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25+ Interesting Books for Math People and Designers

25+ Interesting Books for Math People and Designers

The connection between math, design, and the universe is so beautiful. Here is the list of some cool books about mathematics and design.

James Lovelock et al: The Earth and I

James E. Lovelock

The Fractal Geometry of Nature

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers

Alfred S. Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann

The Golden Ratio Coloring Book: And Other Mathematical Patterns Inspired by Nature and Art

Steve Richards

The Beauty of Numbers in Nature

Ian Stewart

The Geometry of Type: The Anatomy of 100 Essential Typefaces

Stephen Coles, Erik Spiekermann

Geometry of Design, Revised and Updated

Kimberly Elam

Karakuri: How to Make Mechanical Paper Models That Move

Keisuke Saka

The ABC’s of Triangle, Square, Circle

Ellen Lupton

Why Beauty Is Truth: The History of Symmetry

Ian Stewart

Drawing Geometry: A Primer of Basic Forms for Artists, Designers, and Architects

Jon Allen

Fractals: A Very Short Introduction

Kenneth Falconer

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information

Edward R. Tufte

Patterns of the Universe: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty

Alex Bellos

Mathematics: The Science of Patterns: The Search for Order in Life, Mind and the Universe

Keith J. Devlin

The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World’s Most Astonishing Number

Mario Livio

Which One Doesn’t Belong?: A Shapes Book

Christopher Danielson

The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel

Rainer Willmann

Chaos and Fractals: New Frontiers of Science

Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Hartmut Jürgens, Dietmar Saupe

Visions of the Universe: A Coloring Journey Through Math’s Great Mysteries

Alex Bellos

The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics

Gary B. Meisner

The Snowflake Man: A Biography of Wilson A. Bentley

Duncan C. Blanchard

Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise

Manfred Schroeder

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