Books For All
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The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time by Mark Haddon
A novel about a boy who has Asperger's Syndrome. He turns into a detective when he finds a neighbours dog has been murdered. There are many nice mathematical topics discussed in this book. The explanations are clear and well written.
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Why Do Buses Come In Threes? by Rob Eastaway
Interesting discussions about where Math is found in everyday life. Highly recommended.
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How Many Socks Make A Pair? by Rod Eastaway
More Surprisingly interesting everyday Math. Eastaway has the ability to take many of the most famous problems in maths and making them simple enough to understand.
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Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh
Popular author, Singh, takes us through the story of how Fermat's Last Theorem became the most famous problem in all of Mathematics. It was finally proven by an English Mathematician whilst I was at university
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The Code Book by Simon Singh
More from Singh. This one is about how Mathematics has been used to code (and read) secret messages throughout history. This book gets a bit tough at times
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The Housekeeper + The Professor by Yoko Ogawa
A novel about a Professor of Math who has a memory span of exactly 80 minutes. We never get to know his name, nor the Housekeeper's. Some interesting math is tackled in the story.
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The Riddle of SCHEHERAZADE bY Raymond Smullyan
Quite simply, one of the best writers out there. SOme of his books look simple enough but actually go into the heart of 20th Century Mathematics. This book is a good introduction to his style without going so far as Godel's Theorems (whatever they are). See the beyond A-Level page for more form this superb author.