Content abstract: This book records the stories of many famous mathematicians at home and abroad, which is easy to understand and inspiring.

Highlight: If you want to know the story of mathematics and mathematicians, this is a good popular science book.

(Recommended by Teacher Gu)

I love you in mathematics: the story of a great mathematician (Reimer, L., USA) and Reimer, W., USA), translated by Ouyang Jiang.

Content abstract: This book introduces the stories of more than 20 famous mathematicians, covering a wide range and easy to understand.

Highlight: There are still some math examples and ways of thinking in the book, but it is easy to understand and feels good!

(Recommended by Teacher Song Ying)

Confessions of a Mathematician by Hardy (English), translated by Li Yong.

Content abstract: Hardy is the best mathematical thinker in the 20th century, and his colleagues recognized him as a "real mathematician, pure in the pure". This "confession" is a sad text he wrote when his mathematical creativity declined. In Hardy's works, mathematics is not only a science, but also an art, entertainment, truth, goodness and beauty.

Highlight: This Confession is full of personal feelings, and it is also a hymn of mathematical beauty. The "Oxford and Cambridge culture" at the beginning of the 20th century is always between the lines. This little book will take readers into Cambridge elite and listen to Hardy and Russell talking and laughing at the dinner table.

(Recommended by Teacher Fei Lihua)

Mathematics around me: a clever mystery (English) Wendy clemson (English) David clemson (English) Kay prichard (English) Alison Jones Translator: Song

Content abstract: Through a series of mysterious cases, this book leads readers to use the mathematical knowledge in life to decrypt. The content is broad and divergent, and the conditions given are basically unconstrained, which is a typical western education. Can greatly improve the interest in mathematics learning.

Highlight: Mathematical knowledge is very important in people's lives-when we play games, ride bicycles and go shopping, we need mathematical knowledge anytime and anywhere! Everyone needs to apply mathematical knowledge in their work. You may not realize that even detectives use mathematical knowledge to solve crimes. Look at this book! You will have the opportunity to try various colorful and interesting activities by using the real data in your life and the actual situations that detectives and forensic doctors often encounter in their work. Show your math skills and experience the real feeling of solving a case! This book is easy to understand. Come and see what it says!

(Recommended by Teacher Huang Peiwen)

Infinite Toys: Exploration and Travel of Mathematics (series of dissemination of mathematical scientific and cultural ideas) Author: (Hungarian) lusa Peter Translator: Zhu Wu Yuan Xiangwan, etc.

Content abstract: This book is a popular reading of mathematics written by famous mathematicians. -Fascinating masterpiece, without any formula, focusing on mathematical thinking methods. Starting from the initial counting, it reaches the modern algebraic branch of mathematical logic.

Highlight: The language of this book is concise, simple, natural and fluent, and it is equipped with a lot of vivid metaphors and figures. The content is gradual, coherent and interesting.

(Recommended by Teacher Fan Fangfang)

Digital devil-for all friends who are afraid of math

Its author is Hans in Germany? Ensenberg, published by People's Literature Publishing House, is one of the 100 excellent books recommended to teenagers by the General Administration in 2008.

Highlight: It is a mathematical story of German popular science writers and top children illustrators. It is full of fun and humor. Although it has a lot of mathematical knowledge, it is not boring to read. It is especially suitable for children who regard mathematics as the devil to read and rediscover the mysterious fun of mathematics.

Introduction: Robert, the boy, is most afraid of taking math classes. One night, a little red-faced old man who claimed to be a digital demon appeared in Robert's dream and took him to play math games. For the next eleven nights, the digital demon led him to roam in the kingdom of mathematics every day. After interacting with the digital demon, Robert became interested in mathematics, and his teachers and classmates all looked at him with new eyes.

(recommended by teacher Zhang Rongping)

For those who hate mathematics-the mystery and life of mathematics

It was founded by Naoki Koike, a contemporary Japanese all-round thinking master whose research scope covers different academic fields such as economy, mathematics and literature. ), now working in Harvard University Institute. ), published by Harbin Publishing House.

Recommended reason: This is not to teach you how to learn mathematics, but a classic book to let you know the importance of mathematics. This book introduces the origin and influence of mathematics from the aspects of religion, theology and history through the author's rich knowledge and subtle analysis, and further explains the role of mathematics in modern economy and daily life. This book rarely involves profound mathematical formulas, but mostly involves formal logic, mainly including logic, religion, politics, history, exploration, law, sociology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, economics and so on. With the wonderful logic of mathematics, the author makes a thorough understanding of these fields, abandons differences and seeks common ground while reserving differences, so that readers can deeply appreciate the power of mathematics in the real world and its inherent beauty after reading this book. More importantly, it can dissolve the "mathematical fear complex", make people who hate mathematics fall in love with mathematics and regain their confidence in learning mathematics. Because mathematics is "God's logic"!

(Recommended by Teacher Cao Hong)

Magical mathematics

This book was written by Ding Bai and published by Modern Publishing House.

Highlight: The book contains nearly 100 games and puzzles, which have been popular all over the world for more than 50 years. From ancient Greece, ancient India to modern times, there are hundreds of interesting mathematical puzzles and challenging games. Even if you have a headache about math, you will be fascinated by reading this book. In-depth discussion, analysis of ideas, strange mathematics, ingenious reasoning and imaginative geometry, one after another, in the surprise of solving problems, enhance your logical thinking, spatial imagination, diverse conception ability, and most importantly, improve your problem-solving ability. You will soon find that mathematics is so interesting.

(Recommended by Teacher Zhu Ming)

"Never be afraid to learn mathematics" and "Math book for training thinking ability"

The authors of these two books are Tsuneji Okabe, but they were published by China Photographic Art Publishing House and Shanghai World Book Publishing House respectively.

Recommended reason: Focus on discovering the important surnames of "mathematical thinking" in life, to help you cultivate a sense of numbers and establish your own mathematical concepts; This book reflects the wisdom in daily life through the thinking methods of great mathematicians such as Gauss, Fermat and Archimedes, so that readers can understand the essence and beauty of mathematics while improving their thinking ability. But both books are interesting math books involving problem-solving thinking training.