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Mathematics: Books

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  • Mathematics and the Divine: A Historical Study. T. Koetsier and L. Bergmans, (eds.). Elsevier Science, 2005.
  • Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier. Cornell University Press, 2006.
  • A Passion for Mathematics: Numbers, Puzzles, Madness, Religion, and the Quest for Reality. Clifford A. Pickove. Wiley, 2005.
  • Interdisciplinary Research, section “Mathematics and Religion: Processes of Faith and Reason” by Allen F. Repko. SAGE, 2008.
  • Where mathematics comes from: how the embodied mind brings mathematics into being. George Lakoff. Basic Books, 2001.
  • Naming Infinity: A True Story of Religious Mysticism and Mathematical Theory. Loren Graham, Harvard University Press, 2009.
  • Lost Discoveries: The Ancient Roots of Modern Science–from the Babylonians to the Maya. Dick Teresi. Simon and Schuster, 2003.
  • Philosophy of Mathematics. Stephen F. Barker. Prentice-Hall, 1964.
  • God: The Science of Christ and the Unseenby James Defares. CreateSpace, 2010.
  • A Christian Perspective on the Foundations of Mathematics. R. L. Brabena. Wheaten College, 1977.
  • The Faith Equation: One Mathematician’s Journey in Christianity by Marvin L. Bittinger. Literary Architects, 2007.
  • Logos: Mathematics and Christian Theology. C. Henry Granville. Associated University Presses, 1976.
  • More Precisely: The Math You Need to do Philosophy. Eric Steinhart. Broadview Press, 2009.
  • Mathematics in India. Kim Plofke. Princeton University Press, 2008.
  • Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry. Fukagawa Hidetoshi and Tony Rothman. Princeton University Press, 2008.
  • What is and What Will Be: Integrating Science and Religion. Paul Budnik. Mountain Math Software, 2006.
  • Science and Religion, 400 B.C. to A.D. 1550: From Aristotle to Copernicus. Edward Grant. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
  • Equations from God: Pure Mathematics and Victorian Faith. Daniel J. Cohen The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
  • Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up. John Allen Paulos. Hill and Wang, 2009.