Popular Mathematics

Basic Mathematics teaches you all the maths you need for everyday situations. If you are terrified by maths, this is the book for you.Do you shy aw...

'The collection contains many delightful and enjoyable problems that are either original or taken from old books, which are no longer easily access...

If you've ever thought that mathematics and art don't mix, this stunning visual history of geometry will change your mind. As much a work of art as...

'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin, former Chelsea and Everton star and football media analyst Football the most mathematical...

George Dyson's fascinating account of the early years of computers: Turing's Cathedral is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost ...

How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without expending any additional effort? Which demands a faster reaction time, tennis or basebal...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe maths we learn in school can seem like an abstract set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned....

Part of the TED series: The Mathematics of LoveThere is no topic that attracts more attention-more energy and time and devotion- than love. Love, l...

Who says math can't be funny? In Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks, Patrick Vennebush dispels the myth of the humorless mathematician. His quick wit comes t...

From atom bombs to rebounding slinkies, open your eyes to the mathematical magic in the everyday. Mathematics isnt just for academics and scienti...

Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind...

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately c...

The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers l...

The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defi...

The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't a primitive foreru...

This anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the fo...

The Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than thirty year...

Despite what we may sometimes imagine, popular mathematics writing didn't begin with Martin Gardner. In fact, it has a rich tradition stretching ba...

From the pyramids and the Parthenon to the Sydney Opera House and the Bilbao Guggenheim, this book takes readers on an eye-opening tour of the math...

This is the book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and ma...