Popular mathematics

Popular mathematics is mathematical presentation aimed at a general audience. Sometimes this is in the form of books which require no mathematical background and in other cases it is in the form of expository articles written by professional mathematicians to reach out to others working in different areas.

For broader coverage of this topic, see Popular science.

(2000). Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea. Souvenir Press. ISBN 978-0-285-63594-4.

Charles Seife

(2000). The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero. Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-514237-2.

Robert Kaplan

(2013). Moments in Mathematics. Vigyan Prasar, Department of Science and Technology (India). ISBN 978-81-7480-224-8. Archived from the original on 2015-11-02.

Rintu Nath

Popular science magazines such as and Scientific American sometimes carry articles on mathematics.

New Scientist

is a free online magazine run under the Millennium Mathematics Project at the University of Cambridge.

Plus Magazine

The journals listed below can be found in many university libraries.

Simon Singh's Fermat's Last Theorem is available in audio and there is also a Horizon television program.

YouTube channel by Grant Sanderson.

3Blue1Brown

YouTube channel by Burkard Polster.

Mathologer

YouTube channel by Brady Haran.

Numberphile

YouTube channel and website by Kalid Azad.

BetterExplained

New York, and its predecessor, the Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science,

Museum of Mathematics

Several museums aim at enhancing public understanding of mathematics:

In the United States:

In Austria:

In Germany:

In Italy: