Any other books like David Acheson's "The Wonder Book of Geometry"?

[murshid_islam]

TL;DR Summary: Looking for books similar to "The Wonder Book of Geometry" by David Acheson

I loved David Acheson's "The Wonder Book of Geometry". Can you recommend other books like that?

 

[jedishrfu]

While I haven't been able to see inside the book, the reviews on Amazon highly recommend it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/019884638X/?tag=pfamazon01-20

It looks to be a popular math book for math amateurs and the public at large so based on that here are a few other books to check out:

- Math 1001 by Elwes: a kind of catalog of math discoveries and open problems by math field. It was here that I learned about hailstone numbers and the Collatz conjecture among other interesting open problems.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/019884638X/?tag=pfamazon01-20

- Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers by Gullman: many pictures and stories tracing math from earliest history to the present educating the student from middle school upto first/second year college. It covers from basic number systems upto Calculus, Differential Eqns, Linear Algebra and Statistics.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/039304002X/?tag=pfamazon01-20

- The Mathematics Bible by Beveridge: another catalog of math topics but more colorful. My favorite travel book.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1770857931/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Lastly, for the more serious math student:

- The Princeton Companion to Mathematics: a deeper catalog of math with many subject authors contributing to the book. Its heavy with more reading and a few diagrams and pictures.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691118809/?tag=pfamazon01-20

and its sister book on Applied Math

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691150397/?tag=pfamazon01-20

The Princeton books are heavy reading and the book is physically heavy too.

Lastly, I mention a few others:

- ALl the Math You Missed for Grad School

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1009009192/?tag=pfamazon01-20

- Hogben's books are very old but I think he was the first to write extensively on Mathematics thru the ages:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1009009192/?tag=pfamazon01-20

 

[murshid_islam]

- Hogben's books are very old but I think he was the first to write extensively on Mathematics thru the ages:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1009009192/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Which Hogben book did you mean? The link is the same as the previous link you mentioned (All the Math You Missed).

 

[Daverz]

Which Hogben book did you mean? The link is the same as the previous link you mentioned (All the Math You Missed).

Lancelot Hogben, Mathematics for the Million.