Book list I own 98% of the books listed here, many others I have currently

checked out of the library. All of them have good parts but you may not find each
one to be exceptional it depends on your personal preferences.
Education books and authors I have enjoyed:
o Alfie Kohn
o Jonathan Kozol
o E.D. Hirsch (the schools we need, etc)
o Howard Gardner (though much of his work on multiple intelligences has been
refuted with recent research)
o The game of school Fried
o The Closing of the American Mind Bloom
o The learning gap stevenson and stigler
o The teaching gap stigler and hiebert
o Dumbing Down our kids sykes
o Research ideas for the classroom high school mathematics Patricia Wilson
(editor) (NCTM project)
o Teaching Mathematics for the 21st century methods and activities for grades
6-12 Linda Huetinck and Sara Munshin
Ian Stewart (does a lot of Scientific American columns replaced Martin
Gardner)
o How to cut a cake
o Letters to a young
o Math hysteria
mathematician.
o The story of mathematics
o Another fine math youve got
o Game, set, and math
me into
o Does God play dice
o Lifes other secret
o What shape is a snowflake
o Natures numbers
o The magical maze
o The problems of mathematics
Raymond Smullyan (logic master great puzzles to make you and your students
think)
o To mock a mockingbird
o Alice in puzzleland
o First order logic
o Logical Labyrinth
o King Arthur in search of his dog
o The tao is silent
o This book needs no title
o Some interesting memories
o 5000 bc and other philosophical fantasies
o The magic garden of George B
o Forever undecided a puzzle guide to godel
o Chess mysteries of Sherlock holmes
o The riddle of the scheherazade
o Satan, Cantor, and infinity
o The lady or the tiger

Theoni Pappas (good books for your ADD and ADHD students, as the articles are
very short and rather light)
o The magic of mathematics
o Mathematics appreciation
o Math stuff
o Math-a-day
o The joy of mathematics
o More the joy of mathematics
o Mathematical scandals
o The music of reason
o Mathematical Footprints
Martin Gardner (wrote scientific american column on mathematics for decades,
condensed his columns into books, then wrote many others)
o The new ambidextrous universe
o My best mathematical and logic puzzles
o Puzzles from otther worlds
o The colossal book off mathematics
o The colossal book of short puzzles and problems
o Penrose tiles to traphdoor ciphers and the return of dr. matrix
o The last recreations
o Knotted doughnuts and other mathematical entertainments
o Wheels, life and other mathematical amusements
o Aha! Insight (great for teachers)
o Aha! Gotcha (great for teachers)
o Time travel and other mathematical bewilderments
o Mathematical recreations (written by klarner) a collection in honor of
martin gardner
o The second scientific american book of mathematical puzzles and
diversions
o Entertaining science epxeriments with everyday objects
o Mathematics magic and mystery
o Fads and fallacies
o Entertaining mathematical puzzles
o The magic numbers of dr. matrix
o Hexaflexagons and other mathematical diversons
o Perpelxing puzzles and tantalizing teasers
o The unexpected hanging
o Mathematical carnival
o Did adam and even have navels?
o Martin gardners favorite poetic parodies.
o The relativity explosion
o Are universes thicker than blackberries?
Calvin Clawson
o Mathematical mysteries
o The mathematical traveler
o Mathematical sorcery

Malcolm Gladwell (not math, but do include some good math stuff)
o Outliers
o The tipping point
o Blink
o What the dog saw
Keith Devlin (great writer, and the NPR math guy)
o Goodbye, descartes
o The language of mathematics making the invisible visible
o Mathematics the new golden age
o Mathematics the science of patterns
o The unfinished game
o All the math thats fit to print
o The math instinct
o Life by the numbers
o The millenium problems
o The math gene
o The numbers behind numbers (based on the tv show numbers)
Robert Wolke (youll probably enjoy the math and physics here)
o What einstein didnt know
o What einstein told his cook
o What einstein told his cook 2
o What einstein told his barber
John Allen Paulos
o Innumeracy
o Irreligion
o Beyond Numeracy
o A mathematician reads the newspaper
o Once upon a number
o A mathematician plays the stock market
o Mathematics and humor
Problem solving books of many types for high school students (and yourselves)
Published by AOPS the art of problem solving
o The art of problem solving Vol 1 and 2 (Richard Rusczyk)
o Introduction to Algebra(Richard Rusczyk)
o Introduction to Counting and Probability (David Patrick)
o Introduction to Number theory (Matthew Crawford)
o Intermediate Algebra (Richard Rusczyk and Matthew Crawford)
o Intermediate Counting and Probability (David Patrick)
o Precalculus (Richard Rusczyk)
o Calculus (David Patrick)
o Introduction to Geometry (Richard Rusczyk)
I try to find any book with mensa in the title puzzles, mind boosters, iq tests,
strategic games, etc. Any puzzle books, mathemagic, etc. I also like magic books
that relate mathematics to magic, and card tricks do that a lot.

