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The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and
Mathematician and popular science author Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to show you that mathematics can be flexible, creative, and visual. This joyful journey through the world of abstract...
Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires...
The Big Book Of Stem Activities
$12.00 AUD
STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Each of these topics is important on its own but when their powers combine they are unstoppable! From rocks and volcanos to...
What Is Mathematics Really?
This book tackles important questions which have engaged mathemat-icians and philosophers for thousands of years and are still being asked today. The main purpose of the book is to ask-...
Vedic Mathematics
$50.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. DJ with some shelfwear. A few leaves repaired with tapes, otherwise clean and...
Much Ado About Numbers
In this fascinating new take on the world of Shakespeare, find out how Tudors multiplied, why Shakespeare never ended a line with the word Orange, why King Lear was every...
Quantum Leaps: How Maths Drives Scientific Progress
From the author of Million Dollar Maths comes a fascinating and engaging look at the mathematics that lies behind our modern world. How does Google know what you want to...
Quantum Leaps: How Maths Drives Scientific Progress
From the author of Million Dollar Maths comes a fascinating and engaging look at the mathematics that lies behind our modern world. How does Google know what you want to...
Math Girls 6: The Poincare Conjecture
This sixth entry in the highly acclaimed Math Girls series focuses on the Poincare Conjecture, a fundamental problem in topology first proposed in 1904. While the problem is simply stated...
Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe
Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the formation of the Earth and its Moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out...
Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
$15.00 AUD
One of the world's great mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaver--and how everyone can make their lives easier with a few simple shortcuts. We are often told that...
The Divine Proportion: A Study In Mathematical Beauty
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn and creased cover. Some foxing on book block. Clean text....
A New Kind Of Science
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis groundbreaking scientific treatise, A New Kind Of Science, presents a radical re-evaluation of how complex systems arise from fundamental...
The Slide Rule And How To Use It: A Text-Work Book
$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some marks and specks on boards. Light bumping on corners and...
Horizons: A Global History of Science
A radical retelling of the history of science that foregrounds the scientists erased from history In this major retelling of the history of science from 1450 to the present day,...
Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate
'Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway' SIMON SINGH 'A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers' HANNAH FRY How many cats are there in the world? What's the...
The History Of The Abacus
$15.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some marks on boards. Some foxing on...
A Gathering of Gardner: Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments/Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers and the Return of Dr. Matrix/Knotted Doug
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: WornPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn slipcase with bumped corners and edges. This comprehensive three-volume collection presents the sophisticated recreational mathematics of Martin Gardner,...
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
This brilliantly illustrated tale of reason, insanity, love and truth recounts the story of Bertrand Russell's life. Raised by his paternal grandparents, young Russell was never told the whereabouts of...
The Mathematical Brain
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Glue stains on fep. This compelling work of popular science, The Mathematical Brain, uncovers the intricate neurological foundations...
A Complete Slide Rule Manual
$85.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA Complete Slide Rule Manual by Neville W. Young presents a comprehensive guide to mastering the slide rule, an...
Mathematics For All: A Popular Approach To Mathematics In Everyday Life
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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerMathematics For All: A Popular Approach To Mathematics In Everyday Life presents an...
The Mending of Broken Bones: A Modern Guide to Classical Algebra
A joyful and intimate celebration of the beauty and creativity of algebra from one of the foremost math educators of our time. For many of us, algebra conjures up memories...
Measurement
For seven years, Paul Lockhart's A Mathematician's Lament enjoyed a samizdat-style popularity in the mathematics underground, before demand prompted its 2009 publication to even wider applause and debate. An impassioned...
A Guide to Infinity: Ten Mathematical Journeys
An accessible introduction to infinity explaining the different ways that mathematicians use it in their daily work Infinity has traditionally been a topic for philosophers, physicists, and artists, and it...
A Little History of Mathematics
A lively, accessible history of mathematics throughout the ages and across the globe Mathematics is fundamental to our daily lives. Science, computing, economics-all aspects of modern life rely on some...
