"A charming and unique correspondence from the human side of mathematics."

"The surprise hit of the year so far! I approached this book with trepidation, but found it absolutely delightful."

'This delightful book is...a story with many different attractions...a unique courtship...one which deeply unites intellect and feeling."

'A heartwarming insight into the selfless and truly romantic way that relationships were forged between the wars'

"A lovely, charming book, skilfully and unobtrusively narrated."

From the 1920s comes a tale of passionate love persisting through opposition. In 1922 Barnes Wallis, aged 35, fell for Molly Bloxam who was setting off to study science at University. Her father decreed Barnes must teach Molly mathematics in his letters. Mathematics with Love presents, for the first time, the tender and witty results of this curious edict, deftly narrated by the couple's daughter, Mary. This evocative snapshot of a twenties courtship offers a surprising insight into the early life of a World War Two hero, and a great way to learn a little mathematics.

MARY STOPES-ROE is the daughter of Barnes Wallis and Molly Bloxam. Trained as a historian and psychologist, Mary worked for many years at the University of Birmingham where she studied parent-child interactions within families of Asian and British ethnic origin. Since retirement she has been archiving her family's papers, among which she discovered her parents' courtship letters. Mary and her husband Harry have two sons and two daughters and ten grandchildren.