Codes and cryptography

o The six unsolved ciphers - belfield
o The science of secrecy singh
o Cryptography - smith
o Secret messages william butler
o The code book simon singh
o Codes, puzzles and consipracy dennis shasha
o In code, a mathematical journey sarah flannery
o Codes and ciphers fred wrixon
o Crypto steven levy
o The puzzle palace james bamford
Books to help with math anxiety (whether you believe it is real or not)
o Conquering Math Anxiety Cynthia Arem
o Math is a four letter word! Angela Sembera and Michael Hovis
o Fear of Math Claudia Zaslavsky
o Overcoming Math Anxiety Davidson and Levitor
o Overcoming Math Anxiety Sheila Tobias
o Managing the mean math blues ooten
o Winning at math Paul Nolting
o Mastering Mathematics how to be a great math student Richard
Manning Smith
History of Math books
o Hands on history a resource for teaching mathematics Amy shellgellasch
o Classics of Mathematics Callinger
o A history of mathematics Boyer and Merzbach (the book I used in
college)
o Men of mathematics ET Bell
o Men and numbers james newman
o The history of mathematics WWR Ball
James Burke (did some dvds called connections, connections 2, and connections 3
excellent way to tie history into mathematics, science, etc)
o Circles
o The pinball effect
o Connections
o The day the universe changed
o Twin tracks
o Knowledge web
James Gleick
o Chaos
o Isaac newton
o Faster
o What just happened
o Genius

Ivan moscovich (puzzlers to knock your mind out of your head)

o Perplexing pattern problems and other puzzles
o Tough topology problems and other puzzles
o Sensational shape problems and other puzzles
o Fiendishly frustrating brain twisting puzzles
o The hinged square and other puzzles
o Leonardos mirroor and other puzzles
o The shoelace problem and other puzzles
o He big book of brain games
o Magnetic puzzle pack
o Deviously difficult mind bending puzzles
o The monty hall problem and other puzzles
o 1000 playthinks
Clifford Pickover
o The mobius strip
o Fractal horizons
o The math book from pythagoras to the 57th dimension
o Surfing Through hyperspace
o Computers and the imagination
o The loom of god
o Strange brains and genius
o The mathematics of oz
o The stars of heaven
o Calculus and pizza
Alfred Posamentier (warning many of his books contain large chunks that are
similar to other books or exactly the same as his other books)
o The fabulous fibonacci numbers
o Pi a biography of the worlds most mysterious number
o Math charmers tantalizing tidbits for the mind
o Tips for the mathematics teacher research based strategies for learning
o Problem solving strategies for efficient and elegant solutions, grades 6-12
o 101+ great ideas for introducing key concepts in mathematics
o Math wonders to inspire teachers and students
o Excursions in advanced euclidean geometry
o Teaching Secondary Mathematics Techniques and Enrichment Units
(with Beverly smith and jay stepelman)
Robert Devaney and others (great books for high school students
o Fractals
o The mandelbrot and julia sets
o Chaos
o iteration
Amir Aczel
o Descartes secret notebook
o The artist and the
o probability 1
mathematician
o gods equation
o Chance
o The mystery of the aleph
o ppendulum
o fermats last theorem
o The riddle of the compass

