 ebook 9780691200316

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 ANNALS OF MATHEMATICS STUDIES

Global Nonlinear Stability of

Schwarzschild Spacetime under
Polarized Perturbations
One of the major outstanding questions about black holes is
whether they remain stable when subject to small perturba-
tions. An affirmative answer to this question would provide
strong theoretical support for the physical reality of black
holes. In this book, Sergiu Klainerman and Jérémie Szeftel
take a first important step toward solving the fundamental
black hole stability problem in general relativity by establish-
ing the stability of nonrotating black holes—or Schwarzschild
spacetimes—under so-called polarized perturbations. Essen-
tial reading for mathematicians and physicists alike, this book
introduces a rich theoretical framework.

Sergiu Klainerman is Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathe-

matics at Princeton University. Jérémie Szeftel is a CNRS
senior researcher in mathematics at the Laboratoire Jacques-
Louis Lions of Sorbonne Université in Paris.
December 2020. 856 pages. 13 b/w illus.
Paperback 9780691212425 $75.00 | £62.00
Hardback 9780691212432 $165.00 | £136.00 ebook 9780691218526

A Course on Surgery Theory

Surgery theory, a subfield of geometric topology, is the
study of the classifications of manifolds. A Course on Surgery
Theory offers a modern look at this important mathematical
discipline and some of its applications. In this book, Stanley
Chang and Shmuel Weinberger explain some of the triumphs
of surgery theory during the past three decades, from both
an algebraic and geometric point of view. They also provide
an extensive treatment of basic ideas, main theorems, active
applications, and recent literature. The authors methodically
cover all aspects of surgery theory, connecting it to other
relevant areas of mathematics, including geometry, homoto-
py theory, analysis, and algebra.

Stanley Chang is the Mildred Lane Kemper Professor of

Mathematics at Wellesley College. Shmuel Weinberger is
the Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor of
Mathematics at the University of Chicago.
January 2021. 472 pages. 14 b/w illus.
Paperback 9780691160498 $75.00 | £62.00
Hardback 9780691160481 $165.00 | £136.00 ebook 9780691200354

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ANNALS OF MATHEMATICS STUDIES

The Structure of Groups

with a Quasiconvex Hierarchy
This monograph on the applications of cube complexes
constitutes a breakthrough in the fields of geometric group
theory and 3-manifold topology. Many fundamental new
ideas and methodologies are presented here for the first time,
including a cubical small-cancellation theory generalizing
ideas from the 1960s, a version of Dehn Filling that functions
in the category of special cube complexes, and a variety of
results about right-angled Artin groups. The book culminates
by establishing a remarkable theorem about the nature of
hyperbolic groups that are constructible as amalgams.

Daniel T. Wise is James McGill Professor in the Department

of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University. His pre-
vious book is From Riches to Raags: 3-Manifolds, Right-Angled
Artin Groups, and Cubical Geometry.
February 2021. 376 pages. 166 color illus.
Paperback 9780691170459 $75.00 | £62.00
Hardback 9780691170442 $165.00 | £136.00 ebook 9780691213507

A Hierarchy of Turing Degrees

Computability theory is a branch of mathematical logic and
computer science that has become increasingly relevant in
recent years. In A Hierarchy of Turing Degrees, Rod Downey
and Noam Greenberg introduce a new hierarchy that allows
them to classify the combinatorics of constructions from
many areas of computability theory, including algorithmic
randomness, Turing degrees, effectively closed sets, and
effective structure theory. This unifying hierarchy gives rise
to new natural definability results for Turing degree classes,
demonstrating how dynamic constructions become reflected
in definability. Downey and Greenberg present numerous
construction techniques involving high-level nonuniform
arguments, and their self-contained work is appropriate for
graduate students and researchers.

Rod Downey and Noam Greenberg are professors of math-

ematics at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
2020. 240 pages. 3 b/w illus.
Paperback 9780691199665 $75.00 | £62.00
Hardback 9780691199658 $165.00 | £136.00 ebook 9780691200217

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 ANNALS OF MATHEMATICS STUDIES

Arnold Diffusion for Smooth

Systems of Two-and-a-Half
Degrees of Freedom
Arnold diffusion is one of the most important problems in
the fields of dynamical systems and mathematical physics.
Since it was discovered by Vladimir Arnold in 1963, it has
attracted the efforts of some of the most prominent research-
ers in mathematics. The question is whether a typical pertur-
bation of a particular system will result in chaotic or unstable
dynamical phenomena. In this groundbreaking book, Vadim
Kaloshin and Ke Zhang provide the first complete proof of
Arnold diffusion, demonstrating that that there is topological
instability for typical perturbations of five-dimensional inte-
grable systems (two-and-a-half degrees of freedom).

