The Ten Equations that Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too, by David Sumpter Tony Mann welcomes a compelling account of the power – and ethical challenges – of mathematics in helping us address crucial issues in today’s world By Tony Mann 26 November
The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History, by Paolo Zellini Tony Mann is impressed by a study of what we mean by numbers that ranges across millennia By Tony Mann 14 May
The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets, by Graham Farmelo Tony Mann assesses an argument about the role of mathematical beauty as a key to understanding how the universe works By Tony Mann 30 May
Patently Mathematical: Picking Partners, Passwords and Careers by the Numbers, by Jeff Suzuki Tony Mann learns that ‘applied mathematics’ isn’t what it used to be By Tony Mann 18 April
The Art of Logic: How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn’t, by Eugenia Cheng If you want to learn to argue better, don’t ditch emotion, argues Tony Mann By Tony Mann 19 July
Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World, by Keith Devlin Tony Mann follows a scholar’s journey to get to the root of a game-changing mathematician By Tony Mann 25 May
Living by Numbers: In Defence of Quantity, by Steven Connor This provocative argument for the importance of number in the humanities is full of wit and insight, says Tony Mann By Tony Mann 13 October
