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Abbott, E.A.
Flatland:
A Romance of Many Dimensions.
Abbott, E.A., Banchoff, T., Caplan, S., Travis, J. and Johnson, D.
Flatland:
The Movie Edition.
Adam, J.A. and Weinstein, L.
Guesstimation:
Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin.
Adam, J.A.
A Mathematical Nature Walk.
Adam, J.A.
Mathematics in Nature:
Modeling Patterns in the Natural World.
Albers, D.J. and Davis, P.J., eds.
Fascinating Mathematical People:
Interviews and Memoirs.
Davis, P.J. and Albers, D.J., eds.
Fascinating Mathematical People:
Interviews and Memoirs.
Ascher, M.
Mathematics Elsewhere:
An Exploration of Ideas Across Cultures.
Ash, A. and Gross, R.
Fearless Symmetry:
Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers (New Edition).
Bal, H.S. and Suri, G.
A Certain Ambiguity:
A Mathematical Novel.
Bal, H.S. and Suri, G.
A Certain Ambiguity:
A Mathematical Novel (New in Paper).
Ball, K.
Strange Curves, Counting Rabbits, & Other Mathematical Explorations.
Baluja, S.
The Silicon Jungle:
A Novel of Deception, Power, and Internet Intrigue.
Banchoff, T., Abbott, E.A., Caplan, S., Travis, J. and Johnson, D.
Flatland:
The Movie Edition.
Banks, R.B.
Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics.
Banks, R.B.
Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics.
Barrow-Green, J., Gowers, T. and Leader, I., eds.
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics.
Belbruno, E.
Fly Me to the Moon:
An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel.
Bryant, J. and Sangwin, C.
How Round Is Your Circle?
Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet.
Byers, W.
The Blind Spot:
Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty.
Byers, W.
How Mathematicians Think:
Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics.
Caplan, S., Abbott, E.A., Banchoff, T., Travis, J. and Johnson, D.
Flatland:
The Movie Edition.
Case, B.Anne and Leggett, A.M., eds.
Complexities:
Women in Mathematics.
Changeux, J. and Connes, A.; DeBevoise, M.B., ed. and trans.
Conversations on Mind, Matter, and Mathematics.
Cloud, M.J. and Lebedev, L.P.
Approximating Perfection:
A Mathematician's Journey into the World of Mechanics.
Connes, A. and Changeux, J.; DeBevoise, M.B., ed. and trans.
Conversations on Mind, Matter, and Mathematics.
Cook, M.
Mathematicians:
An Outer View of the Inner World.
Cook, W.
In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman:
Mathematics at the Limits of Computation.
Diaconis, P. and Graham, R.
Magical Mathematics:
The Mathematical Ideas that Animate Great Magic Tricks.
Diacu, F. and Holmes, P.
Celestial Encounters:
The Origins of Chaos and Stability.
Dunham, W.
The Calculus Gallery:
Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue.
Einstein, A.; Calaprice, A., ed.
The Ultimate Quotable Einstein.
Golomb, S.W.
Polyominoes:
Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings.
Gowers, T., Barrow-Green, J. and Leader, I., eds.
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics.
Graham, R. and Diaconis, P.
Magical Mathematics:
The Mathematical Ideas that Animate Great Magic Tricks.
Gross, R. and Ash, A.
Fearless Symmetry:
Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers (New Edition).
Hadamard, J.
The Mathematician's Mind:
The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field.
Hassenzahl, D.M. and Kammen, D.M.
Should We Risk It?
Exploring Environmental, Health, and Technological Problem Solving.
Havil, J.
Gamma:
Exploring Euler's Constant.
Havil, J.
Impossible?
Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums.
Havil, J.
Nonplussed!
Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas.
Hawking, S. and Penrose, R.
The Nature of Space and Time.
Hersh, R. and John-Steiner, V.
Loving and Hating Mathematics:
Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life.
Hidetoshi, F. and Dyson, F.
Sacred Mathematics:
Japanese Temple Geometry.
Holmes, P. and Diacu, F.
Celestial Encounters:
The Origins of Chaos and Stability.
Hsu, F.
Behind Deep Blue:
Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion.
Huber, M.
Mythematics:
Solving the Twelve Labors of Hercules.
Jacobs, K.
Invitation to Mathematics.
Johnson, D., Abbott, E.A., Banchoff, T., Caplan, S. and Travis, J.
Flatland:
The Movie Edition.
John-Steiner, V. and Hersh, R.
Loving and Hating Mathematics:
Challenging the Myths of Mathematical Life.
Joseph, G.G.
The Crest of the Peacock:
Non-European Roots of Mathematics (Third Edition).
Kammen, D.M. and Hassenzahl, D.M.
Should We Risk It?
Exploring Environmental, Health, and Technological Problem Solving.
Lauwerier, H.; Gill-Hoffstadt, S., trans.
