The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for you to become more successful through better thinking.

The Heart of Mathematics introduces students to the most important and interesting ideas in mathematics while inspiring them to actively engage in mathematical thinking.

A book for the eternally curious, Coincidences fuses a professors understanding of the hidden mathematical skeleton of the universe with the sensibility of a stand-up comedian, making lifes big questions accessible and compelling.

Number Theory Through Inquiry

By: David C. Marshall, Edward Odell & Michael Starbird

An innovative textbook that leads students on a guided discovery of introductory number theory. The book has two equally significant goals. One goal is to help students develop mathematical thinking skills, particularly, theorem-proving skills. The other goal is to help students understand some of the wonderfully rich ideas in the mathematical study of numbers. This book is appropriate for a proof transitions course, for an independent study experience, or for a course designed as an introduction to abstract mathematics. Mathematics or related majors, future teachers, and students or adults interested in exploring mathematical ideas on their own will enjoy Number Theory Through Inquiry.

Books In Progress

Dr. Starbird is working with two Ph.D. students (Brian Katz and David Paige, respectively) to complete the books on the Introduction to Higher Mathematics and Algebraic Topology. Thus, the notes for those topics will be updated soon.

Please remember that these versions are just drafts and therefore have errors and weaknesses that will be fixed.