Mathematics
Explore the fascinating world of mathematics through a wide range of classic texts that offer insights into fundamental principles and equations. Whether you are revisiting the basics, exploring complex theories, or seeking historical perspectives, these works provide valuable knowledge for students and enthusiasts alike. From algebra and geometry to calculus and statistics, discover timeless resources that shed light on the patterns and logic governing the universe.
Amusements in Mathematics
Get ready to flex your brain with a collection of tricky math problems designed to entertain and surprise.
By Henry Ernest Dudeney
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Discover a 19th-century inventor's life through humorous stories and philosophical musings, revealing the challenges and triumphs of creating groundbreaking calculating machines.
By Charles Babbage
The Molecular Tactics of a Crystal
Explore the hidden architecture of crystals, where molecular geometry dictates the properties of matter in a world unseen.
By William Thomson Kelvin
The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development
Discover how ancient societies struggled with simple counting, shaping the way we understand math today.
By Levi L. (Levi Leonard) Conant
An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry
Venture into a world of shapes and lines without relying on rulers, discovering the secrets of geometric relationships and projective properties.
By Derrick Norman Lehmer
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
In a world of living geometry, a humble square's perception-shattering encounter with a sphere turns his two-dimensional existence upside down, leading to a dangerous quest for higher understanding.
By Edwin Abbott Abbott
Geometrical Solutions Derived from Mechanics; a Treatise of Archimedes
Uncover the secrets of ancient geometry where math meets mechanics, revealing groundbreaking solutions to complex problems.
By Archimedes
An essay on the foundations of geometry
Venture into a world where the very building blocks of space and shape are questioned, challenging everything you thought you knew about lines, angles, and dimensions.
By Bertrand Russell
A Tangled Tale
In a world where knights solve math problems and stories hide secret equations, prepare to have your brain tickled and tangled.
By Lewis Carroll
Elements of arithmetic
Explore how historical counting methods evolved into the arithmetic we know today, all while focusing on the power of reasoning rather than memorization.
By Augustus De Morgan
Logic: Deductive and Inductive
Venture into the world of arguments and proofs by learning a scientific look at how reasoning works and what makes an idea solid.
By Carveth Read
The Golden Mean
** Discover a fascinating number whose digits extend past a million, unlocking secrets in art, architecture, and the very fabric of nature.
By Jerry T. Bonnell
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II
Journey into a world where mathematics clashes with philosophy, and logic is turned upside down, questioning the very foundations of belief and reason.
By Augustus De Morgan
William Oughtred: A Great Seventeenth-Century Teacher of Mathematics
Discover the story of a 17th-century educator who shaped modern math with ingenious inventions and symbolic language, despite facing challenges to his legacy.
By Florian Cajori
The Puzzle King Amusing arithmetic, book-keeping blunders, commercial comicalities, curious "catches", peculiar problems, perplexing paradoxes, quaint questions, queer quibbles, school stories, interesting items, tricks with figures, cards, draughts, dice, dominoes, etc., etc., etc.
Step into a world of amusing arithmetic and puzzling questions, where numbers dance with humor and logic to challenge and entertain.
By John Scott
A Review of Algebra
Perfect for students facing college entrance exams, this book refreshes rusty algebra skills with targeted reviews and plenty of practice problems.
By Romeyn Henry Rivenburg
The Teaching of Geometry
Explore how to make geometry engaging and relevant for students as a teacher navigates debates between traditional and modern methods in math education.
By David Eugene Smith
The Fibonacci Number Series
Explore the profound beauty of a sequence where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones, precisely detailed up to its one-thousandth iteration.
By Michael Husted
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals
Discover the real origins of our everyday numbers and how they traveled from ancient origins to become a global standard.
By David Eugene Smith
Deductive Logic
Venture into the realm of formal thinking, where the laws of logic determine how ideas connect and the strength of arguments is revealed.
By St. George William Joseph Stock