Some Interesting Mathematical Books
(Endorsed by our faculty and students)
Undergraduate Level
- "A History of PI" by P. Beckman, Dorsett Press
- "Another Fine Math You've Gotten Me Into" by Ian Stewart
- "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard
- "Calculus Gems: Brief Lives and Memorable Mathematics"
by George F. Simmons, McGraw-Hill, 1992
- "e - The story of a number" by Eli Maor, Princeton University Press, 1994
- "From Five Fingers to Infinity: A Journey Through the History of
Mathematics" Frank J. Swetz, ed.
- "How to Solve It" by G. Polya
- "Journey Through Genius" by William Dunham, Wiley
- "Men of Mathematics" by E. T. Bell
- "6 volumes on Popular lectures in Mathematics", Blaisdell
- "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" by Richard Feynman
- "The Mathematical Experience" by P.J. Davis & R. Hersh (Winner of the
1983 American Book Award)
- "The Mathematical Universe" by William Dunham, Wiley, 1994
- "The Role of Mathematics in Science" by Schiffer and Bowden, MAA
Graduate Level
- "Courant" by Constance Reid
- "Hilbert" by Constance Reid
- "I Want to Be a Mathematician" by P.R. Halmos

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