by Michael S. Schneider

A light weight and fun romp through the world of patterns. Ideal for teachers seeking ideas to inspire students.

by Petr Beckmann

by Paul Lockhart

A musician wakes from a terrible nightmare. In his dream he finds himself in a society where music education has been made mandatory. ‘We are helping our students become more competitive in an increasingly sound-filled world.’ Educators, school systems, and the state are put in charge of this vital project. Studies are commissioned, committees are formed, and decisions are made–all without the advice or participation of a single working musician or composer… So begins Lockart’s famous lament on the failings of standard mathematical instruction.

by Paul Nahin

by Eli Maor

by Euclid

Euclid is the most celebrated mathematician of all time. He lived in the third or fourth century BCE. His fame rests mainly on the Elements, which he wrote in thirteen volumes establishing the foundations of mathematics.

by Barry Mazur

by William Dunham

by Sunil Singh

by A. Gardiner

by Morris Kline

by Morris Kline

by Paul Lockhart

by W. W. Sawyer

by John Derbyshire

by Aigner and Ziegler

by Steven Strogatz

by Matt Parker

by John Mason

Excellent small book on how to think like a mathematician. Highly recommended for anyone who suffered through the kind of ’training’ in which actual mathematics was confused with the obedient memorization of calculation methods.

by Courant and Robbins

by Charles Seife