Math (high school)
-
Fantasia Mathematica," Clifton
Fadiman.
-
Flatland: A Romance of Many
Dimensions," by Edwin A. Abbott
-
Fractals, Googles and Other Mathematical
Tales," by Theoni Pappas.
-
Getting Somewhere" by Jenny Pausacker
fits the bill.
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Ian Stewart's books.
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Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy
and Its Consequences" by John Allen.
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My Brain in Open," by Bruce Schechter.
-
The History of Counting," by Denise
Schmandt-Besserat,
-
The Man Who Counted," by Malba
Tahan
-
The Man Who Knew Infinity," Robert
Kanigel (about Ramanujan)
-
The Number Sense," by Stanislas
Dehaene,
-
The Parrot's Theorem," by Denis
Guedj.
-
Uncle Petras and Goldbach's Conjecture,"
by Apostolos Doxiades.
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