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Maryknoll Fathers’ School
F.1, F.2 and F.3 Mathematics
Reading Scheme (2009 – 2010)
(I) English Book List
Name
Catageory
Author
Publisher
Algebra
Graham Farmelo
Oxford : Blackwell
Arithmetic
Marcus du Sautoy
Free Press
Aczel, Amir D.
Penguin
Mlodinow, Leonard
Marcel Dekker, Inc.
History of Mathematics
Dirk J. Struik
Fourth Estate
Alan Turing, the Enigma
History of mathematics
A. Hodges
Basic Books.
Ancient Mathematics
History of Mathematics
Cuomo, S.
Fermat's Last Theorem
History of mathematics
Simon Singh
CUP
History of mathematics
Hofstadter, D.
Penguin
Mathematical Philosophy
G. Polya.
Princeton University
Press
Mathematics and plausible
Mathematical Philosophy
reasoning
G. Polya.
Princeton University
Press
Mathematical discovery : on
understanding, learning, and Mathematical Philosophy
teaching problem solving
G. Polya.
Wiley
It Must be Beautiful Great
Equations of Modern Science
The Music of the Primes
Fermat's last theorem :
unlocking the secret of an
ancient mathematical
problem
Euclid's Window : The Story of
Geometry from Parallel Lines to
Hyperspace
A Concise History of
Mathematics
Godel, Escher, Bach: an eternal
golden braid
How to solve it : a new
aspect of mathematical
method
Geometry /
Trigonometry
Geometry /
Trigonometry
Mathematics and Its History.
History of mathematics
Stillwell, J. (1989).
Abacus
Men of Mathematics
History of mathematics
E.T. Bell
Simon & Schuster
The magic of numbers
Mathematical Philosophy
E.T. Bell
Dover Publications
Karl Menninger
Golem Press
R. Kanigel
CUP
Number Words and Number
Symbols: a Cultural History of History of Mathematics
Numbers
The Man Who Knew Infinity
History of mathematics
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The man who loved only
Princeton University
History of mathematics
Paul Hoffman
The Story of Mathematics
History of Mathematics
Alistair Ross
Adam & Charles Black
Women in Mathematics
History of mathematics
Lynn M. Osen
Springer Verlag.
logic
Ian Stewart
Springer Verlag.
logic
Deborah J. Bennett
W.W. Norton & Co.
logic
Tiles, M.
numbers
Game, set, and math : enigmas
and conundrums
Press.
Logic Made Easy: How To
Know When Language
Deceives You
The Philosophy of Set Theory:
An Introduction to Cantor’s
Scientific American
Library.
Paradise,
A Mathematician's Apology Mathematical Philosophy
Conversations on Mind, Matter,
and Mathematics
e: The story of a number
Mathematical Philosophy
Mathematical Philosophy
From Five Fingers to Infinity Mathematical Philosophy
Mathematics: The Loss of
G.H. Hardy
Connes, A. and J.-P.
Changeux
John Wiley.
Swetz, F., Ed.
Springer Verlag.
Kline, M.
Nature's numbers :
discovering order and pattern Mathematical Philosophy
in the universe
Stewart, I.
Nature's Numbers : The Unreal
Reality of Mathematics
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Maor
Mathematical Philosophy
Certainty
Yale University Press.
American Mathematical
Society.
Phoenix
University of Toronto
Mathematical Philosophy
Ian Stewart
Mathematical Philosophy
J. McLeish
Mathematical Philosophy
Lakatos, I.
Strength in numbers :
discovering the joy and
power of mathematics in
everyday life
Mathematical Philosophy
Stein, S.
John Wiley
The Joy of pi
Mathematical Philosophy
David Blatner
Norton International
Mathematical Philosophy
Theoni Pappas
Norton International
Press
(Science Masters Series)
Number
Proofs and Refutations: The
logic of mathematical
Princeton University Press
Penguin Books Limited
London
discovery.
The Magic of Mathematics:
Discovering the Spell of
Mathematics
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The Math Gene : How
Mathematical Thinking Evolved
and Why Numbers are Like
Mathematical Philosophy
Keith Devlin
Pearson Education
Gossip
The Mathematical Experience Mathematical Philosophy
Davis, Philip J.,
Hersh, Reuben
Oxford University Press
The mathematical traveler :
exploring the grand history of Mathematical Philosophy
numbers
Clawson, Calvin
Princeton University Press
The mathematical universe :
an alphabetical journey
Mathematical Philosophy
through the great proofs,
problems, and personalities
Dunham, W.
Penguin
The number devil : a
mathematical adventure
The shape of space
The Triumph Of Numbers: How
Counting Shaped Modern Life
To Infinity and Beyond
An Imaginary Tale : The Story
of √-1
Mathematical recreations &
essays
Puzzling Adventures
Hans Magnus
Mathematical Philosophy
Enzensberger,
Perennial Classics
Michael Henry Heim
W.W. Norton & Company
Mathematical Philosophy
Jeffrey R. Weeks
Mathematical Philosophy
I. B. Cohen
A K Peters Ltd
Mathematical Philosophy
Maor, E.
Oxford Univ Pr (T)
Recreation and Games
Paul J. Nahin
Harvard University Press
Recreation and Games
New York
W. W. Rouse Ball and
Prentice
H. S. M. Coxeter
Recreation and Games
Dennis E. Shasha
Houghton Mifflin Co (P)
Recreation and Games
Martin Gardner
Dover Publications, Inc.
