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Weird Maths: At the Edge of Infinity and Beyond

By David Darling, Agnijo Banerjee

Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (Dover Books on Mathematics)

By Aleksandrov, A. D.

Moebius and his Band: Mathematics and Astronomy in Nineteenth-century Germany

By John Fauvel (formerly Lecturer in Mathematics, formerly Lecturer in Mathematics, The Open University (deceased)), Raymond Flood (University Lecturer in Computing and Mathematics, Department for Continuing Education, University Lecturer in Computing and...

Key Stage 3 Maths: Levels 3-6

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

By Matt Ridley

A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

By John Paulos

Graph Theory 1736-1936

By Norman L. Biggs (Professor, Professor, London School of Economics), E. Keith Lloyd (, University of Southampton), Robin J. Wilson (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, The Open University)

Principles of Mathematics

By Bertrand Russell

Mathematics in Western Culture (Pelican S.)

By Kline, Morris

Development of Modern Mathematics

By Dubbey, J. M.

The Monty Hall Problem: The Remarkable Story of Math's Most Contentious Brain Teaser

By Jason Rosenhouse (Associate Professor of Mathematics, Associate Professor of Mathematics, James Madison University)

The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick

By Benoit Mandelbrot (Yale University Connecticut)

God Created The Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed History

By Stephen Hawking

Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray

By Sabine Hossenfelder

John von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More

By Norman Macrae

The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics

By Clifford A. Pickover

The Music of Reason: Experience the Beauty of Mathematics Through Quotations

By Theoni Pappas

Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World Through the Language of Mathematics

By Robyn Arianrhod

The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy

By James Evans (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, USA)

Icons and Symmetries

By Simon L. Altmann

Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite

By Rudy Rucker

The Non-Euclidean Revolution

By Richard J. Trudeau

Mathematical Ideas

By Charles David Miller, Vern E. Heeren, E. John Hornsby

John Napier: Logarithm John

By Lynne Gladstone-Millar

Whoever Thought of That?: Short Biographies of Some Contributors to the History of Mathematics

By Jenny Ramsden

Numbercrunch: A Mathematician's Toolkit for Making Sense of Your World

By Professor Oliver Johnson

Mathematical History: Activities, Puzzles, Stories and Games

By Mitchell, Merle

The Times Millennium Quiz Book

By Howard Robin

Introduction to Abstract Algebra, Third Edition

By T.A. Whitelaw

Geometry Civilized

By John Heilbron