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Few books to consider:

1)Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, By Douglas R Hofstadter : This Pulitzer prize winning book will be good for your needs. Has short and to great extent independent chapters and goes into the the meaning of mathematics, art, music and computing. Though the book looks voluminous it gives a possibility for selected reading.

2)What is the name of this book?: The riddle of Dracula and other logical puzzles, By Raymond M Smullyan ("The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of recreational logic and math problems ever written." — Martin Gardner.)

3)Letter to young mathematician: the art of mentoring, By Ian Stewart : Subjects ranging from the philosophical to the practical--what mathematics is and why it's worth doing, the relationship between logic and proof, the role of beauty in mathematical thinking, the future of mathematics, how to deal with the peculiarities of the mathematical community are all discussed here.

4)An Imaginary Tale: The Story of i [the square root of minus one], By Paul J. Nahin : Discusses imaginary numbers from a historical perspective.

  1. (added later)The Creative Process: Reflections on the Invention in the Arts and Sciences : Collection of essays written by some of the best minds like Poincare, Einstein, Mozart on how they got original ideas. Especially Poincare's essay is very insightful.

  2. (added later)I Want to Be a Mathematician. Springer-Verlag. By Paul Halmos : It is good to introduce students to Halmos writing. I am surprised nobody mentioned this.

Few books to consider:

1)Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, By Douglas R Hofstadter : This Pulitzer prize winning book will be good for your needs. Has short and to great extent independent chapters and goes into the the meaning of mathematics, art, music and computing. Though the book looks voluminous it gives a possibility for selected reading.

2)What is the name of this book?: The riddle of Dracula and other logical puzzles, By Raymond M Smullyan ("The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of recreational logic and math problems ever written." — Martin Gardner.)

3)Letter to young mathematician: the art of mentoring, By Ian Stewart : Subjects ranging from the philosophical to the practical--what mathematics is and why it's worth doing, the relationship between logic and proof, the role of beauty in mathematical thinking, the future of mathematics, how to deal with the peculiarities of the mathematical community are all discussed here.

4)An Imaginary Tale: The Story of i [the square root of minus one], By Paul J. Nahin : Discusses imaginary numbers from a historical perspective.

Few books to consider:

1)Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, By Douglas R Hofstadter : This Pulitzer prize winning book will be good for your needs. Has short and to great extent independent chapters and goes into the the meaning of mathematics, art, music and computing. Though the book looks voluminous it gives a possibility for selected reading.

2)What is the name of this book?: The riddle of Dracula and other logical puzzles, By Raymond M Smullyan ("The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of recreational logic and math problems ever written." — Martin Gardner.)

3)Letter to young mathematician: the art of mentoring, By Ian Stewart : Subjects ranging from the philosophical to the practical--what mathematics is and why it's worth doing, the relationship between logic and proof, the role of beauty in mathematical thinking, the future of mathematics, how to deal with the peculiarities of the mathematical community are all discussed here.

4)An Imaginary Tale: The Story of i [the square root of minus one], By Paul J. Nahin : Discusses imaginary numbers from a historical perspective.

  1. (added later)The Creative Process: Reflections on the Invention in the Arts and Sciences : Collection of essays written by some of the best minds like Poincare, Einstein, Mozart on how they got original ideas. Especially Poincare's essay is very insightful.

  2. (added later)I Want to Be a Mathematician. Springer-Verlag. By Paul Halmos : It is good to introduce students to Halmos writing. I am surprised nobody mentioned this.

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Few books come right away to my mindconsider:

1)Godel, Escher, BachGodel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, By Douglas R Hofstadter : An Eternal Golden BraidThis Pulitzer prize winning book will be good for your needs. Has short and to great extent independent chapters and goes into the the meaning of mathematics, By Douglas R Hofstadterart, music and computing. Though the book looks voluminous it gives a possibility for selected reading.

2)What is the name of this book?: The riddleWhat is the name of this book?: The riddle of Dracula and other logical puzzles, By Raymond M Smullyan ("The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of Dracularecreational logic and other logical puzzles, By Raymond M Smullyanmath problems ever written." — Martin Gardner.)

3)Letter to young mathematicianLetter to young mathematician: the art of mentoring, By Ian Stewart : Subjects ranging from the artphilosophical to the practical--what mathematics is and why it's worth doing, the relationship between logic and proof, the role of mentoringbeauty in mathematical thinking, By Ian Stewartthe future of mathematics, how to deal with the peculiarities of the mathematical community are all discussed here.

4)An Imaginary TaleAn Imaginary Tale: The Story of i [the square root of minus one], By Paul J. Nahin : The Story of i [the square root of minus one], By Paul JDiscusses imaginary numbers from a historical perspective. Nahin

Few books come right away to my mind:

1)Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, By Douglas R Hofstadter

2)What is the name of this book?: The riddle of Dracula and other logical puzzles, By Raymond M Smullyan

3)Letter to young mathematician: the art of mentoring, By Ian Stewart

4)An Imaginary Tale: The Story of i [the square root of minus one], By Paul J. Nahin

Few books to consider:

1)Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, By Douglas R Hofstadter : This Pulitzer prize winning book will be good for your needs. Has short and to great extent independent chapters and goes into the the meaning of mathematics, art, music and computing. Though the book looks voluminous it gives a possibility for selected reading.

2)What is the name of this book?: The riddle of Dracula and other logical puzzles, By Raymond M Smullyan ("The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of recreational logic and math problems ever written." — Martin Gardner.)

3)Letter to young mathematician: the art of mentoring, By Ian Stewart : Subjects ranging from the philosophical to the practical--what mathematics is and why it's worth doing, the relationship between logic and proof, the role of beauty in mathematical thinking, the future of mathematics, how to deal with the peculiarities of the mathematical community are all discussed here.

4)An Imaginary Tale: The Story of i [the square root of minus one], By Paul J. Nahin : Discusses imaginary numbers from a historical perspective.

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Few books come right away to my mind:

1)Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, By Douglas R Hofstadter

2)What is the name of this book?: The riddle of Dracula and other logical puzzles, By Raymond M Smullyan

3)Letter to young mathematician: the art of mentoring, By Ian Stewart

4)An Imaginary Tale: The Story of i [the square root of minus one], By Paul J. Nahin