KS4/5 Student Wider Reading List   
e = mc2 - A biography of the World's most famous equation by David Bodanis

ISBN: 0-333-78033-7

 
CHAOS - The amazing Sciences of the unpredictable by James Gleick
ISBN: 0-7493-8606-1
The Millennium Problems - The 7 greatest unsolved mathematical problems of our time by Keith Devlin
ISBN: 1-86207-735-5
Six Easy Pieces - The fundamentals of Physics explained by Richard Feynmann
ISBN: 978-0-14-027666-4
Feynman's Lost Lecture - The motion of the planets around the sun by David and Ruth Goodstein
0-09-973621-7
A Beautiful Mind - The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash by Sylvia Nasar 

Proofs Without Words by Roger B. Nelson.  A look at the use of pictures and diagrams that enable us to see why a particular mathematical statement is true.  Visual clues to stimulate mathematical thought.

Fermat’s Last Theorem by Simon Singh
ISBN: 1-84115-791-0

The Code Book by Simon Singh  
ISBN 1-85702-889-9

The Cracking Code Book by Simon Singh
ISBN: 0-00-717604-X

Fractal, Images of Chaos by Hans Lauwerier.  A look at the use of fractals in computer art, modelling population growth and the movements of the    planets in the solar system.  

Journey Through Genius by William Dunham.  A look at the great Theorems of Mathematics.

Longitude - The True Story of the solving of the Greatest Scientific Problem of the time by Dava Sobel
ISBN: 0-00-721422-7
Images of Infinity.  A collection of images, writings and cartoons revolving around the ideas and paradoxes associated with the infinite and infinitesimal.  Can a drawing of a hand drawing itself and the thing it is drawing ever be finished? by Tarquin Press.

Game, Set and Math by Ian Stewart.    

Does God Play Dice? by Ian Stewart.  An excellent introduction to Chaos.  The title is a quotation from Einstein, who believed the answer was no! [KS5]   ISBN: 0-14-025602-4

The Mathematical Experience by P.J.  Davis and R. Hersh. A more serious ‘read’ examining what mathematics is - a classic.

A selection of ten books accessible to KS5 students, recommended by the Mathematical Association - Click here

Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
More Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
Mathematical Circus
The Unexpected Hanging
Fractal Music, Hypercards and More all by Martin Gardner