Vadim Kaloshin is the Michael Brin Chair in Mathematics at

the University of Maryland, College Park. Ke Zhang is asso-
ciate professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto.
2020. 224 pages. 21 b/w illus.
Paperback 9780691202525 $75.00 | £62.00
Hardback 9780691202532 $165.00 | £136.00 ebook 9780691204932

Berkeley Lectures on p-adic

Geometry
Berkeley Lectures on p-adic Geometry presents an important
breakthrough in arithmetic geometry. In 2014, leading math-
ematician Peter Scholze delivered a series of lectures at the
University of California, Berkeley, on new ideas in the theory
of p-adic geometry. Building on his discovery of perfectoid
spaces, Scholze introduced the concept of “diamonds,” which
are to perfectoid spaces what algebraic spaces are to schemes.
The introduction of diamonds, along with the development
of a mixed-characteristic shtuka, set the stage for a critical
advance in the discipline. In this book, Peter Scholze and Jared
Weinstein show that the moduli space of mixed-characteristic
shtukas is a diamond, raising the possibility of using the coho-
mology of such spaces to attack the Langlands conjectures for
a reductive group over a p-adic field.

Peter Scholze is a professor at the University of Bonn and

director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics.
Jared Weinstein is associate professor of mathematics at
Boston University.
2020. 264 pages. 5 b/w illus.
Paperback 9780691202082 $75.00 | £62.00
Hardback 9780691202099 $165.00 | £136.00 ebook 9780691202150
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Introductory Lectures on
Equivariant Cohomology
This book gives a clear introductory account of equivariant cohomol-
ogy, a central topic in algebraic topology. Equivariant cohomology is
concerned with the algebraic topology of spaces with a group action,
or in other words, with symmetries of spaces. First defined in the
1950s, it has been introduced into K-theory and algebraic geometry,
but it is in algebraic topology that the concepts are the most transpar-
ent and the proofs are the simplest.

Loring W. Tu is professor of mathematics at Tufts University.

2020. 200 pages. 37 b/w illus.
Paperback 9780691191751 $75.00 | £62.00
Hardback 9780691191744 $165.00 | £136.00 ebook 9780691197487

What’s Next?
William Thurston (1946–2012) was one of the great mathematicians
of the twentieth century. He was a visionary whose extraordinary ideas
revolutionized a broad range of areas of mathematics. In addition, he
discovered connections between disciplines that led to astonishing
breakthroughs in mathematical understanding. In What’s Next?, many
of today’s leading mathematicians describe recent advances and future
directions inspired by Thurston’s transformative ideas.

Dylan P. Thurston is professor of mathematics at Indiana University,

Bloomington. He is an editor of the journal Quantum Topology.
2020. 440 pages.
Paperback 9780691167770 $75.00 | £62.00
Hardback 9780691167763 $165.00 | £136.00 ebook 9780691185897

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 OF RELATED INTEREST

Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author,

and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili offers a fascinating and
illuminating look at what physics reveals about the world

The World According to Physics

Shining a light on the most profound insights revealed by
modern physics, Jim Al-Khalili invites us all to understand
what this crucially important science tells us about the
universe and the nature of reality itself. Making even the
most enigmatic scientific ideas accessible and captivating,
this deeply insightful book illuminates why physics matters
to everyone and calls one and all to share in the profound
adventure of seeking truth in the world around us.

Jim Al-Khalili is professor of physics at the University of

Surrey. He is one of Britain’s best-known science communi-
cators and has written numerous books.
2020. 336 pages. 6 b/w illus.
Hardback 9780691182308 $16.95 | £12.99 ebook 9780691201672
Audiobook 9780691205052

From the author of Wittgenstein’s Poker and Would You

Kill the Fat Man?, the story of an extraordinary group of
philosophers during a dark chapter in Europe’s history

The Murder of Professor Schlick

On June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on
his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when
Johann Nelböck, a deranged former student of Schlick’s, shot
him dead on the university steps. Some Austrian newspapers
defended the madman, while Nelböck himself argued in
court that his onetime teacher had promoted a treacherous
Jewish philosophy. David Edmonds traces the rise and fall of
the Vienna Circle—an influential group of brilliant thinkers
led by Schlick—and of a philosophical movement that sought
to do away with metaphysics and pseudoscience in a city
darkened by fascism, anti-Semitism, and unreason.