Robert Banks
o Towing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics
o Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turgles and Further adventures in applied mathematics
Miscellaneous books
o Math Olympiad Contest Problems George Lenchner (elem and middle school, but
the middle school problems are often good for your high school students)
o Visual patterns in pascals triangle (dale Seymour)
o Patty Paper Geometry Michale Serra
o Out of the labyrinth robert and ellen kaplan
o The contest problem book books from the american high school mathematics
competition (there are around 6 or 7 books) charles salkind, stephen maurer, etc
o Mathematics for the nonmathematician morris kline
o What is mathematics? richard courant, and ian stewart
o How mathematics happened the first 50,000 years Peter Rudman
o Duel at dawn - alexander
o Eulers gem richeson
o Marvels of math kendall haven
o A mathematicians lament paul lockhart
o Problem solving strategies:crossing the river with dogs- ken johnson & ted herr
o Is God a Mathematician? Mario Livio
o Mathematical connections al cuoco (excellent tie in with our arithmetic sequences,
ties in with solving degree 3 equations too)
o Problem posing marion walter and stephen brown (3rd edition)
o Yearning for the impossibe stillwell
o Dr. Eulers fabulous formula paul nahin
o Bridges to infinity michael guillen
o Keplers conjecture george szpiro
o Stalking the reimann hypothesis dan rockmore
o Prisoners dilemma william poundstone
o The reimann hypothesis karl sabbagh
o Timid virgins make dull company dr. crypton
o Reading between the numbers Joseph Tal
o How would you move mount fuji William poundstone
o Duelling idiots and other probability puzzlers paul nahin
o the great mathematicians - turnbull
o Fermats enigma simon singh
o The golden Ratio story of phi Mario Livio
o A mathematical history of the golden number - Herz-Fischer
o The golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers RA Dunlap
o The golden section natures greatest secret Scott Olsen
o The divine proportion - Huntley
o Math and the mona lisa bulent atalay
o The mathematical universe william dunham
o Journey through genius william dunham
o Homage to pythagoras crichlow, lawlor, macaulay, etc.
o Euclid in the rainforest discovering universal truth in logic and math joseph mazur

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The calculus wars bardi

How to dunk a doughnut Len Fisher
Whats math got to do with it jo boaler
About teaching mathematics marilyn burns (anything by her is pretty good
including a collection of math lessons, I hate math book, etc)
What are the odds mike orkin
The honors class yandell
Statistics without tears Derek rowntree
Probability without tears Derek rowntree
50 challenging problems in probability with solutions Frederick mosteller
Calculated risks gerd gigernzer
Brainwashed ben shapiro
Five equations that changed the world michael guillen
To infinity and beyond maor
Hilbert constance reid
Fearless Symmetry Avner Ash
All the mathematics you missed but need for graduate school thomas garrity (in
case you choose to come back for a masters in mathematics or more)
The triumph of numbers cohen
Unfolding mathematics with origami boxes tubis
Advanced origami lafosse
How to solve it george polya
The heart of mathematics starbird and burger
Sacred mathematics fukagawa and rothman
The alberta high school math competitions 1957 2006 (edited by andy liu
Hidden connections and double meanings david wells
Puzzling adventures dennis shasha
A transition to advanced mathematics smith, andre, st andre (perhaps my favorite
book on the introduction and learning of proof)
The drunkards walk how randomness rules our lives leonard mlodinow
A smoother pebble- mathematical explorations benson
A mathematicians apology g.h.hardy
The broken dice ivar ekeland
Feynmans rainbow leonard mlodinow
Mathematics and the unexpected ivar ekeland
Imagining numbers - Barry mazur
Figuring shakuntala devi
Go figure brookhart
The mathematical experience davis and hersh
Descartes dream davis and hersh
The number sense stanislas dehaene
One two three infinity gamow
The story of mathematics richard mankiewicz
Godel, escher, bach - hofstadter
Group theory in the bedroom and other mathematical diversions brian hayes
Calculus made easy silvanus thompson and martin gardner

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Garbage pizza, patchwork quilts, and math magic - ohanian

Numbers david boyle and anita roddick
Beyond coincidence martin plimmer
Incompleteness rebecca goldstein
The universe and the teacup k.c.cole
The master book of mathematical recreations schuh
The golden ratio mario livio
The rainbow of mathematics ivor grattan-guinness
The divine proportion huntley
What is random beltrami
Chance and chaos ruelle
Mathematical mountaintops john casti
Taking chances john haigh
13 the story of the wor;ds most notorious superstition nathaniel lachenmeyer
Decoding the universe charles seife
Mathematical byways hugh apsimon
Imaginary numbers frucht
The worlds most famous math problem marilyn vos savant
Poetry of the universe robert osserman
Infinite ascent david berlinski
E = mc2 david bodanis
From 0 to infinity constance reid
The nothing that is a natural history of zero kaplan
Descartes error- damasio
Infinity and the mind rucker
Playing with infinity peter
Pi in the sky john barrow
Equations of eternity david darling
Mathematics and the imagination- kasner and newman
Miracle math lorayne
200% of nothing dewdney
Beyond reason dewdney
Hashi the bridges problem alastair chisholm
Metamaths gregory chatin
Symmetry marcus du sautoy
Charles seife zero
Great feuds in science hellman
The man who knew infinity robert kanigel
A beautiful mind sylvia nasar
My brain is open- schechter
Ingenious pursuits liza jardine
Mathamazement yablun
The art of the infinite robert and ellen kaplan
Mathematical journeys schumer
Zero to lazy eight alexander humez
Alpha and omega charles seife

