#Weapons_of_Math_Destruction - Cathy_O'Neil - #Review

There is no mathematics, though, rather it is all Statistics and the apprehension associated with Big Data when it comes to application either through AI or ML. Most of the time we may agree with almost all of the author’s views but there is no algorithm anywhere as the title suggests, and instead O'Neil takes us on a tour of a collection of business and public policy malpractices, stating that the solution is to "encode values into our algorithms.". This might really be useful for some. With a few real stuff inside I think it would be an excellent book for those with skills and interest in social justice to take to an interview with Big Data firms.

#Quantum_Physics_Made_me_do_it - Jeremie_Harris - Review

There have been so far relevant guides to the most paradoxical notions proposed around quantum world throughout the last century. Some cut out the unnecessarily complex way of explaining concepts, and this one really hits its mark in terms of being the perfect introduction to quantum mechanics and the questions that arise from it for complete novices or for those looking for a light-hearted science reader. The book happens to be packed with science and excellent discussions on the repercussions for humanity if certain theories are in fact correct but fails midway when the author switches over to criticizing other writers. Here is the brief break-up as we move through the books.

#Humble_Pi: A comedy of Maths Errors - #Matt_Parker - Review

    This is certainly the first book I have ever read in which page numbers start from higher to lowest. And it has been done to justify the title (a comedy of maths errors). The book is filled with informative and relentlessly entertaining matter right from the beginning and has illustrations that are related to real-time incidents. The author explores the series of glitches, near-misses, mathematical mishaps leading to severe bugs over the PCs or internet, chunks in big data, logic in street signs, the chances over winning lotteries and bizarre ways the maths can equip or trip us. The book is well organized so that similar themes are framed together into chapters, but each incident is only a few pages long so that it never gives a feeling of bogged down or boring.

#Infinite_Powers: The_Story_of_Calculus-The_ Language_of_ the_Universe - #Steven_Strogatz - Review

     Often, the public thinks that scientific breakthroughs happen when lone geniuses discover something new, but in reality, discoveries occur when people improve upon the work of others. In ‘Infinite Powers’ Strogatz traces the methods used by Archimedes and moves on to Newton and Leibniz, who refined the use of calculus. Along the way, with plenty of illustrations and interesting insights we get to know about contributions from Fermat, Galileo and Descartes. This apart the contributions of Indian, Arabic, and Chinese mathematicians is also included, and the 'Infinite Powers' continues on to Fourier, Katherine Johnson and Sophie Germain.