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"Mathematical paradoxes" as a book category encompasses works that collect, explain, and probe surprising or apparently self-contradictory results in mathematics and its applications. These books range from popular collections of puzzles and counterintuitive examples (Zeno, Monty Hall, Simpson’s paradox) to rigorous treatments of foundational paradoxes in logic and set theory (Russell, Gödel, Curry), and to explorations of infinity, measure and geometry (Banach–Tarski), probability, and self-reference. Their goals are both pedagogical and philosophical: to expose where everyday intuition or informal reasoning breaks down, to show how precise definitions and proofs resolve — or reframe — the paradox, and to illuminate the conceptual limits and richness of mathematical thought. Many blend historical anecdotes, proofs, and problem-solving exercises, appealing to general readers who enjoy cognitive surprises as well as to students and specialists interested in foundations and the philosophy of mathematics.

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