Lists of Bests: Cambridge Maths Reading List http://www.listsofbests.com/list/23449 This list of interesting mathematics books is mainly intended for sixth-formers planning to take a degree in mathematics. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:12:52 GMT en-us 0 50 47 0 0 Makers of Mathematics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583044 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583044"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486450074.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V38256245_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart Hollingdale</div> Russian Childhood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583062 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sof'Ia Vasil'Evna Korvin-Krukovskaia Kovalevskaia</div> Alan Turing: The Enigma http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24243 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/24243"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802775802.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Hodges</div> The Man Who Knew Infinity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1096419 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1096419"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349104522.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Kanigel</div> A Mathematician's Apology (Canto) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65002 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65002"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521427061.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. H. Hardy</div> Littlewood's Miscellany http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87979 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87979"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/052133702X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1089924350_.jpg" /></a></div> The Man Who Loved Only Numbers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325816 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/325816"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1857028295.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Hoffman</div> Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10888 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10888"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393316041.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard P. Feynman</div> Fermat's Last Theorem http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53289 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53289"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1841157910.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Simon Singh</div> The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48815 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/48815"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060935588.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcus du Sautoy</div> Number http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583075 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583075"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0747509212.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120709090_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John McLeish</div> Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583083 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Gardner</div> Game, Set and Math: Enigmas and Conundrums (Penguin Mathematics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40984 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Stewart</div> To Infinity and Beyond http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/514828 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/514828"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691025118.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45092819_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eli Maor</div> A Mathematical Mosaic: Patterns & Problem Solving http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583086 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583086"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1895997046.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056536877_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ravi Vakil</div> Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4343 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4343"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192853619.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Gowers</div> The Pleasures of Counting http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1201312 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1201312"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521568234.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by T. W. Körner</div> What Is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods (Oxford Paperbacks) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4427 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4427"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195105192.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Courant</div> From Here to Infinity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268034 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/268034"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0192832026.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ian Stewart</div> What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences 1994 (What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/775028 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barry Cipra</div> What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences 1998-1999 (What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1698374 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barry Cipra</div> 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) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1698370 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1698370"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0821829041.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1096973395_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barry Cipra</div> Archimedes' Revenge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/677949 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/677949"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0449000893.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Hoffman</div> The Mathematical Experience http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583101 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583101"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/039532131X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057190464_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip J. & Hersh, Reuben Davis</div> Beyond Numeracy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18832 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18832"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067973807X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057192803_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Allen Paulos</div> Curious and Interesting Numbers, The Penguin Dictionary of (Penguin Press Science S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2539625 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2539625"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140080295.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056419758_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Wells</div> New Applications of Mathematics: An Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications Study (Penguin Press Science S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2503672 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2503672"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140124918.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056419864_.gif" /></a></div> Reaching for Infinity: Puzzles, Paradoxes and Brainteasers No. 3 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2227502 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stan Gibilisco</div> The New Scientist Guide to Chaos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583109 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Chaos http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1013427 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Gleick</div> Fractals: Images of Chaos (Penguin Press Science) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2503676 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2503676"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140144110.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056419951_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hans Lauwerier</div> Hidden Unity in Nature's Laws http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583119 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583119"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521659388.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110479504_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John C. Taylor</div> QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1179340 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1179340"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691125759.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard P. Feynman</div> The New Cosmic Onion: Quarks and the Nature of the Universe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1757351 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1757351"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1584887982.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank Close</div> The New Quantum Universe (Revised and Updated Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15246 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/15246"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521564573.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1111066668_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tony Hey</div> Was Einstein Right?: Putting General Relativity to the Test http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583122 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583122"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465090869.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056445313_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clifford M. Will</div> The Accidental Universe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/549175 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/549175"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521242126.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120539548_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Davies</div> Advanced Problems in Mathematics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583146 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Mathematical Methods for Science Students http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583147 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583147"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0582444160.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1084283507_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. Stephenson</div> Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering: A Comprehensive Guide http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1222519 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1222519"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521679710.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by K. F. Riley</div> A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics (Chapman Hall/Crc Mathematics) (Chapman Hall/Crc Mathematics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/446051 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/446051"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1584885475.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1126203883_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin Liebeck</div> What Is Mathematical Analysis? (Dimensions of Mathematics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1591307 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Baylis</div> Groups: A Path to Geometry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583167 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583167"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521300371.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056450872_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by R. P. Burn</div> Yet Another Introduction to Analysis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583168 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583168"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/052138835X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1110478453_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor Bryant</div> A First Course in Mechanics (Oxford Science Publications) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583177 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2583177"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0198534337.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1083726568_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Lunn</div> Schaum's Outline of Probability and Statistics http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82718 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82718"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0071350047.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122532055_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Murray R Spiegel</div> Algorithmics: The Spirit of Computing (3rd Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/999406 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/999406"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0321117840.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1105436800_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Harel</div>