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Realm of Numbers
Isaac AsimovA non-technical tour of the number systems from counting numbers to complex numbers, aimed at general readers and young readers.
Fermat's Last Theorem
Simon SinghA popular history of the 350-year search for a proof of Fermat's claim, ending with Andrew Wiles's work on it.
A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory
Joseph H. SilvermanA gentle undergraduate textbook covering primes, congruences, and related topics, written to be read without much prior background.
The Music of the Primes
Marcus du SautoyA popular account of the Riemann hypothesis and the search for patterns in the distribution of prime numbers.
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Dr. Riemann's ZerosKarl Sabbagh - Love and Math
Love and MathEdward Frenkel - Surreal Numbers
Surreal NumbersDonald Knuth - Principia mathematica
Principia mathematicaAlfred North Whitehead1910 - Mathematical Proofs
Mathematical ProofsGary Chartrand2002 - Elementary number theory and its applications
Elementary number theory and its applicationsKenneth H. Rosen1922 - Elementary introduction to number theory
Elementary introduction to number theoryCalvin T. Long1965