Math Refresher for Adults: The Perfect Solution (Mastering Essential Math Skills)

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Packed with diagrams, examples and anecdotes, this book is the perfect overview of this often daunting but always essential subject. I've always enjoyed making maths accessible and trying to demystify it, even when I was at school," she says. Other books in the series include: 'Black Holes and Uncle Albert' and 'Uncle Albert and the Quantum Quest'. The Fabric of the Cosmos really makes us think about our universe asking questions we would probably not have imagined prior to reading this edition, while for anyone interested in the universe we live in it is a must read! This is achieved by exploring set theory, combinatorics and number theory, topics which include many fundamental ideas which are part of the tool kit of any mathematician.

Riley has just published At Sixes And Sevens, a maths book for adults, featuring tips and tricks on how to navigate your way through the minefield of equations, formulas, fractions, algebra and BODMAS – if you don't know what the acronym stands for, Riley will help – among other conundrums. Collected over several years by Peter Winkler, dozens of elegant, intriguing challenges are presented in this book. Polster presents many of the most visually intuitive and exciting proofs from the dusty annuals of mathematical history. Elementary mathematics is used so that the reader can focus on the strategy and not be distracted by some more sophisticated mathematics.Pierre de Fermat posed this question back in 1630, while ever since then those who study Mathematics have found themselves both exasperated and intrigued by their inability to solve it. This excellent maths book won the 1983 National Book Award and explains to us what mathematicians are about plus what they do and how they do it.

Lots of the books in this post have been recommended by people who credit them with inspiring them to do maths in later life.

IamcomingacrossnewmathswhichIhaven'tcoveredbeforeandamfindingitdifficulttolearnitfromtheedexcelbookfromscratch. Those students ready to move onto higher Maths study will find this edition not only useful but also fascinating. Concrete examples are used throughout, and you'll get plenty of practice on topics common to many courses such as divisors, Euclidean algorithms, modular arithmetic, equivalence relations, and injectivity and surjectivity of functions.

Topics such as the interest earned by the money in your bank account, the way seeds are arranged in a sunflower or the shape of the Gateway Arch in St Louis are all connected by the number "e".

With over 300 exercises to help you test your progress, you'll soon learn how to think like a mathematician. This book takes you on an adventure through creative mathematical thinking, with great illustrations along the way. Infinity the Quest to Think the Unthinkable makes interesting reading for those of us who marvel at the infinite universe or the infinity of numbers that can go on and grow forever more.