Fractals:
Endlessly Repeated Geometrical Figures.
Leader, I., Gowers, T. and Barrow-Green, J., eds.
The Princeton Companion to Mathematics.
Lebedev, L.P. and Cloud, M.J.
Approximating Perfection:
A Mathematician's Journey into the World of Mechanics.
Leggett, A.M. and Case, B.Anne, eds.
Complexities:
Women in Mathematics.
Levi, M.
The Mathematical Mechanic:
Using Physical Reasoning to Solve Problems.
Bishop, C.
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future:
The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers.
Stewart, I.
The Story of Mathematics.
Maor, E.
e: The Story of a Number.
Maor, E.
Venus in Transit.
Maor, E.
The Pythagorean Theorem:
A 4,000-Year History.
Maor, E.
The Pythagorean Theorem:
A 4,000-Year History (PSL Edition).
Maor, E.
To Infinity and Beyond:
A Cultural History of the Infinite.
Maor, E.
Trigonometric Delights.
Martínez, A.A.
Negative Math:
How Mathematical Rules Can Be Positively Bent.
Mazur, J.
What's Luck Got to Do with It?
The History, Mathematics, and Psychology of the Gambler's Illusion.
Nahin, P.J.
Chases and Escapes:
The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion.
Nahin, P.J.
Digital Dice:
Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems.
Nahin, P.J.
Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula:
Cures Many Mathematical Ills (New in Paper).
Nahin, P.J.
Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers.
Nahin, P.J.
An Imaginary Tale:
The Story of i [the square root of minus one] (Princeton Library Science Edition).
Nahin, P.J.
Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt:
And Other Intriguing Stories of Mathematical Physics.
Nahin, P.J.
Number-Crunching:
Taming Unruly Computational Problems from Mathematical Physics to Science Fiction.
Nahin, P.J.
When Least Is Best:
How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible.
Odifreddi, P.; Sangalli, A., trans.
The Mathematical Century:
The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100 Years.
Pasles, P.C.
Benjamin Franklin's Numbers:
An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey.
Penrose, R. and Hawking, S.
The Nature of Space and Time.
Pickover, C.A.
The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars:
An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions.
Pitici, M., ed.
The Best Writing on Mathematics 2010.
Pitici, M., ed.
The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011.
Polya, G.
How to Solve It:
A New Aspect of Mathematical Method.
Polya, G.
Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, Volume 1:
Induction and Analogy in Mathematics.
Polya, G.
Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, Volume 2:
Patterns of Plausible Inference.
Porter, T.M.
Trust in Numbers:
The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life.
Rademacher, H. and Toeplitz, O.
The Enjoyment of Math.
Richeson, D.S.
Euler's Gem:
The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology.
Rothman, T. and Dyson, F.
Sacred Mathematics:
Japanese Temple Geometry.
Rucker, R.
Infinity and the Mind:
The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite.
Ruelle, D.
Chance and Chaos.
Ruelle, D.
The Mathematician's Brain:
A Personal Tour Through the Essentials of Mathematics and Some of the Great Minds Behind Them.
Sangalli, A.
The Importance of Being Fuzzy:
And Other Insights from the Border between Math and Computers.
Sangalli, A.
Pythagoras' Revenge:
A Mathematical Mystery.
Sangwin, C. and Bryant, J.
How Round Is Your Circle?
Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet.
Schell, M.J.
Baseball's All-Time Best Hitters:
How Statistics Can Level the Playing Field.
Schell, M.J.
Baseball's All-Time Best Sluggers:
Adjusted Batting Performance from Strikeouts to Home Runs.
Strogatz, S.
The Calculus of Friendship:
What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math.
Suri, G. and Bal, H.S.
A Certain Ambiguity:
A Mathematical Novel.
Suri, G. and Bal, H.S.
A Certain Ambiguity:
A Mathematical Novel (New in Paper).
Szpiro, G.G.
Numbers Rule:
The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present.
Toeplitz, O. and Rademacher, H.
The Enjoyment of Math.
Travis, J., Abbott, E.A., Banchoff, T., Caplan, S. and Johnson, D.
Flatland:
The Movie Edition.
Wainer, H.
Graphic Discovery:
A Trout in the Milk and Other Visual Adventures.
Wainer, H.
Picturing the Uncertain World:
How to Understand, Communicate, and Control Uncertainty through Graphical Display.
Wainer, H.
Uneducated Guesses:
Using Evidence to Uncover Misguided Education Policies.
Watkins, J.J.
Across the Board:
The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems.
Watts, D.J.
Small Worlds:
The Dynamics of Networks between Order and Randomness.
Weinstein, L. and Adam, J.A.
Guesstimation:
Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin.
Wilson, R.
Four Colors Suffice:
How the Map Problem Was Solved.
Winston, W.L.
Mathletics:
How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football.

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