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Maths Books That I Own
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1. Discrete Mathematics for New Technology, Second Edition by R. Garnier

The list author says:
	"A very accessible textbook, good for self-study."

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2. Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges

The list author says:
	"An excellent biography of Alan Turing, including his work on cryptography and computability."

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3. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife

The list author says:
	"A nice historical book."

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4. "e", The Story of a Number by Eli Maor

The list author says:
	"Covers the background and uses of e."

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5. Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace (Penguin Press Science) by Leonard Mlodinow

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	"From ancient Greece to string theory!"

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6. Geometry by David A. Brannan

The list author says:
	"Covers Euclidean, Affine, Inversive, Hyperbolic, Spherical and Projective Geometry."

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7. Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein

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	"Interesting."

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8. Randomness by Deborah J Bennett

The list author says:
	"A great little book."

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9. Adventures in Group Theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine, and Other Mathematical Toys by David Joyner

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	"An exciting approach to group theory."

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10. Fermat's Last Theorem: The story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years by Simon Singh

The list author says:
	"Fantastic! Great introduction to the role of proof in mathematics."

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11. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erd�s and the Search for Mathematical Truth: Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth by Paul Hoffman

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	"A biography of Paul Erdos."

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12. A Mathematician's Apology (Canto) by G.H. Hardy

The list author says:
	"Good to have from an historical point of view."

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13. A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar

The list author says:
	"Very moving biography of John Nash, who was awarded the Nobel prize for his work on game theory. Watch the film!"

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14. Lady Tasting Tea by David Salsburg

The list author says:
	"Very good background to the development of statistics and the people involved."

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15. The Joy of Mathematics: Discovering Mathematics All Around You by Theoni Pappas

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	"Really like this. Great to dip into and find out about the many areas in which mathematics relates to the world."

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16. More Joy of Mathematics by Theoni Pappas

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	"More of the above."

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17. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose

The list author says:
	"Just got this. A monumental book account of our present understanding of the physical universe, and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory. Rather challenging to understand!"

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18. Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos (Penguin Mathematics) by Ian Stewart

The list author says:
	"Engaging book about chaos, with some nice pictures!"

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19. The Man Who Knew Infinity: Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel

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	"A biography of Ramanujan."

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20. Four Colours Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved by Robin J. Wilson

The list author says:
	"All about the four-colour theorem (which states that every map can be coloured with just four colours in such a way that neighbouring regions have different colours) and the history of its proof."

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