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GEOMETRY TEXTBOOKS
1. "Introduction to Geometry", By H.S.M. Coxeter, John_Wiley and Sons 1961.
2. "Geometry and Imagination", By D. Hilbert and S. Cohn-Vossen, Chelsea Publishing Company 1952.
3. "Regular Polytopes", By H.S.M. Coxeter, McMillan Company, NewYork 1948.
4. "Projective Geometry", By H.S.M. Coxeter, University of Toronto Press1974.
5. "M.C. Escher: Art and Science", Edited by H.S.M. Coxeter, M. Emmer, R. Penrose and M.L. Teuber, Elsevier Science Publishers 1986.
6. "The Geometric ViewPoint, A Survey of Geometris", Thomas Q. Sibley, Addison-Wesley Longman 1998.
7. "Tilings and Patterns, An Introduction", by B.Grunbaum, G.C. Shephard, W.H. Freeman and Company, NewYoek 1989.
Notes:
The books 1-6 are very good introductions to classical topics in geometry. Book #7 is a comprehensive introduction to theory of tilings and
contains lots of beautiful ideas as well as many pictures of interesting tilings.
The second book in the list "Geometry and Imagination" is written by the famous German mathematician David Hilbert. It is a masterpiece in
presenting geometric ideas through an intuitive approach.
Books #1, #3 and #4 are written by famous Canadian geometer D. Coxeter. His contributions to geometry are well-known all over the world.
GENERALLY GOOD READING
"Which Way Did the Bicycle Go? and Other Intriguing
Mathematical Mysteries", Joseph D. E. Konhauser, Dan Velleman, and Stan
Wagon
"After Math", Ed Barbeau
"Mathematical Fallacies, Flaws, and Flimflam", Ed
Barbeau
"Power Play", Ed Barbeau
"A Mathematical Mosaic", Ravi Vakil
"The Book of Numbers", John H. Conway and Richard K. Guy
"The Queen of Mathematics", Goldman
Ian Stewart's column in Scientific American (current)
Martin Gardner's column in Scientific American (past)
"The Code Book", Simon Singh
"Fermat's Enigma", Simon Singh
"Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays" (volumes I and II), Elwyn
R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, and Richard K. Guy
"Flatland", Abbott
"My Brain is Open", Bruce Schechter
"The Man who Loved Only Numbers", Paul Hoffman
"Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid", Douglas R. Hofstadter
"The Queen of Mathematics", Jay R. Goldman
"Satan, Cantor, and Infinity", Raymond Smullyan
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