Book Review: The Colossal Book of Mathematics by Martin Gardner
Martin Gardner spent decades writing the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, and this book collects some of the finest material from that extraordinary...
Book Review: The Pleasures of Counting by T.W. Korner
Korner’s The Pleasures of Counting is one of those books that reminds you why mathematics matters beyond the syllabus. It is wide-ranging, intellectually serious...
Book Review: Chaos and Fractals: An Elementary Introduction by David P. Feldman
Chaos and fractals are topics that fascinate almost every mathematically curious student the moment they encounter them, yet finding a book that introduces the...
Book Review: Mathematical Methods for Science Students by G. Stephenson
Stephenson’s Mathematical Methods for Science Students has been around for decades, and there is a good reason it keeps getting recommended. It is one...
Book Review: A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics by Martin Liebeck
Martin Liebeck’s A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics is one of those books that manages to be genuinely rigorous without ever becoming intimidating. For...
Book Review: Worked Examples in Mathematics for Scientists and Engineers by G. Stephenson
If you have ever sat with a student who understands the theory perfectly well but freezes the moment they face an actual problem, you...
Book Review: Towards Higher Mathematics: A Companion by Richard Earl
Richard Earl’s Towards Higher Mathematics: A Companion is the kind of book that fills a gap most students do not even realise exists until...
Book Review: A Russian Childhood by S. Kovalevskaya
This is not your typical mathematics book, and that is precisely what makes it so valuable. Sofia Kovalevskaya was one of the most remarkable...
Book Review: Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering by K.F. Riley, M.P. Hobson & S.J. Bence
If there is one book I would confidently place on the desk of any student heading into a physics or engineering degree, it is...