Doris Schattschneider's classic "M. C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry (1990) is the most penetrating study of Escher's work in existence, and the one most admired by mathematicians and scientists. It deals with one powerful obsession that preoccupied Escher: what he called the regular...
With an emphasis on the quirks of human nature, a witty approach to tobacco addiction explains how people become addicted to smoking. Reprint.