Beauty of Mathematics

Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty — a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show. The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry-- Bertrand Russel.
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Friday 19 December 2014

Maths Books






There are many books on Recreational Mathematics and Pre College Maths which even laypersons can appreciate and enjoy.  These books may be helpful in preparing for Quantitative Aptitude also as many questions are adapted by the examiners from these books. Given below is a list of good books, in random order, one may wish to read at leisure.



(1)   Golden Ratio by Mario Livio

(2)   Fermat’s Last Theorem by Simon Singh

(3)   Story of e by Eli Maor

(4)   The Magic of Numbers by Eric Temple Bell

(5)   The Lighter side of Mathematics by Richard K Guy

(6)   The Colors of Infinity by Prof Ian Stewart

(7)   Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities by Ian Stewart

(8)   Mathematical Recreations by Martin Gardener

(9)   The Little book of Big Primes by Paulo Ribenboim

(10)  Math Charmers by Posamantier

(11)  Puzzles to Puzzle you by Shakuntala Devi

(12) Joy of Mathematics by Theonny Pappas

(13)  The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers by David Wells

(14) 123…Infinity by George Gamov

(15) Amusements in Mathematics by H E Dudeney
 (16) Pi Unleashed by Jorg Arndt
(17) The pleasures of Pi, e and other interesting Numbers by Y E O Adrian
(18) The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers by Posamantier
(19) The simple solution to Rubik's Cube by Nourse
(20) Dr. Euler's fabulous Formula by Paul J Nahin


















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