Mathematics: The Science of Patterns - The Search for Order in Life, Mind and the Universe by Keith J. Devlin
An attractive and wonderful book about an attractive, wonderful, and woefully misunderstood subject. If you think that mathematics is only about numbers and is only useful for making out your income tax, Keith Devlin's book will open your eyes to a new world - Mathematics, the Science of Patterns. Ian Stewart, author of Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into ...