The Colossal Book of
Mathematics: Classic Puzzles,
Paradoxes, and Problems
The Saga of Mathematics
How to Tell the Liars from the
Statisticians
Recreation and Games
Statistics
Lewinter, Marty,
Widulski, William
Hooke, R.
Dover Publications, Inc.
John Wiley & Sons
Statistics on the Table: The
History of Statistical Concepts
Statistics
Stigler, Stephen M. Dover Publications, Inc.
and Methods
Fermat’s Last Theorem
Geometry /
Trigonometry
Simon Singh
Harper Collins Publisher
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God created the integer
Mathematical Philosophy Stephen Hawking
Penguin Books Ltd.
From here to infinity
Mathematical Philosophy
Ian Stewart
Oxford
Infinite Ascent: A short
History of Mathematics
Mathematical Philosophy
David Berlinski
Modern Library
Statistics
Clarke, G.M. &
Cooke, D.
ELBS
Dalton, L.C.
Dale Seymour
Publications, Palo Alto
Kastner, B.
NCTM
Michael Serra
Key Curriculum Press
Gardiner, A.
Oxford University Press
Scheaffer,
Mendenhall, Ott
PWS-Kent
Frederick W.
NCTM
A Basic Course in Statistics
Algebra in the Real World
Algebra
Applications of Secondary
Mathematical Philosophy
Mathematics
Discovering Geometry - An
Inductive Approach
Geometry
Discovering Mathematics Mathematical Philosophy
Elementary Survey Sampling
Exploratory problems in
mathematics
Fallacies in Mathematics
Fifty Challenging Problems
in Probability with solutions
Fun with Mathematics
Statistics
Mathematical Philosophy
Mathematical Philosophy
Probability
Mathematical Philosophy
Games & Puzzles for
Elementary & Middle School Mathematical Philosophy
Mathematics
Games for Learning
Mathematics
Mathematical Philosophy
Geometric Exercises in Paper
Folding
Geometry
How to Use (and Misuse
Statistics)
Statistics
Stevenson
E.A. Maxwell
Cambridge University
Press (C.U.P.)
Frederick Mosteller
Dover
Shmuel Avital
The Ontario Institute for
Studies in Education
Suton E. Simith
NCTM
Donovan A. Johnson
J. Weston Walch
T. Sundara Row
Dover
Kimble, A Gregory
Prentice-Hall
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Introduction to Probability
Probability and
and Statistics
Statistics
Introduction to Statistics
Introductory Statistics
Mendenhall, W.
Duxbury Pr.
Statistics
Ronald E. Walpok
Macmillan
Statistics
Thomas
Wiley
Mathematical Diversions
Mathematical Philosophy Hunter & Madachy
Mathematician's Delight
Mathematical Philosophy
Dover
W. W. Sawyer
Penguin
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(II) Internet Articles List
Name
Catageory
WebSite
Prime number
Number Theory
http://www.alihk.net/~md/articles/prime/e_prime.
htm
Pi
Geometry
http://www.alihk.net/~md/articles/pi/e_pi.htm
The development of
calculus
History of Mathematics
http://www.alihk.net/~md/articles/calculus/e_calc
ulus.htm
Recreation and Games
http://www.alihk.net/~md/articles/guessgame/e_g
uessgame.htm
The Mathematical
Achievements and
Methodologies of
Archimedes
History of Mathematics
http://db.math.ust.hk/articles/archimedes/e_archi
medes.htm
Logarithm and
Logarithm Table
Algebra
http://www.alihk.net/~md/articles/log/e_log.htm
Pyth. Thm.
Geometry
http://www.alihk.net/~md/articles/pyth/e_pyth.ht
m
Playing Guess Game
Using Recurrence
Relation
What is proportional
representation
Arithmetic
Babylonian mathematics History of Mathematics
Ancient Egyptian
mathematics
http://db.math.ust.hk/articles/prop_rep/e_prop_re
p.htm
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Inde
xes/Babylonians.html
History of Mathematics
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Inde
xes/Egyptians.html
Mathematical
Philosophy
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/~rcs/hilbert-speech
Carl Friedrich Gauss
History of Mathematics
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mat
hematicians/Gauss.html
Squaring the circle
Mathematical
Philosophy
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Hist
Topics/Squaring_the_circle.html
Lecture Delivered
Before the International
Congress of
Mathematicians at Paris
in 1900 by Professor
David Hilbert.
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Doubling the cube
Mathematical
Philosophy
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Hist
Topics/Doubling_the_cube.html
Trisecting an angle
Mathematical
Philosophy
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Hist
Topics/Trisecting_an_angle.html
Euclid
History of Mathematics
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mat
hematicians/Euclid.html
Abel
History of Mathematics
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathe
maticians/Abel.htm
Archimedes
History of Mathematics
Newton
History of Mathematics
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathe
maticians/Newton.html
Leibniz
History of Mathematics
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathe
maticians/Leibniz.html
Euler
History of Mathematics
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathe
maticians/Euler.html
Galois
History of Mathematics
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathe
maticians/Galois.html
Arithmetic
http://home.egge.net/~savory/maths1.htm
Number theory
Number theory
http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/ind
ex/11-XX.htm
Infinity
Mathematical
Philosophy
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/infini
ty/infinity.htm
Knot
Geometry
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/knot/
knot.html
Graph
Recreation and Games
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/workbk/graph
/graph.html
Divisibility by prime
numbers under 50
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathe
maticians/Archimedes.html
Mathematical games and
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Hist
Recreation and Games
recreations
Topics/Mathematical_games.html
Solving Fermat: Andrew
History of Mathematics http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/wiles.html
Wiles
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