Books that are About Maths, But Not About Teaching It

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207 books

The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers by David G. Wells

The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers

David G. Wells

229 pages • paperback • 1968

nonfiction mathematics reference science challenging informative slow-paced
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

1139 pages • paperback • 1999

fiction historical science fiction adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure

Hans Magnus Enzensberger

262 pages • paperback • 1997

fiction fantasy mathematics middle grade funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

Chad Orzel

296 pages • paperback • 2009

nonfiction science challenging funny informative slow-paced
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth by Paul Hoffman

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth

Paul Hoffman

352 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction biography mathematics science informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
Sparsity: Graphs, Structures, and Algorithms by Patrice Ossona De Mendez, Jaroslav Nesetřil

Sparsity: Graphs, Structures, and Algorithms

Algorithms and Combinatorics

Patrice Ossona De Mendez, Jaroslav Nesetřil

459 pages • hardcover

nonfiction computer science mathematics science
How Many Socks Make a Pair?: Surprisingly Interesting Everyday Maths by Rob Eastaway

How Many Socks Make a Pair?: Surprisingly Interesting Everyday Maths

Rob Eastaway

174 pages • paperback • 2008

nonfiction mathematics science informative lighthearted medium-paced
Murderous Maths by Kjartan Poskitt

Murderous Maths

Kjartan Poskitt

144 pages • paperback • 2014

informative lighthearted medium-paced
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg

How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking

Jordan Ellenberg

480 pages • hardcover • 2014

nonfiction mathematics psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything by Rob Eastaway

Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

Rob Eastaway

208 pages • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction mathematics science informative lighthearted fast-paced