上海美达菲学校寒假读书推荐书单

THE MACDUFFIE SCHOOL

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION SINCE 1890

在美国高中的教学大纲中，阅读和写作占有举足轻重的地位。专业的调研报告表明，11年级的男生平均一年要阅读二十五万英文单词，而女生的阅读量更达到了三十三万英文单词。大量的课内外阅读不但丰富了美国中学生的单词量，更丰富了他们看问题的视角。这为大学阶段的独立研究性学习做好了充分准备。

Reading and writing plays an important role in the American high school syllabus. Professional research shows that boys in grade 11 read an average of 250,000 English words a year, while girls read 330,000. Abundant reading in and out of classes not only enriches the vocabulary of American middle school students, but also enriches their perspective on solving problems. This is a good preparation for independent research at university level.

美国大学也经常设置阅读相关的留学文书题目，用以考察学生平时的读书兴趣以及由此反映出的人生态度。很多时候，学校往往还会更进一步让学生谈一谈自己得到的启发和对书中观点的评判。通过列出在过去一年里阅读的书目，能够很好的考察学生的求知欲和学术兴趣。而让学生在诸多读物中选择一本展开，又能借此展现他的个性以及品味。考虑到这些因素在申请中起到的至关重要的作用，申请者不应以过于随意的态度来回答这类文书题目。

American universities often set up reading related essay questions to examine students' interest in reading and their attitude towards life. In many cases, schools will go further and ask students to talk about their own inspirations and comments on the ideas in the book. Students' intellectual curiosity and academic interest can be best tested by listing the books they have read in the past year. Asking the student to choose one of the many books to unfold can show his personality and taste. Given the crucial role these factors plays in the application, applicants should not be too casual in their responses to these essay questions.

为了呼唤学生的终身阅读意识，在寒假里提升阅读能力，上海美达菲学校给大家按照数学、物理、化学、生物4个科目整理汇总了以下寒假假期可读书目清单。

In order to arouse students' lifelong reading awareness and improve their reading ability in winter vacation, Shanghai MacDuffie School has compiled the following list of reading for students in four subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology.

[ 1.数学阅读书籍推荐 ]

Recommended Math Reading List

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Recommended Math

What is Mathematics？

《什么是数学》

作者：Richard Courant

在书中，作者贯穿了哥廷根学派数学统一性的思想，对基础数学的四大基本分科：代数学、几何学、分析学与拓扑学作了精辟的概述，反映它们相互渗透的趋势。此书还用较大的篇幅阐述了与应用数学密切相关的微积分。由于作者十分强调数学的应用以及它与其他领域的联系, 因此使读者的范围大大扩展：无论是初学者还是专家；无论是学生还是教师，都能从中得到教益与启迪。

In the book, the author runs through the thought of mathematical unity of Gottingen school, and gives an excellent overview of the four basic branches of basic mathematics: algebra, geometry, analysis and topology, reflecting the tendency of their mutual infiltration. The book also elaborates the calculus, which is closely related to applied mathematics. Because the author emphasizes the application of mathematics and its connection with other fields very much, the scope of readers is greatly expanded: both beginners and experts; Both students and teachers can learn from it.

Recommended Math

The Code Book

《密码故事》

作者：Simon Singh

豆瓣评分9.0。从玛丽女王上断头台归因于密码书信的被破译开始，用很多有趣的故事描述了密码学的发展历史和过程。如：凯撒密码，古埃及密码，恩尼格玛密码机和纳粹的战败...一直到下一代革命性的量子密码学。与其说是密码学专业书，这本书倒更像是一本引人入胜的小说。

Douban score 9.0. It starts with the guillotine of Queen Mary attributed to the decryption of the cipher letter, and describes the history and process of the development of cryptography with many interesting stories. The Caesar code, the Ancient Egyptian code, the Enigma Machine and the defeat of the Nazis... All the way to the next generation of revolutionary quantum cryptography. This book is more like a page-turner than a book on cryptography.

Recommended Math

A History of Mathematics

《数学史》

作者：Carl B. Boyer

本书把数学几千年的发展浓缩为这本编年史中。从希腊人到哥德尔，数学一直辉煌灿烂，名人辈出，观念的潮涨潮落到处清晰可见。而且，尽管追踪的是欧洲数学的发展，但作者并没有忽视中国文明、印度文明和阿拉伯文明的贡献。既有学术性，又有可读性。

This book condenses thousands of years of mathematical development into this chronicle. From the Greeks to Godel, mathematics has flourished, with celebrities and the ebb and flow of ideas visible everywhere. And, although tracing the development of Mathematics in Europe, the author does not ignore the contributions of Chinese, Indian and Arab civilizations. It's both academic and readable.

[ 2.物理阅读书籍推荐 ]

Recommended Physics Reading List

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Recommended Physics

《上帝掷骰子吗：量子物理史话》

作者：曹天元

这本书是关于量子论的故事。量子论是一个极为奇妙的理论：从物理角度来说，它在科学家中间引起了最为激烈的争议和关注；从现实角度来说，它给我们的社会带来了无与伦比的变化和进步；从科学史角度来说，也几乎没有哪段历史比量子论的创立得到了更为彻底的研究。然而不可思议的是，它的基本观点和假说至今没有渗透到大众的意识中去，这无疑又给它增添了一道神秘的光环。

This book is about the story of quantum theory. Quantum theory is an extremely wonderful theory: in physical terms, it has aroused the most intense controversy and attention among scientists; In practical terms, it has brought unparalleled change and progress to our society. And few histories of science have been more thoroughly studied than the creation of quantum theory. Yet its basic ideas and assumptions have mysteriously failed to penetrate the popular consciousness, which undoubtedly adds to its aura of mystery.

Recommended Physics

The New World of Mr. Tompkins

《物理世界奇遇记》

作者：George Gamow

这本书是科学奇才伽莫夫笔下的科普力作，也是享誉世界的物理科普著作之一。伽莫夫充分地发挥了他奇特的想象力，从物理学的角度出发，把他以前花了很久时间所想象的奇妙的世界，通过本书呈现到了读者的面前。在这本书中，作者构想了一个名为汤普金斯的普通职员，也就是本书的主人公，他对科学一窍不通，却通过科学讲座以及神奇般地梦游物理奇境而捕获了众多的物理学知识，尤其是关于相对论和量子理论的相关知识。作者利用一系列有趣的故事将抽象的物理概念和规律形象化，用通俗的语言阐述深刻抽象的物理学原理。这本书不仅受到了科学界的普遍重视，也吸引了无数的普通读者和科普爱好者。

This book is a popular science work under the pen of gamow, a science prodigy, and is also one of the world's most popular physics works. Gamow gave full play to his strange imagination, from the point of view of physics, he spent a long time to imagine the wonderful world, through the book presented to the reader. In this book, the author imagines an ordinary clerk named Tompkins, the main character of the book, who knows nothing about science, but captures a lot of physics knowledge, especially about relativity and quantum theory, through scientific lectures and magical sleepwalking in physics wonderland. The author uses a series of interesting stories to visualize abstract physical concepts and laws, and elaborates profound abstract physical principles in popular language. The book has not only received widespread attention from the scientific community, but also attracted countless ordinary readers and science lovers.

[ 3.化学阅读书籍推荐 ]

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