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Good maths read?

Anyone know any decent maths reads? Not necessarily learning based,j ust good books about maths.
It depends what you're into and at what level your mathematical skill functions.

Let me think...

The Emperors New Mind by Roger Penrose
The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Introduction to Mathemtical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell and so on

Try Googling or Amazon.com-ing it :biggrin:
Try some of the following:

Fermat's Last Theorem Simon Singh
The Millenium Problems Keith Devlin
God Created The Integers edited by Stephen Hawkings
Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos Ian Stewart
Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson
I second Fermat's Last Theorem, a very good book indeed.
A Mathematician's Apology, by G. H. Hardy, also very good.

erm what else i have read:
The Mathematical Universe, by William Dunham
lol, The Wonders of Numbers, by Clifford Pickover
E, the Story of a Number, by Eli Maor - if you happen to like 'e'
Why do buses come in threes? and any of Ian Stewarts 'lighthearted' books are (relatively) fun.
Pascal
Anyone know any decent maths reads? Not necessarily learning based,j ust good books about maths.


I read an amazingly good book about the history of maths, how some of the most significant theories came about, describes the most prolific mathematicians lives etc plus its not too theory-heavy and actually made me laugh out loud in places. :smile:

Euclid's Window. Let me know what you think of it if you decide to read it...
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Depends how good your maths is - something like The Roads To Reality or God Created The Integers is going to tax your brain a lot more than Fermats Last Theorem or A Mathematicians Apology. From Here To Infinity by Ian Stewart is quite a good overview that manages to give a decent account without getting too technical.
Original post by ProfessorFitBoy
It depends what you're into and at what level your mathematical skill functions.

Let me think...

The Emperors New Mind by Roger Penrose
The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Introduction to Mathemtical Philosophy by Bertrand Russell and so on

Try Googling or Amazon.com-ing it :biggrin:


You know what is good, ma hom. :colondollar:
Reply 8
The Parrot's Theorem by Denis Guedj
Original post by MichaelJWilliams
Why do buses come in threes? and any of Ian Stewarts 'lighthearted' books are (relatively) fun.


I'd second this. They probably aren't anywhere near as complex as the others posted here, but they are good reads.
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities is a good one. :smile:

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