Books that are About Maths, But Not About Teaching It

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207 books

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage

Sydney Padua

317 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction graphic novel historical science fiction adventurous funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery by Elie Zahar, Imre Lakatos, John Worrall

Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery

Elie Zahar, Imre Lakatos, John Worrall

188 pages • 1976

nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
Is That a Big Number? by Andrew Elliott

Is That a Big Number?

Andrew Elliott

352 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
My Brain Is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos by Bruce Schechter

My Brain Is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos

Bruce Schechter

224 pages • paperback • 1998

nonfiction biography mathematics science informative reflective slow-paced
The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel by William Goldbloom Bloch

The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges' Library of Babel

William Goldbloom Bloch

192 pages • hardcover • 2008

nonfiction mathematics philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut

When We Cease to Understand the World

Benjamín Labatut

192 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction historical literary short stories challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science by Michael S. Schneider

The Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science

Michael S. Schneider

384 pages • paperback • 1994

nonfiction mathematics philosophy science informative slow-paced
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow

The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

Leonard Mlodinow

252 pages • hardcover • 2008

nonfiction mathematics psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer by Kathy Kleiman

Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer

Kathy Kleiman

296 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction biography computer science gender history mathematics science technology informative inspiring medium-paced
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

Liza Mundy

620 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced