Books that are About Maths, But Not About Teaching It

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207 books

A Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable by Brian Clegg

A Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable

Brian Clegg

255 pages • paperback • 2003

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Why Do Buses Come in Threes: The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life by Robert Eastaway, Jeremy Wyndham

Why Do Buses Come in Threes: The Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life

Robert Eastaway, Jeremy Wyndham

176 pages • paperback • 1999

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Forever Undecided: A Puzzle Guide To Gödel by Raymond M. Smullyan

Forever Undecided: A Puzzle Guide To Gödel

Raymond M. Smullyan

272 pages • 1987

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The Lady or the Tiger? And Other Logic Puzzles by Raymond M. Smullyan

The Lady or the Tiger? And Other Logic Puzzles

Raymond M. Smullyan

226 pages • paperback • 1982

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The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations by Martin Gardner, Boris A. Kordemsky, Albert Parry

The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations

Martin Gardner, Boris A. Kordemsky, Albert Parry

320 pages • paperback • 1954

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Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes

Daina Taimina

148 pages • hardcover • 2009

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Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten Projects by

Making Mathematics with Needlework: Ten Papers and Ten Projects

184 pages • hardcover

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The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi

The Eighth Detective

Alex Pavesi

304 pages • hardcover • 2020

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Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games—And Why They Matter by Ben Orlin

Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games—And Why They Matter

Ben Orlin

368 pages • hardcover • 2022

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The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us by Noson S. Yanofsky

The Outer Limits of Reason: What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us

Noson S. Yanofsky

403 pages • hardcover • 2013

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