A Sherlock Holmes Escape Book: The Adventure of the Analytical Engine
Charles Phillips and Melanie Frances AMMONITE PRESS 2022, 152 PAGES PRICE (PAPERBACK) £9.99 ISBN 978-1-78145-441-1 This is the third in […]
COVIDiary of Mathematicians
Tiago Hirth et al. MATHEMATlCAL SOCIETY ARCHIMEDES 2021, 200 PAGES PRICE (HARDBACK) £10.00, ISBN 978-86-6175-096-0 COVIDiary of Mathematicians is a […]
Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut
Marcus du Sautoy 4TH ESTATE 2021, 352 PAGES PRICE (HARDBACK) £20.00 ISBN 978-0-00-839391-5 ‘To find good shortcuts requires an ability […]
Making Up Your Own Mind: Thinking Effectively through Creative Puzzle-Solving
Edward B. Burger PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 2018, 136 PAGES PRICE (HARDBACK) £16.99 ISBN 978-0-691-18278-0 This is a very slim […]
A Podcast of Unnecessary Detail
Festival of the Spoken Nerd podcast Free, sponsored by brilliant.org Podcasts are becoming an increasing part of cultural life. If […]
The Mathematical World of Charles L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
Robin Wilson and Amirouche Moktefi (Eds) OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2019, 288 PAGES PRICE (HARDBACK) £29.99 ISBN 978-0-19-881700-0 Everyone who reads […]
Professor Stewart’s Incredible Numbers
Ian Stewart PROFILE BOOKS 2015, 352 pages PRICE (PAPERBACK) £14.99 ISBN 978-1-78125-410-3 This is an attractive and informative book. I […]
Soccermatics: Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game
David Sumpter BLOOMSBURY PRESS 2016, 304 pages PRICE (HARDBACK) £16.99 ISBN 978-1-4729-2412-4 This is a well-written and enjoyable book which will […]
The Best Writing on Mathematics 2015
Mircea Pitici (Ed) PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS 2016, 392 pages PRICE (PAPERBACK) £19.95 ISBN 978-0-691-16965-1 This volume in the annual series […]
An Adventure in Statistics: The Reality Enigma
Andy Field (Illustrated by James Iles) Sage Publishing 2016, 768 pages PRICE (PAPERBACK) £32.99 ISBN 978-1-4462-1045-1 When I offered to review this […]