Mathical Book Prize
From the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath)
Feb. 19, 2026: The 2026 Mathical Book Prize winners are here!
Copycat is an innovative book that features beautiful illustrations, photographs, and poems. Each seeks to synthesize the harmonious connection that exists between art, nature, and engineering. The book shows how the study of the natural world has inspired successful inventions in applied sciences throughout the world. – Gabriella DeLeon-DeHaan, Mathical Selection Committee Illustrations of plants …
Whether you already love the solar system, or just want to learn more, the infographics in this book are truly spectacular. Every page tells a story of our solar system that will whet your appetite for things beyond our Earth. – Johanna Cinquegrana, Mathical Selection Committee Through infographics and illustrations readers will learn about the unfathomably …
This book is chock full of benchmark measurements comparing data from the human body to familiar objects. End to end your blood vessels would wrap around the world twice and then some, over 60,000 miles! During your lifetime you will consume the equivalent of 9 T. rexes in food weight! Your eyes can distinguish nearly …
Peppered with quotations from Fannie Farmer, this picture book biography explains why standard measurements were necessary in cooking while telling the story of Fannie Farmer’s life. She loved cooking from childhood, but cookbooks in those days used descriptions like “sugar to your taste” and “as many yolks as may be necessary.” The book shows us …
A memorable, inspiring introduction to a groundbreaking figure in STEM history. Growing up in southern India during British rule, Srinivasa Ramanujan was fascinated by numbers: they made patterns only he could see. Soon he spent as much time as he could in the world of mathematics, exploring concepts and trying to publish his ideas. In …
Meet Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer who revolutionized the video game industry, in this engaging picture book biography. Before Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadget-y things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer—a professional tinkerer—and in the …
All good things come in nines… Each poem in this clever collection is a nonet: a nine-line poem that starts with nine syllables in the first line and ends with one syllable in the ninth line (or the reverse). But these nonets go even further! Every one is also written with the number nine at …
Long before calculators were invented, little Edith Clarke devoured numbers, conquered calculations, cracked puzzles, and breezed through brainteasers. Edith wanted to be an engineer—to use the numbers she saw all around her to help build America. When she grew up, no one would hire a woman engineer. But that didn’t stop Edith from following her …
