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Aimed at the general reader, it is suitable for GCSE students. Numberland was nominated for a British Book Award, and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson (now Baillie Gifford) Prize and the Royal Society Science Book Prize. In Italy it won the Peano Prize for maths book of the year and the Galileo Prize for science book of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542851b9e4b0c110b8c60d81/1569405322489-BFHJCLP3DMKEFDYC5V8U/euclid_E.jpg Popular maths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/542851b9e4b0c110b8c60d81/1568970359250-15UZ5AE850APD8JJJDWA/Looking+Glass+paperback.jpg Popular maths - LOOKINGGLASS My second book continues my international and historical journey into mathematical ideas. It includes material on areas such as on trigonometry, conic sections, imaginary numbers, the exponential constant, calculus, logic and cellular automata. Aimed at the general reader, and suitable for students thinking of studying maths at A-level. 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