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Alex's
Adventures in Numberland - Alex explains the
surprising geometry of the 50p piece, and the strategy of how
best to gamble it in a casino. He shines a light on the
mathematical patterns in nature, and on the peculiar
predictability of random behaviour by Alex Bellios.
ISBN:
978-0747597162 |
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The Math Book
- Its 250 short entries provide a veritable history of
mathematics by focusing on its greatest theorems and the
geniuses who discovered them by Clifford Pickover.
ISBN:
978-1402757969 |
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You are a
Mathematician -
Beginning with the familiar, this book takes you on a journey
from the Greek mathematicians to quantum theory by David
Wells
ISBN: 0-14-017480-X |
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It must
be beautiful - An exploration of some of the great
equations of modern science presented for the non-mathematician
by a range of experts
ISBN:
1-86207-555-7 |
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The Music
of the Primes - A look at Riemann's hypothesis and
the relevance of a formula to generate primes by Marcus Du
Sautoy
ISBN: 1-84115-580-2 |
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Finding
Moonshine - A book full of insight into the nature of
symmetry and the people who study it by Marcus Du Sautoy
ISBN: 978-0-00-721462-4 |
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Trigonometric Delights - an entertaining exploration
of trigonometry through a blend of history, biography and
mathematics by Eli Maor
ISBN: 0-691-09541-8 |
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Prisoners
Dilemma - Explains game theory lucidly and brings to
life the mathematician Von Neumann by William Poundstone
ISBN: 978-0-385-41580-4 |
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e = mc2 - A biography
of the World's most famous equation by David Bodanis
ISBN: 0-333-78033-7 |
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Journey
through Genius - An exploration of some of the great
theorems of mathematics by William Dunham
ISBN:
978-0-14-014739-1 |
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The Millennium Problems
- The 7 greatest unsolved
mathematical problems of our time by Keith Devlin
ISBN: 1-86207-735-5 |
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A Beautiful Mind - The
Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
by Sylvia
Nasar
ISBN 0571212921 |
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CHAOS - The amazing
Sciences of the unpredictable by James Gleick
ISBN: 0-7493-8606-1 |
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Fractal,
Images of Chaos by Hans Lauwerier.
A look at the use of fractals in computer art,
modelling population growth and the movements of
the planets in the solar system.
ISBN: 0-14-014411-0 |
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Six Easy Pieces
- The fundamentals of Physics explained
by Richard Feynmann
ISBN: 978-0-14-027666-4 |
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Feynman's Lost Lecture
- The motion of the planets
around the sun by David and Ruth Goodstein
ISBN:
0-09-973621-7 |
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Images
of Infinity -
A collection of images, writings and cartoons
revolving around the ideas and paradoxes associated with
the infinite and infinitesimal.
Can a drawing of a hand drawing itself and the
thing it is drawing ever be finished? by Tarquin
Press.
ISBN: 0906212898 or 978-0906212899 |
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Proofs
Without Words by Roger B. Nelson.
A look at the use of pictures and diagrams that
enable us to see why a particular mathematical statement
is true.
Visual clues to stimulate mathematical thought.
Book 1 -
ISBN 0883857006
Book 2 -
ISBN 0883857219 |
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Fermat’s
Last Theorem by Simon Singh
ISBN: 1-84115-791-0 |
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The Code Book by Simon
Singh
ISBN 1-85702-889-9
The Cracking Code Book
by Simon Singh
ISBN: 0-00-717604-X |
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Does
God Play Dice? by Ian Stewart.
An excellent introduction to Chaos.
The title is a quotation from Einstein, who
believed the answer was no! [KS5]
ISBN: 0-14-025602-4
Game,
Set and Math by Ian Stewart.
ISBN 0140132376 |
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Longitude
- The True Story of the solving of the
Greatest Scientific Problem of the time by Dava Sobel
ISBN: 0-00-721422-7 |
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Mathematical
Puzzles and Diversions
More Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
Mathematical Circus
The Unexpected Hanging
Fractal Music, Hypercards and More all by Martin
Gardner
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