What are your favorite math texts?

As a math teacher I am always interested in new books, I have currently finished "The Joy of X" and "The Code Book" and found them extremely interesting. What books have you read, that involves mathematics?

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`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
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`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$

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Thanks for the input!

Trever Reeh - 8 years, 5 months ago

puzzles by g.h. hardy

ayush pandey - 8 years, 5 months ago

I recently read "Chaos" by James Gleick. It was really readable, had good diagrams, and lots of recent history with the math.

Felipe Gonzales - 8 years, 5 months ago

"Through Genius the Great Theorems of Mathematics" by Dunham is a great read.

Alan Zhang - 8 years, 5 months ago

"Proofs from the Book" Volume 1 (and 2). Some of the mathematical ideas are hard, and the book presents a very clear exposition that illustrates the important approaches used to solve the problems.

Calvin Lin Staff - 8 years, 5 months ago

Read " The man who knew infinity by Robert kanigel (biography of ramanujan) and fermat's engima (fermat last theorem) (nice book)

Shivang Jindal - 8 years, 5 months ago

'Road to Reality' by Roger Penrose. I got a few hundred pages in before giving up.

Isaac Langley - 8 years, 5 months ago

Tommy 1 and Tommy 2

Gwen Roberts - 5 years, 10 months ago

New Horizons in Geometry by Apostol and Mnatsakanian is full of visual proofs!

Gwen Roberts - 5 years, 10 months ago

How about New Horizons in Geometry by Tom Apostol and Mamikon Mnatsakanian! Wonderful illustrations! And many Archimedes-style innovations!

Gwen Roberts - 5 years, 9 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$