Fun Math Reads

 

1, 2, 3 Infinity by George Gamow

An Imaginary Tale - the story of the square root of negative one by Paul Nahin

Chaos by James Gleick

Codes and Ciphers by Fred Wrixon

Count Down by Steve Olson

Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night, The by Mark Haddon

E - the story of a number by Eli Maor

Fantasia Mathematica by Clifton Fadiman

Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh

Flatland by Edwin Abbott

Flatterland by Ian Stewart

Freakonomics by Steven Levitten and Stephen Dubner

Golden Ratio, The by Mario Livio

In Code by Sarah and David Flannery

Innumeracy by John Allen Paulos

Journey through Genius by William Dunham

Joy of Pi by David Blattner

Longitude by David Sobel

Mapping Time by EG Richards

Mathematical Experience, The by David Hirsch

Mathematical Tourist by Ivars Peterson

Mathematics Time/Life Series

Millennium Problems, The by Keith Devlin

Prime Obsession by John Derbyshire

Prism and the Pendulum, The by Robert Crease

Randomness by Deborah J. Bennett

Sphereland by Dionys Burger

Turbulent Mirror, The by Peat and Briggs

Zero by Charles Seife