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Popular science math books recommended by Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart's top 10 popular mathematics books

From biography to magic to authentically world-changing texts, the much-acclaimed author chooses the best guides to 'the Cinderella science' for general readers

Ian Stewart, Wed 18 Jan 2012 12.45 GMT
As of 2012, he wrote a new book 17 Equations That Changed the World. He reccomends in this article the following:
  1. The Man Who Knew Infinity by Robert Kanigel
  2. Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter
  3. The Colossal Book of Mathematics by Martin Gardner
  4. Euclid in the Rainforest by Joseph Mazur
  5. Four Colours Suffice by Robin Wilson
  6. What is Mathematics Really? by Reuben Hersh
  7. Magical Mathematics by Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham
  8. Games of Life by Karl Sigmund
  9. Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder edited by Rudy Rucker
  10. The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Isaac Newton
Clearly, the tenth book is not for a general reader.

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