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Books and learning on mathematics and science

Every link here is classified as books and learning on mathematics and science.

Hall of Fame: 14
Candidates: 26
Median span: 7.5 yrs
First seen: 2007

Strongest Hall records

14 items

A Primer on Bézier Curves (2013)

pomax.github.io 25 submissions · 19 people · 13.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-04 Resurfaced 2026-04-28

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How Not to Sort by Average Rating (2009)

www.evanmiller.org 18 submissions · 17 people · 15.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-08 Resurfaced 2024-10-25

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Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online

www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu 15 submissions · 15 people · 12.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-01 Resurfaced 2026-02-10

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How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves (2009)

www.georgehart.com 9 submissions · 9 people · 14.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2014-05 Resurfaced 2022-03-06

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The magic of the Kalman filter, in pictures

www.bzarg.com 8 submissions · 8 people · 8.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2024-04-03

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Immersive Linear Algebra (2016)

immersivemath.com 8 submissions · 6 people · 8.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-02 Resurfaced 2024-05-11

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The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less

www.muppetlabs.com 11 submissions · 11 people · 17.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-04 Resurfaced 2025-04-14

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An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra (2012)

betterexplained.com 5 submissions · 5 people · 11.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-06 Resurfaced 2022-03-31

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An Interactive Guide to the Fourier Transform (2012)

betterexplained.com 6 submissions · 6 people · 12.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-12 Resurfaced 2025-12-02

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Calculus Made Easy (1910)

calculusmadeeasy.org 10 submissions · 10 people · 7.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-01 Resurfaced 2021-07-28

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Cameras and Lenses

ciechanow.ski 8 submissions · 8 people · 5.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-01 Resurfaced 2026-01-01

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Floating point visually explained (2017)

fabiensanglard.net 9 submissions · 8 people · 8.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-11 Resurfaced 2021-11-28

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How to Read Mathematics

web.stonehill.edu 5 submissions · 4 people · 8.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-04 Resurfaced 2017-04-30

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Tips for mathematical handwriting (2007)

johnkerl.org 7 submissions · 5 people · 5.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-02 Resurfaced 2025-02-08

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A Primer on Bézier Curves (2013)

pomax.github.io 25 submissions · 19 people · 13.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-04 Resurfaced 2026-04-28

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Feynman Lectures on Physics now free online

www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu 15 submissions · 15 people · 12.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-01 Resurfaced 2026-02-10

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Cameras and Lenses

ciechanow.ski 8 submissions · 8 people · 5.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-01 Resurfaced 2026-01-01

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An Interactive Guide to the Fourier Transform (2012)

betterexplained.com 6 submissions · 6 people · 12.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-12 Resurfaced 2025-12-02

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The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less

www.muppetlabs.com 11 submissions · 11 people · 17.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2025-04 Resurfaced 2025-04-14

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Candidates

Browse 26 candidates

Seeing Theory (2017)

seeing-theory.brown.edu 15 submissions · 15 people · 7.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-02-15

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Quantum mechanics as a generalization of probability (2007)

www.scottaaronson.com 10 submissions · 10 people · 16.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-04-17

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Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (1972) [pdf]

library.sciencemadness.org 12 submissions · 6 people · 13.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-07-09

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How to Fold a Julia Fractal

acko.net 13 submissions · 13 people · 11.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-02-20

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Graphical linear algebra: from matrices to monoids

graphicallinearalgebra.net 4 submissions · 4 people · 7.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-07-10

Needs:5 submissions

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An Interactive Introduction to Fourier Transforms

www.jezzamon.com 8 submissions · 8 people · 5.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-11-14

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Basic Math Textbook: The Napkin Project

web.evanchen.cc 9 submissions · 8 people · 7.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-10-02

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The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants (1990) [pdf]

algorithmicbotany.org 5 submissions · 5 people · 8.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-07-24

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Kalman Filter Tutorial

www.kalmanfilter.net 4 submissions · 3 people · 4.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-01-18

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Translating math into code with examples in Java, Racket, Haskell, Python (2011)

matt.might.net 3 submissions · 3 people · 7.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-05-28

Needs:5 submissions

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Street-Fighting Mathematics

mitpress.mit.edu 4 submissions · 4 people · 6.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-06-25

Needs:5 submissions

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Lights and Shadows

ciechanow.ski 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2026-01-02

Needs:5 submissions

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Let's remove quaternions from every 3D engine (2018)

marctenbosch.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-04-16

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Markov Chains Explained Visually (2014)

setosa.io 4 submissions · 4 people · 2.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2018-08-15

Needs:5 submissions3 active years

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Fourier transform – A math tool used in optics, MP3s, JPEGs and more (2013)

nautil.us 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2017-04-11

Needs:5 submissions

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Complex numbers have never been so intuitive to me

betterexplained.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 10.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2018-08-09

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Modern Physics From Scratch

theoreticalminimum.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 8.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-01-17

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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The Riemann Hypothesis, explained

medium.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2018-09-29

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Clifford Algebra: A visual introduction (2014)

slehar.wordpress.com 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2016-11-12

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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How to grow sodium chloride crystals at home

crystalverse.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-05-16

Needs:5 submissions

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Hiding Images in Plain Sight: The Physics of Magic Windows

mattferraro.dev 5 submissions · 5 people · 3.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-10-14

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Game Theory: Open Access textbook

arxiv.org 3 submissions · 3 people · 10.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2017-12-13

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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An Infinitely Large Napkin [pdf] (2019)

venhance.github.io 3 submissions · 3 people · 4.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-02-10

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist

www.staff.science.uu.nl 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2017-07-12

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Reasonable Effectiveness of the Multiplicative Weights Update Algorithm (2017)

jeremykun.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 4.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-07-04

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions3 active years

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The Math of Card Shuffling (2018)

fredhohman.com 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-07-03

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions3 active years

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