Year 10 The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets - Simon Singh. Ever watched The Simpsons? A team a mathematically trained writers have smuggled maths jokes into dozens of episodes. Read this book to uncover the secrets! S The Moscow Puzzles - Boris Kordensky. A classic Russian puzzle book filled with entertaining logic and lateral thinking riddles. S Year 11 The joy of X : a guided tour of mathematics, from one to infinity. Awardwinning Steven Strogatz, one of the foremost popularisers of maths, has written a witty and fascinating account of maths’ most compelling ideas and how, so often, they are an integral part of everyday life S Fermat’s Last Theorem - Simon Singh. The story of 350 years of attempts to solve a notoriously simple but elusive problem. Gives a wonderful flavour of some of the colourful characters in the history of maths, the seductive lure of an unsolved riddle and the way in which disparate ideas come together with surprising results. The appendix introduces optional but excellent exercises and some famous proofs. S Year 12 Maths Puzzles Volume 1 - Presh Talwalkar. A great collection of puzzles from the author of the YouTube channel “Mind your Decisions”. Steering gently towards the kind of questions you might get in interviews. S Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction - Timothy Gowers. One of the excellent Very Short Introductions series written by leading academics for a general audience. Gowers (a Fields Medal recipient) leads the reader through some of the foundational ideas of mathematics (proofs, limits etc) that are skimmed over at A level but central to higher maths. S Year 13 The Stanford Mathematics Problem Book - George Polya and Jeremy Kilpatrick. Focussing on logic and probability problems, these questions are based on the Stanford entrance exam. They are an engaging and challenging aid for entrance exams and interviews. S Various mathematical books - Ian Stewart. All of Ian Stewart’s books, varying from technical to popular, are worth your time. This one uses the most famous problems in maths, many as yet unsolved, as a lens through which to examine how maths is done, the characters at the cutting edge of the subject, and what drives us to obsess over these beautiful ideas. S Year 7 The Murderous Maths of Everything - Kjartan Poskitt. Find out how maths could help you rescue someone in deadly peril, how not to shoot yourself with a cannon, and meet some famous mathematicians who were really hard (and even some who were murdered). S Top Score Sports Stars and Stats - Mark Woods. This book is filled with fantastic extreme sports facts, statistics and number quizzes. S How long is a piece of string? - Jeremy Wyndham. A creative insight into the mathematics of daily life using relatable scenarios. S Year 8 The Monty Hall Problem and Other Puzzles - Ivan Moscovich. Dazzling mathematical challenges compiled by one of the top puzzle makers in the world. S Why do buses come in threes? - Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham. How can maths explain the strange happenings of everyday life? S Year 9 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know - Tony Crilly. Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? Where do parallel lines meet? Prof Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts that shape the world around us. S The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking - Simon Singh. Light on technical maths and heavy on intrigue, this very readable introduction to the history of codes and ciphers takes us all the way from the Greco-Persian Wars to quantum cryptography. S BC Maths on the back of an envelope - Rob Eastaway. Clever ways to tackle any problem. S BC Maths 22/23
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