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bynew death barbie ( 240326 ) writes:
Godel, Escher, Bach, by Douglas Hofsteder
The Mind's I, co-edited by Douglas Hofsteder and Daniel Dennett
One, Two, Three... Infinity by George Gamow
Flatland, by Edwin Abbott Abbott (okay, this one is fiction)
anything by Martin Gardner
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bystunted ( 855225 ) writes:
My First ever pop maths book was Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh, damn good romp through the history & philosophy of maths and that spacific problem.
Not actually very mathsy tho
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Fearless Symmetry
by Ash and Gross
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Fearless-Symmetry/Avner-Ash/e/9780691138718 [barnesandnoble.com]
The Road to Reality : A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
by Roger Penrose
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-road-to-reality-roger-penrose/1007259632?ean=9780679776314&itm=6&usri=the+road+to+reality [barnesandnoble.com]
also by Penrose "the Emperor's New Mind"
FICTION:
TWISTOR
by John Cramer ( a working physicist)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twistor-john-cramer/1000099565?ean=9780380710270 [barnesandnoble.com]
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byarun_s ( 877518 ) writes:
Great list. Some other good mathematical non-ficiton books I've liked are:
Anything by Marcus du Sautoy (Music of the Primes, Finding Moonshine)
Dr.Riemann's Zeros by Karl Sabbagh
Unknown Quantity by John Derbyshire
Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos
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