Popular Mathematics

The Spirit of Mathematics: Algebra and all that

What makes mathematics so special?Whether you have anxious memories of the subject from school, or s...

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The Theory of Everything Else: A Voyage into the World of the Weird

This is not a book of facts; it’s a book of ‘facts’. Should you finish it believing we became the pl...

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The Phantom Scientist

A mind-bending graphic novel that teases devious thrills from the mysteries of systems theory. An i...

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How Numbers Work: Discover the Strange and Beautiful World of Mathematics

Think of a number between one and ten.No, hang on, let’s make this interesting. Between zero and inf...

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How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers

The Sunday Times Bestseller‘Tim Harford is one of my favourite writers in the world. His storytellin...

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The Ministry of Quizzes: The Ultimate Compendium for Puzzlers and Quiz-Solvers

The Ministry of Quizzes is the must-buy gift book for quiz solvers and puzzlers, from David Gentle,...

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The Big Bang of Numbers: How to Build the Universe Using Only Maths

'A beautifully written meditation on mathematics: whimsical, thought-provoking and deep' ALEX BELLOS...

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Pentagons and Pentagrams: An Illustrated History

The pentagon and its close cousin, the pentagram, have inspired individuals for the last two and hal...

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Who's Counting?: Uniting Numbers and Narratives with Stories from Pop Culture, Puzzles, Politics, and More

For decades, New York Times best-selling author John Allen Paulos has enlightened readers by showing...

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Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut

How do you remember more and forget less? How can you earn more and become more creative just by mo...

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Histories of the Unexpected: How Everything Has a History

Did you know that the history of the beard is connected to the Crimean War; that the history of pape...

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The Curious World of Science: A visual miscelllany of stories, theories, discoveries & curiosities pluck

To some, science is simply a means to an end; to others it is an almost spiritual meditation on theo...

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What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

WHAT IF… one man decided to answer all the unanswerable questions, using science.The Sunday Times-be...

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50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Tony Crilly explains and introduces the mathematical laws and p...

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Math Tricks: The Surprising Wonders of Shapes and Numbers

It is no secret that most people avoid mathematics, in large measure because elementary school teach...

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