Volumes, the MoMoMath book club
Love mathematics and books? Looking for a stimulating and fun discussion? Volumes, the MoMath book club, is just the thing for you. This reading group is designed especially for those interested in mathematics and science and how it affects our lives. No prior math or science background is necessary. Take a look at the upcoming Volumes meet-ups below.
The Mind-Body Problem
by Rebecca Goldstein
Thursday, March 23, 6:00 pm
Renee Feuer is a spirited but floundering Princeton graduate student when she first catches the eye of living math legend Noam Himmel. Their courtship is an intellectual one, spiced with heady discussions on philosophy and math with an occasional dash of physics thrown in. Once the blush of new romance wears off, however, Renee finds intellectual theory wanting as she struggles to come to terms with her orthodox Jewish upbringing, her own sexuality, and the husband who is physically present but mentally absent as he works on his next great theory.
Einstein’s Dreams
by Alan Lightman
Thursday, April 27, 6:00 pm
A modern classic, Einstein’s Dreams is a fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines many possible worlds. In poetic vignettes, it explores the connections between science and art, the process of creativity, and, ultimately, the fragility of human existence.
Upcoming Volumes Selections
• May | 2017 | — | The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh |
• June | 2017 | — | Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician’s Journey Through Symmetry by Marcus du Sautoy |
Prior Volumes Selections
• Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
• A Doubter’s Almanac by Ethan Canin
• Finding Zero by Amir Aczel
• The Mathematician’s Shiva: A Novel by Stuart Rojstaczer
• Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidence by Joseph Mazur
• Logicomix: An epic search for truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou
• Flatterland: Like Flatland Only More So by Ian Stewart
• Pythagoras’ Revenge by Arturo Sangalli
• Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
• The Man Who Counted by Malba Tahan
• The Silicon Jungle by Shumeet Baluja
• The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ozawa