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Where do I put the decimal point ruedy and nirenberg

The number devil hans magnus enzensberger
Math magic scott flansburg
The jungles of randomness ivars petersen
Chances are michael and ellen kaplaan
Prime obsession john derbyshire
Problem solving through recreational mathematics bonnie averback
Reality rules john casti
Matehmaticians are people too (book 1 and 2) Reimer
Great feuds in matehmatics hellman
Why flip a coin lewis
The golden section garth runion
everything and more - David foster wallace
divine proportion hemenway
the saga of mathematics - lewinter
An imaginary tale the story of sqrt -1 - paul nahin
The king of infinite space siobhan roberts
Chaos and harmony trinh xuan thuan
The chicken from minsk chernyak and rose
Mystery of numbers schimmel
The lady tasting tea salsburg (great book on history and development of statistics
you may even like stats after reading it)
The arithmetic of life george shaffner
A mathematical mystery tour dewdney
Anything by richard feynmann great teacher and writer of physics.
A new kind of science stephen wolfram
Mathematics from the birth of numbers gullberg
The universal history of numbbers Ifrah
Scientific Genius - glenn
Conned again watson colin bruce
Trigonometric delights eli maor
Countdown steve olson
Trigonometry gelfand (part of a skinny set that is expensive but very good!)
Pythagoras trousers margaret wertheim
e the story of a number eli maor.
Islands of trugh ivars peterson
The mathematical tourist ivars peterson
Why do buses come in threes? eastaway and wyndham
The man who loved only numbers paul hoffman
Archimedes revenge paul hoffman
Secrets of mental math art benjamin
Infinity brian clegg
Mathematica thought kline
The universal book of mathematics darling
God created the integers hawking
The man who counted tahan

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Mathsemantics edward macneal

Mathematics for the imagination peter higgins
The joy of pi david blatner
Kingdom of the infinite number bunch
Number 9 cecil balmond
A brief history of infinity paolo zellini
A beautiful math siegfried
What is mathematics, really hersh
Fantasia mathematica clifton fadiman
The enjoymeent of math rademacher and toeplitz
The advent of the algorithm david berlinski
The prism and the pendulum robert crease
Rainbows, curve balls, and other wonders ira flatow
The music of the primes marcus du sautoy
Unknown quantity john Derbyshire
Origami from Angelfish to Zen Peter Engel
Origami Design Secrets Robert Lang (excellent book about the math of origami)
Roses, Origami, and Math Toshikazu Kawasaki
Coincidence, Chaos, and all that math jazz Burger and Starbird

Websites
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/ (excellent stuff for teachers and math folks)
http://www.mathsolutions.com/ (marilyn burns website)
http://www.nctm.org/ (your spot for national curriculum updates and journals)
http://www.purplemath.com/
http://www.khanacademy.org/ (10 minute clips on just about everything math related
from an MIT graduate who quit his job to teach online)
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ (great reference but written at a very high level)
http://www.wolframalpha.com/ (awesome reference for math, equation solver, etc)
http://mathforum.org/dr/math/ (tons of solutions, occassionally the teachers/professors
are incorrect (slightly) so make sure you read all responses)
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/ (math open courseware watch the actual MIT
professors teach courses you wish you knew more about. If nothing else its free!)
http://www.math.cornell.edu/~GoodQuestions/materials.html (a list of great calculus
questions mostly based on stewarts calculus)
http://shodor.com/interactivate/ (from Jeromy)
Google docs has spreadsheets that can perform functions just need a google account
and no software other than a browser (from Jeromy)
Youtube.com has tons -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfq5kju627c (this is the ma
and pa kettle math video for example) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Vb8CWJHo&feature=channel (this is tom Lehrer singing about how to subtract 342 173 quite
fun)
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Store/alltitles.php this is a place with all the art of
problem solving books and solution manuals, as well as other books on math
competitions, help for you in preparing a team for math Olympiads, and national math
contests

Journals for you teachers

TOMT the oregon math teacher. Inexpensive and pretty good. Plus, you can contribute
your articles without excessive wait times of the national journals.
Mathematics Teacher (NCTM) for high school teachers
Teaching Mathematics in Middle School (NCTM)
Teaching Children mathematics (NTCM)
College Math Journal (MAA)
Horizons (MAA)
Others include online versions of the Australian Math Teacher, For the Learning of
Mathematics, Mathematics Teaching (British), etc.