Books by David Acheson
David Acheson is an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. After a career of university teaching and research in applied mathematics, he now tries to help popularise mathematics, through books and lectures for young people and the general public. His latest book is The Wonder Book of Geometry.
The Wonder Book of Geometry: A Mathematical Story
by David Acheson
From Thales's theorem to the Banach-Tarski paradox, Oxford mathematician David Acheson's book, The Wonder Book of Geometry, is a lively attempt to bring to life geometry—literally, 'earth measurement'—and make it accessible to the general public. It has a lot of illustrations, not just of triangles, but portraits of mathematicians (like Euclid of Alexandria), maps, early editions of books, news clippings, a Ming dynasty copy of an ancient Chinese text, even postage stamps. According to Acheson, he wrote the book “because I believe that geometry can offer the quickest route to the whole nature and spirit of mathematics at its best, at almost any age, provided the subject is presented with sufficient imagination.”
Interviews with David Acheson
Favourite Maths Books, especially Geometry, recommended by David Acheson
From Thales’s theorem to the Banach-Tarski paradox, Oxford mathematician David Acheson’s book, The Wonder Book of Geometry, is a lively attempt to bring to life geometry—literally, ‘earth measurement’—and make it accessible to the general public. Here, David recommends some of the books that influenced him, “in the order in which I met them, over a timespan of some 60 years.”
