redfiona99

This reads a lot like Horrible Histories but for maths and aimed at an older audience.

I know what I'm going to say is an odd sort of complaint, but I could have done with more book. What there is is gold, but I think they could have gone further into the maths without losing their audience.

That being said I appreciate the practical ways they suggest that a reader can do to to prove the maths in the book and the links to papers which go further into the maths.

Why Do Buses Come in Threes? by Rob Eastaway
Mathematical snapshots by Hugo Steinhaus
How to Cut a Cake: And Other Mathematical Conundrums by Ian Stewart
Math Hysteria: Fun and Games with Mathematics by Ian Stewart
Mathematical Magic by William Simon
How the Other Half Thinks: Adventures in Mathematical Reasoning by Sherman K. Stein
How to Take a Penalty: The Hidden Mathematics of Sport by Rob Eastaway
Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics by Robert B. Banks
Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Questions (New Scientist) by New Scientist
Game, Set and Math: Enigmas and Conundrums by Ian Stewart

Looks about right, I think I've read one of those.

Next book up is the German translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.