David Edmonds is a distinguished research fellow at the

Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
2020. 336 pages. 23 b/w illus.
Hardback 9780691164908 $27.95 | £22.00 ebook 9780691185842

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An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken

knowledge and skills you need to succeed in grad school

A Field Guide to Grad School

In this comprehensive survival guide for grad school, Jessica McCrory
Calarco walks you through the knowledge and skills that are essential
for navigating every critical stage of the postgraduate experience,
from deciding whether to go to grad school in the first place to finish-
ing your degree and landing a job.

Jessica McCrory Calarco is associate professor of sociology at

Indiana University.
2020. 480 pages. 18 b/w illus. 2 tables.
Paperback 9780691201092 $17.95 | £14.99 ebook 9780691201108

The story of a new breed of amazingly innovative courses that

inspire students and improve learning

Super Courses
In Super Courses, education expert and bestselling author Ken Bain
tells the fascinating story of enterprising college, graduate school,
and high school teachers who are using evidence-based approaches
to spark deeper levels of learning, critical thinking, and creativity—
whether teaching online, in class, or in the field.

Ken Bain taught as a history professor, founded teaching centers, and

is the president of the Best Teachers Institute.
March 2021. 296 pages.
Hardback 9780691185460 $24.95 | £22.00 ebook 9780691216591

A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book

proposal—and seeing your book through to publication

The Book Proposal Book

Whether you’re hoping to publish your first book or you’re a seasoned
author with an unfinished proposal languishing on your hard drive,
The Book Proposal Book provides honest, empathetic, and invaluable
advice on how to overcome common sticking points and get your
book published.

Laura Portwood-Stacer, PhD, is a developmental editor and founder

of Manuscript Works, a consultancy serving academic authors around
the world.
July 2021. 184 pages. 1 b/w illus.
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A look at how calculus has evolved over hundreds of

years and why calculus pedagogy needs to change

Calculus Reordered
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 seventeenth-
century figures Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, how
it was shaped by Italian philosophers and how its current
structure sprang from developments in the nineteenth century.
Bressoud reveals problems with the standard ordering of its
curriculum and he argues that a pedagogy informed by histor-
ical evolution represents a sounder way for students to learn.
From it’s birth to contemporary iteration, Calculus Reordered
highlights the ways this tool of mathematics came to be.

David M. Bressoud is DeWitt Wallace Professor Emeritus at

Macalester College and Director of the Conference Board of
the Mathematical Sciences.
May 2021. 248 pages. 74 b/w illus. 1 table.
Paperback 9780691218786 $19.95 | £16.99 ebook 9780691189161

A mathematical journey through the most fascinating

problems of extremes and how to solve them

When Least Is Best

What is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? How
can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? Why does light
move through glass in the least amount of time possible?
When Least Is Best combines the mathematical history
of extrema with contemporary examples to answer these
intriguing questions and more. Paul Nahin shows how life
often works at the extremes and he considers how mathema-
ticians over the centuries have grappled with these problems
of minima and maxima. Throughout, Nahin examines enter-
taining conundrums, such as how to build the shortest bridge
possible between two towns, how to vary speed during a race,
and how to make the perfect basketball shot. When Least Is
Best will delight math enthusiasts everywhere.

Paul J. Nahin is professor emeritus of electrical engineering

at the University of New Hampshire.
Princeton Science Library
May 2021. 392 pages. 99 b/w illus.
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An essential guide to recognizing bogus numbers and

misleading data

Millions, Billions, Zillions

Numbers are often intimidating, confusing, and even delib-
erately deceptive—especially when they are really big. The
media loves to report on millions, billions, and trillions, but
frequently makes basic mistakes or presents such numbers in
misleading ways. And misunderstanding numbers can have
serious consequences, since they can deceive us in many of
our most important decisions, including how to vote, what
to buy, and whether to make a financial investment. In this
short, accessible, enlightening, and entertaining book, Brian
Kernighan teaches anyone—even diehard math-phobes—
how to demystify the numbers that assault us every day.

