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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
by (shelved 648 times as math)
avg rating 4.29 — 52,301 ratings — published 1979
Fermat's Enigma (Paperback)
by (shelved 579 times as math)
avg rating 4.30 — 33,285 ratings — published 1997
How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)
by (shelved 573 times as math)
avg rating 4.13 — 5,131 ratings — published 1944
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 572 times as math)
avg rating 3.95 — 21,252 ratings — published 2014
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Paperback)
by (shelved 506 times as math)
avg rating 3.81 — 77,077 ratings — published 1884
The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 497 times as math)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,793 ratings — published 2012
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea (Paperback)
by (shelved 393 times as math)
avg rating 3.97 — 11,721 ratings — published 2000
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 386 times as math)
avg rating 4.29 — 7,281 ratings — published 2019
What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods (Paperback)
by (shelved 345 times as math)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,022 ratings — published 1941
A Mathematician's Apology (Paperback)
by (shelved 340 times as math)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,700 ratings — published 1940
A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
by (shelved 337 times as math)
avg rating 4.19 — 21,761 ratings — published 2014
Math Curse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 326 times as math)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,849 ratings — published 1995
Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors (Paperback)
by (shelved 317 times as math)
avg rating 4.10 — 21,949 ratings — published 2019
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth (Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as math)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,014 ratings — published 1998
Linear Algebra Done Right (Paperback)
by (shelved 298 times as math)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,259 ratings — published 1995
The Doorbell Rang: An Enjoyable Read-Aloud About Sharing and Counting for Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 296 times as math)
avg rating 4.16 — 7,918 ratings — published 1986
Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics (Paperback)
by (shelved 294 times as math)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,958 ratings — published 1990
How to Prove It: A Structured Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 287 times as math)
avg rating 4.30 — 974 ratings — published 1994
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Paperback)
by (shelved 281 times as math)
avg rating 4.30 — 28,836 ratings — published 1999
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 275 times as math)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,662 ratings — published 2007
Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics (Paperback)
by (shelved 272 times as math)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,758 ratings — published 2003
Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 266 times as math)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,863 ratings — published 1988
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure (Sir Cumference, #1)
by (shelved 265 times as math)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,506 ratings — published 1997
The Greedy Triangle (Brainy Day Books)
by (shelved 264 times as math)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,424 ratings — published 1994
How to Lie with Statistics (Paperback)
by (shelved 257 times as math)
avg rating 3.84 — 17,914 ratings — published 1954
Alex's Adventures in Numberland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 251 times as math)
avg rating 4.11 — 5,648 ratings — published 2010
The Music of the Primes (Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as math)
avg rating 4.12 — 5,273 ratings — published 2003
Principles of Mathematical Analysis (Paperback)
by (shelved 245 times as math)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,887 ratings — published 1964
Gödel's Proof (Hardcover)
by (shelved 245 times as math)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,548 ratings — published 1958
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 236 times as math)
avg rating 3.95 — 24,339 ratings — published 2008
A Mathematician's Lament: How School Cheats Us Out of Our Most Fascinating and Imaginative Art Form (Paperback)
by (shelved 232 times as math)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,416 ratings — published 2009
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 232 times as math)
avg rating 3.87 — 29,870 ratings — published 2016
Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 231 times as math)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,920 ratings — published 2013
Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 224 times as math)
avg rating 4.03 — 40,810 ratings — published 1987
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences (Paperback)
by (shelved 220 times as math)
avg rating 3.77 — 5,316 ratings — published 1988
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't (Hardcover)
by (shelved 215 times as math)
avg rating 3.97 — 52,277 ratings — published 2012
How Much Is a Million? (Paperback)
by (shelved 215 times as math)
avg rating 4.09 — 5,289 ratings — published 1985
Calculus Made Easy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 211 times as math)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,256 ratings — published 1910
Euclid's Elements (Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as math)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,362 ratings — published -290
The Grapes of Math (Paperback)
by (shelved 208 times as math)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,436 ratings — published 2001
Proofs from the Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 203 times as math)
avg rating 4.40 — 865 ratings — published 1998
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (Paperback)
by (shelved 195 times as math)
avg rating 3.80 — 6,251 ratings — published 2002
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth (Paperback)
by (shelved 188 times as math)
avg rating 4.06 — 20,571 ratings — published 2009
The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan (Paperback)
by (shelved 185 times as math)
avg rating 4.03 — 8,890 ratings — published 1991
Topology (Hardcover)
by (shelved 182 times as math)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,233 ratings — published 1974
An Imaginary Tale: The Story of √-1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 176 times as math)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,494 ratings — published 1998
e: the Story of a Number (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as math)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,171 ratings — published 1993
Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension (Hardcover)
by (shelved 172 times as math)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,311 ratings — published 2014
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 172 times as math)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,255 ratings — published 2013
“Mathematics is the cheapest science. Unlike physics or chemistry, it does not require any expensive equipment. All one needs for mathematics is a pencil and paper.”
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“[When asked why are numbers beautiful?]
It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.”
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It’s like asking why is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony beautiful. If you don't see why, someone can't tell you. I know numbers are beautiful. If they aren't beautiful, nothing is.”
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