Suggested reading

For those wanting to understand something of the practice, subject matter, history, philosophy and culture of mathematics:

• Elements of Mathematics John Stillwell
• Math without numbers Milo Beckman
• How to solve it George Polya
• The book of numbers John H Conway, Richard Guy
• Meta math: the quest for omega Gregory Chaitin
• Wearing Gauss’ Jersey Dean Hathout
• From zero to infinity: what makes numbers interesting Constance Reid
• Think of a number Malcolm E Lines
• A number for your thoughts Malcolm E Lines
• How to think like a mathematician Kevin Houston
• Genius at play Siobhan Roberts
• The man who knew infinity Robert Kanigel
• The man who loved only numbers Paul Hoffman
• Logicomix Apostolis Doxiadis
• Mathematics for human flourishing Francis Su
• Mathematics without apologies Michael Harris
• What is mathematics, really? Reuben Hersh
• The mathematical experience Philip Davis, Reuben Hersh
• Why is there a philosophy of mathematics at all? Ian Hacking
• Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times Vol 3 Morris Kline
• Mysticism and logic Bertrand Russell
• Plato on why mathematics is good for the soul Myles Burnyeat
• The recursive universe William Poundstone
• The ins and outs of peg solitaire John D Beasly
• The mathematics of Rubik’s cube Michael Hutchings
• Mathematics and Art: A cultural history Lynn Gramwell
• Martin Gardner
• The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing Martin Davis
• Gödel, Escher, Bach Douglas Hofstatder
• Gödel’s proof Ernest Nagel and James R Newman
• The Oxbridge Formula Paarul Shah
• Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences Mary L Boas
• Wikipedia Mathematics Portal
• Amazon search on SQA Higher Maths textbooks