Brian W. Kernighan is professor of computer science at

Princeton University.
2020. 176 pages. 30 b/w illus.
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Nine revolutionary algorithms that power our computers

and smartphones

Nine Algorithms That Changed

the Future
Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable
feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant
needles from the world’s biggest haystack. Uploading a photo
to Facebook transmits millions of pieces of information. We
use public-key cryptography to transmit secret information
like credit card numbers, and we use digital signatures
to verify the identity of the websites we visit. How do
our computers perform these tasks with such ease? John
MacCormick answers this question in language anyone can
understand, using vivid examples to explain the fundamental
tricks behind nine computer algorithms.

John MacCormick is associate professor of computer

science at Dickinson College.
Princeton Science Library
2020. 232 pages. 103 b/w illus. 1 table.
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How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and

astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth century

Music by the Numbers

Music is filled with mathematical elements. The works of
Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Arnold
Schoenberg, Iannis Xenakis, and Karlheinz Stockhausen
wrote music explicitly based on mathematical principles.
Yet Eli Maor argues that it is music that has had the greater
influence on mathematics, not the other way around. Starting
with Pythagoras, proceeding through Schoenberg, and
bringing the story up to the present with contemporary
string theory, Music by the Numbers tells a fascinating story
of composers, scientists, inventors, and eccentrics who have
played a role in the age-old relationship between music,
mathematics, and the physical sciences.

Eli Maor is a former professor of the history of mathematics

at Loyola University Chicago.
2020. 176 pages. 43 b/w illus.
Paperback 9780691202969 $17.95 | £14.99 ebook 9781400889891

A fun, entertaining exploration of the ideas and people

behind the growth of trigonometry

Trigonometric Delights
Rejecting the usual descriptions of sine, cosine, and their
trigonometric relatives, Eli Maor brings the subject to life in
a compelling blend of history, biography, and mathematics.
From the proto-trigonometry of the Egyptian pyramid build-
ers and the first true trigonometry developed by Greek as-
tronomers, to the epicycles and hypocycles of the toy Spiro-
graph, Maor presents both a survey of the main elements of
trigonometry and a unique account of its vital contribution
to science and social growth. A tapestry of stories, curiosities,
insights, and illustrations, Trigonometric Delights irrevocably
changes how we see this essential mathematical discipline.

Eli Maor is a former professor of the history of mathematics

at Loyola University Chicago.
Princeton Science Library
2020. 256 pages. 107 b/w illus.
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A lively history of the peculiar math of voting

Numbers Rule
Since the very birth of democracy in ancient Greece, the simple act
of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes that have puzzled
some of the greatest philosophers, statesmen, and mathematicians.
Numbers Rule traces the epic quest by these thinkers to create a more
perfect democracy and adapt to the ever-changing demands that each
new generation places on our democratic institutions.

George G. Szpiro, PhD, is a mathematician and journalist.

2020. 240 pages. 21 tables.
Paperback 9780691209081 $18.95 | £15.99 ebook 9781400834440

A survey of ancient Egyptian mathematics across three

thousand years

Mathematics in Ancient Egypt

Drawing from mathematical texts, architectural drawings, administra-
tive documents, and other sources, Annette Imhausen surveys three
thousand years of Egyptian history to present an integrated picture of
theoretical mathematics in relation to the daily practices of Egyptian
life and social structures.

Annette Imhausen is professor of the history of science at Goethe

University, Frankfurt. She is the author of Egyptian Algorithms.
2020. 248 pages. 29 b/w illus. 11 tables.
Paperback 9780691209074 $35.00 | £30.00 ebook 9781400874309

A history of algebra from antiquity to the early twentieth century

Taming the Unknown

What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x’s and y’s.
For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world
of axiomatically defined constructs like groups, rings, and fields. Tam-
ing the Unknown considers how these two seemingly different types of
algebra evolved and how they relate.

Victor J. Katz is professor of mathematics emeritus at the University

of the District of Columbia. Karen Hunger Parshall is professor of
history and mathematics at the University of Virginia.
2020. 504 pages. 80 b/w illus. 3 maps.
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Mathletics How to Solve It The 5 Elements of

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The Princeton Companion The Princeton Companion Prime Suspects

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A Mathematical Nature Walk Complexities Mathematics and Art

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The Calculus of Happiness Zombies and Calculus Honors Calculus

Oscar E. Fernandez Colin Adams Charles R. MacCluer
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The Calculus of Friendship The Calculus Lifesaver Calculus of Variations

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Calculus Simplified Everyday Calculus The Calculus Gallery

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