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Cambridge Maths Reading List

This list of interesting mathematics books is mainly intended for sixth-formers planning to take a degree
in mathematics.
1. Makers of Mathematics
by Stuart Hollingdale
  
2.
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 Russian Childhood
by Sof'Ia Vasil'Evna Korvin-Krukovskaia Kovalevskaia
  
3. Alan Turing: The Enigma
by Andrew Hodges
  
4. The Man Who Knew Infinity
by Robert Kanigel
  
5. A Mathematician's Apology (Canto)
by G. H. Hardy
  
6. Littlewood's Miscellany  
7. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
by Paul Hoffman
  
8. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)
by Richard P. Feynman
  
9. Fermat's Last Theorem
by Simon Singh
  
10. The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics
by Marcus du Sautoy
  
11. Number
by John McLeish
  
12.
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 Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers
by Martin Gardner
  
13.
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 Game, Set and Math: Enigmas and Conundrums (Penguin Mathematics)
by Ian Stewart
  
14. To Infinity and Beyond
by Eli Maor
  
15. A Mathematical Mosaic: Patterns & Problem Solving
by Ravi Vakil
  
16. Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
by Timothy Gowers
  
17. The Pleasures of Counting
by T. W. Körner
  
18. What Is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods (Oxford Paperbacks)
by Richard Courant
  
19. From Here to Infinity
by Ian Stewart
  
20.
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 What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences 1994 (What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences)
by Barry Cipra
  
21.
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 What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences 1998-1999 (What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences)
by Barry Cipra
  
22. What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences 2001-2002 (What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 5) (What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences)
by Barry Cipra
  
23. Archimedes' Revenge
by Paul Hoffman
  
24. The Mathematical Experience
by Philip J. & Hersh, Reuben Davis
  
25. Beyond Numeracy
by John Allen Paulos
  
26. Curious and Interesting Numbers, The Penguin Dictionary of (Penguin Press Science S.)
by David Wells
  
27. New Applications of Mathematics: An Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications Study (Penguin Press Science S.)  
28.
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 Reaching for Infinity: Puzzles, Paradoxes and Brainteasers No. 3
by Stan Gibilisco
  
29.
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 The New Scientist Guide to Chaos  
30.
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 Chaos
by James Gleick
  
31. Fractals: Images of Chaos (Penguin Press Science)
by Hans Lauwerier
  
32. Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws
by John C. Taylor
  
33. QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library)
by Richard P. Feynman
  
34. The New Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe
by Frank Close
  
35. The New Quantum Universe (Revised and Updated Edition)
by Tony Hey
  
36. Was Einstein Right?: Putting General Relativity to the Test
by Clifford M. Will
  
37. The Accidental Universe
by Paul Davies
  
38.
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 Advanced Problems in Mathematics  
39. Mathematical Methods for Science Students
by G. Stephenson
  
40. Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide
by K. F. Riley
  
41. A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics (Chapman Hall/Crc Mathematics) (Chapman Hall/Crc Mathematics)
by Martin Liebeck
  
42.
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 What Is Mathematical Analysis? (Dimensions of Mathematics)
by John Baylis
  
43. Groups: A Path to Geometry
by R. P. Burn
  
44. Yet Another Introduction to Analysis
by Victor Bryant
  
45. A First Course in Mechanics (Oxford Science Publications)
by Mary Lunn
  
46. Schaum's Outline of Probability and Statistics
by Murray R Spiegel
  
47. Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition)
by David Harel
  
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Created by schizophoenix on Jan 09, 2007.