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Anyone recommend any good Maths books (not textbooks!) that are an interesting read. I currently studying only Single Maths @ A-Level and will be studying Physics at Uni this October, and so I'm looking for aomse books to read over the summer that will broadern my mathematical knowledge and thirst! Cheers :smile:

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Ralfskini

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Anyone recommend any good Maths books (not textbooks!) that are an interesting read. I currently studying only Single Maths @ A-Level and will be studying Physics at Uni this October, and so I'm looking for aomse books to read over the summer that will broadern my mathematical knowledge and thirst! Cheers :smile:

Fermat's last theorem.

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hornblower

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Anyone recommend any good Maths books (not textbooks!) that are an interesting read. I currently studying only Single Maths @ A-Level and will be studying Physics at Uni this October, and so I'm looking for aomse books to read over the summer that will broadern my mathematical knowledge and thirst! Cheers :smile:

Check out Amazon, http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/278320/ref=br_bx_1_c_2_1/026-9487562-6906816

OP

Thanks!

OP

One thing though, who is the author?! As I've found two "Fermat's Last Theorem" but with 2 completely different authors!

Reply 5

Bezza

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One thing though, who is the author?! As I've found two "Fermat's Last Theorem" but with 2 completely different authors!

I've read the one by Simon Singh and found it very interesting. Also The Code Book by him is good too - not really maths but interesting. Talks about quantum cryptography a bit too which links in with physics.

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Fermat

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One thing though, who is the author?! As I've found two "Fermat's Last Theorem" but with 2 completely different authors!

I've got a copy of that :biggrin:

The author (mine) is Amir D.Aczel
Published by "Four Walls Eight Windows"
First Published 1996
Price (then) £12.99
Pages: 140 (ca. A5)

From what I remember, It's an interesting, pleasing, and easy read.

Reply 7

john !!

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Fermat's Last Theorum, Simon Singh.

Reply 8

Hoofbeat

OP

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Cheers! That's the book I thought as that one has loads of good reviews but have now found two other maths books with the same title but with two other authors! lol

Reply 9

Leeroy

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Anyone recommend any good Maths books (not textbooks!) that are an interesting read. I currently studying only Single Maths @ A-Level and will be studying Physics at Uni this October, and so I'm looking for aomse books to read over the summer that will broadern my mathematical knowledge and thirst! Cheers :smile:

Go on the cambridge uni maths site - they have a categorised suggested reading list, i think theirs a leisure reading section (or similar title) which are quite good - fermats last theorem is on the list i believe

Reply 10

IntegralAnomaly

this book/textbook is a must for a undergraduate first and second year mathematician,physicist or engineer:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0199249725/qid=1081804358/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_2_3/026-5452406-7959611

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k@tie

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IntegralAnomaly

this book/textbook is a must for a undergraduate first and second year mathematician,physicist or engineer:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0199249725/qid=1081804358/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_2_3/026-5452406-7959611

Fermat's Last Theorem - definately!
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers (it was fantastic!!!)
Pi in the Sky (also good, not as good as the first two though)
or anything by Ian Stewart

Reply 12

theone

What Is Mathematics? - definitely,

Also, a similar book i imagine to Integral Anomoly's, mathematical methods for science students, very good at introducing concepts neccessary for maths/physics at university.

Reply 13

Weejimmie

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Anyone recommend any good Maths books (not textbooks!) that are an interesting read. I currently studying only Single Maths @ A-Level and will be studying Physics at Uni this October, and so I'm looking for aomse books to read over the summer that will broadern my mathematical knowledge and thirst! Cheers :smile: