• The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick (2011)
• The Mathematical Universe by William Dunham (1994)
• Journey through Genius by William Dunham (1990)
• Biographies of Women Mathematicians: http://www.scottlan.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Student Recommendations:

If you've read any good books about math or books that refresh your memory about math, please send me the titles and I'll add them to the list.

• Forgotten Calculus (1994), by B. L. Bleau. Barron's Books
• The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells, by Hand Meinhardt

Interesting Math Websites

• How big is infinity? with Dennis Wildfogel (http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-big-is-infinity/)
• Logarithms explained with Steve Kelly (http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-big-is-infinity/)
• On-line MIT Math course on Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang (http://www.academicearth.org/courses/linear-algebra)

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