Books like The joy of mathematics by Theoni Pappas

Stephen Hawking explains the fundamental physics of the universe—space, time, cosmology, black holes, and the Big Bang—in clear, accessible language.

xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics.

A biography of the prolific mathematician Paul Erdős, detailing his restless travels, groundbreaking collaborations, and the mathematical problems that shaped his legacy.

An encyclopedic reference edited by Fields Medalist Timothy Gowers, the Princeton Companion to Mathematics offers nearly 200 essays by leading mathematicians, covering key concepts, historical development, and interdisciplinary impact of modern mathematics.

A collection of mathematical stories and patterns shared by mathematicians John Conway and Richard Guy

Eastaway invites readers to discover how simple arithmetic patterns and geometry reveal hidden order in everyday life, from the way buses queue to the timing of showers, making mathematics both accessible and surprising.

Explores mathematics through stories, puzzles, challenges, games, tricks, and experiments. Answers are provided in a separate section.

A practical guide showing how ordinary people can give meaning to the endless stream of numbers that flood the news, politics and everyday life.

"In The indisputable existence of Santa Claus, mathematicians Hannah Fry and Thomas Oléron Evans take readers on a festive journey through the pitfalls of a traditional holiday season. Lighthearted and diverting, and brimming with Christmassy diagrams, sketches and graphs, equations, Markov chains, and matrices, The indisputable existence of Santa Claus brightens up the bleak midwinter with stockingsful of mathematical marvels. Math has never been merrier."--Back cover.

Explore everyday life through five engaging mathematical puzzles, from predicting planetary motion to forecasting population growth, presented in a playful and accessible style by renowned mathematician Marcus du Sautoy.