Question

What is a good gift for a mathematician

I found this book

http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Mathematical-Tables-Formulae-30th/dp/0849324793/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371307285&sr=1-1&keywords=Standard+Mathematical+Tables+and+Formulae+30th+Edition

but I don't know which edition is better the 30th or 32th or the other ones.

Answer 1

i always have to be leary of books with so many additions .... just what do they keep messing up?

Answer 2

$$

Answer 3

idk much about the book

Answer 4

its just a book of tables like the one in our reference section of the library. its nice and all, but you might want to opt for the gilded pages

Answer 5

Give them $$

Answer 6

I want a book that shows proofs, questions, interesting math stuff. at a university level .

Answer 7

stephen hawkins newest rendition of God created the Integers is a nice read

Answer 8

math stuff is boring ... learning the history behind it is awesome tho

Answer 9

\[\huge $$$$\]

Answer 10

i want it fully math based with lots of numbers. The person I'm getting it for said he loves math and has a library of math books, but he likes knowing the history behind everything. @abb0t I'm not giving money

Answer 11

So I want to find a book that has history and numbers in it

Answer 12

i gave a girl i liked a disney princess math book from the dollar tree for a christmas gift :)

Answer 13

got a nice smile, a laugh, and a hug in return ..... best christmas ever!!! :)

Answer 14

also how old are you

Answer 15

pfft, she was an adult too ....

Answer 16

Give them a game boy

Answer 17

im old enough to be able to afford a book at the dollar tree without asking my parents for an increase in my allowance ;)

Answer 18

Euler's Toothbrush.

Answer 19

didnt eulers toothbrush kill him tho?

Answer 20

It did? Well that's the more reason why it's worth it.

Answer 21

@0213 If you knew who Euler was, you'd want his toothbrush.

Answer 22

who was he?

Answer 23

One of the greatest Mathematicians.

Answer 24

id rather have his notebooks, but his family is just being rediculously slow in translating them

Answer 25

I don't think I can get his toothbrush

Answer 26

get him the dvd of george peppard playing the role of euler brushing his teeth

Answer 27

@0213 Do you know the man's specialty in math?

Answer 28

no, but

Answer 29

To be honest, there's a whole lot you can get him....but I don't want you to get something that he already knows or doesn't like.
Could get him a powerful math software, or if you code, you can build something for him.
He'll probably appreciate something you make more than something you buy.

Answer 30

if he likes the history of math then 'Men of Mathematics' by ET Bell is a good one to get

Answer 31

ohhhhh, you're not a math person........
Well, get him a book that joins Math to Biology I guess....something that links Math and nature........

Answer 32

he is not interested in biology, he hates it

Answer 33

Trust me, math is so wide and convoluted that you can't just say one book that people would like.

Answer 34

There are lots of books, but it depends on who is getting the book.

Answer 35

Borrow it from the library.

Answer 36

and do what?

Answer 37

And read it.

Answer 38

The Music of the Primes by Professor Marcus du Sautay is a brilliant book appealing to math students and teachers

Answer 39

- and it doesn't cost 77 dollars