Abacus: A Pocket Computer
$12.00 AUD
Book & Abacus. Discover the genius in your child !! An abacus, also called as Counting Frame, is a calculating tool for performing arithmetical processes. It is as fast in...
All Shapes and Sizes
$8.00 AUD
MURDEROUS MATHS: All Shapes and Sizes is full of facts, tricks and tips to help children discover why shapes are super and measurements are magic! With a fabulous brand-new cover...
A Certain Ambiguity: A Mathematical Novel
While taking a class on infinity at Stanford in the late 1980s, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had...
The Big Book Of Stem Activities
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis engaging non-fiction work, The Big Book Of Stem Activities, presents a wealth of...
Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate
'Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway' SIMON SINGH 'A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers' HANNAH FRY How many cats are there in the world? What's the...
Basic Mathematics: An Introduction: Teach Yourself
BASIC MATHEMATICS: AN INTRODUCTION teaches you all the maths you need for everyday situations. If you are terrified by maths, this is the book for you. Do you shy away...
Online and Matching-Based Market Design
The rich, multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary field of matching-based market design is an active and important one due to its highly successful applications with economic and sociological impact. Its home is...
125 Problems in Text Algorithms: with Solutions
String matching is one of the oldest algorithmic techniques, yet still one of the most pervasive in computer science. The past 20 years have seen technological leaps in applications as...
Probability For Dummies
Packed with practical tips and techniques for solving probability problems Increase your chances of acing that probability exam -- or winning at the casino! Whether you're hitting the books for...
Linear Algebra For Dummies
An easy-to-follow guide to practical, real-world applications of linear algebra Linear algebra is a branch of mathematics that uses matrices to solve systems of linear equations; it has applications in...
Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself
$15.00 AUD
Forget everything you've been taught about math. In Burn Math Class , Jason Wilkes takes the traditional approach to how we learn math,with its unwelcoming textbooks, unexplained rules, and authoritarian...
The Book of Numbers
Journey through the world of numbers with the foremost authorities and writers in the field. John Horton Conway and Richard K. Guy are two of the most accomplished, creative, and...
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
Bill Gates' favourite scientist is on a mission to make facts matter Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From earth's nations...
Math Without Numbers
A witty, illustrated tour of the structures and patterns of mathematics from a math prodigy The only numbers in this book are the page numbers. Math Without Numbers is a...
Geekspeak: How Life + Mathematics = Happiness
$12.00 AUD
Geekspeak is Dr. Graham Tattersall's quirky love letter to math, logic, and problem solving... and to the self-professed geeks everywhere who revel in such esoterica. Written for the numero-phobic and...
The Book of Wonders: The Many Lives of Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In a sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how an ancient Greek text on mathematics - often hailed as the...
Mathematics For The Million: A Popular Self Educator
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsMathematics For The Million by Lancelot Hogben presents a groundbreaking approach...
The Pythagorean Plato: Prelude To The Song Itself
$70.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor staining to top-edge of pages, some slight sun-fading to cover.The scholarly work The Pythagorean Plato: Prelude To...
Communicating Science in Social Contexts
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book explores the challenges and strategies of communicating science to diverse audiences in various social contexts. It provides insights...
Nobel Life: Conversations with 24 Nobel Laureates on their Life
Few people have changed the world like the Nobel Prize winners. Their breakthrough discoveries have revolutionised medicine, chemistry, physics and economics. Nobel Life consists of original interviews with twenty-four Nobel...
Wonders Beyond Numbers: A Brief History of All Things Mathematical
In this book, Johnny Ball tells one of the most important stories in world history - the story of mathematics. By introducing us to the major characters and leading us...
It All Adds Up: The Story of People and Mathematics
'Fascinating ... so enlightening that suddenly maths doesn't seem so fearsome as it once did' SIMON WINCHESTER From Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that...