Pop math book club

Blue background with white text in the centre "Pop math book club". Chalkdust logo and two stacks of books, one in each bottom cornerDo you have lots of unread pop-math books on your shelves? Would you like to read more pop-math books? Join us at a new monthly online book club, held on the last Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm (UK time). Fill in this form to express your interest!

The monthly meetings are hosted on Zoom. After signing up to the book club, you will receive the link for the meetings.

There will not be a meeting in July, so the next meeting will be held on Tuesday 27th October 2026 at 6:30pm (BST) discussing Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz by Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird.

If you have a book that you would like to read you can nominate it (you can nominate as many as you like!).

The book for the month will be chosen at least two months in advance. This is to allow people to find a copy (reserve one at your local library, scour charity shops, buy from a good bookstore etc) and read it.

Upcoming meetings:

  • Tuesday 27th October 2026 (6:30pm GMT): Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz by Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird.
  • Tuesday 24th November 2026 (6:30pm GMT): Alex’s Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos.
  • There will be no meeting in December.
  • Tuesday 26th January 2027 (6:30pm GMT): Maths on the back of an envelope by Rob Eastaway.

Books we have discussed in previous meetings:

  1. Is Maths Real? by Eugenia Cheng.
  2. Humble Pi by Matt Parker.
  3. Another fine math you’ve got me into… by Ian Stewart.
  4. The Mathematicians’ Library: The Books That Unlocked the Power of Numbers by Thomas K. Briggs.
  5. The Simpsons and their mathematical secrets by Simon Singh.
  6. Mapmatics by Paulina Rowinska.
  7. Maths of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives by Kit Yates.
  8. How to not be wrong by Jordan Ellenberg.
  9. Math on Trial by Coralie Colmez and Leila Schneps.

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