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The Signal and the Noise: The Art and Science of Prediction
Author: Nate Silver Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 544 The acclaimed international bestseller that will change the way you think about the future Every time we choose a...
The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking)
Author: Katie Mack Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 An acclaimed theoretical astrophysicist explores the end of the Universe. When will it take place? How is it likely...
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Author: Cathy O'Neil Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 A former Wall Street data scientist sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life - and...
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World
Author: Jevin D. West Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we? A spotter's guide to bullshit in...
Do Dice Play God?, The Mathematics of Uncertainty
Author, Ian Stewart (University of Warwick) Format, Hardback Number of Pages, 304 A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable We would like to believe...
A Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable
Author: Brian Clegg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you...
The Art of More: how mathematics created civilisation
Author: Michael Brooks Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as he explains...
Man vs Big Data: Everyday data explained
Author: Stewart Cowley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Man vs Big Data explains to readers the science and theories that impact on our everyday existence. It taps...
Einstein's Fridge: The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe
Author: Paul Sen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'Hugely readable and entertaining' JIM AL-KHALILI 'an accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this discipline's breadth, largely told through its...
How to Solve the Da Vinci Code: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Mathematics
Author: Richard Elwes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Can you outrun a bullet? How do you build an electronic brain? Could you slow down time? How do...
Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory
Author: Leonard Susskind Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 The third volume in Leonard Susskind's one-of-a-kind physics series cracks open Einstein's special relativity and field theory. In the...
How Not to Be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life
Author: Jordan Ellenberg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 480 How a little mathematics goes a long way in helping you not to be wrong The maths we learn...
What a Wonderful World: One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff
Author: Marcus Chown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist?...
How Long is a Piece of String?: More hidden mathematics of everyday life
Author: Rob Eastaway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A fascinating book, from a leading maths educator and demystifier, that shows how maths is relevant to our everyday lives. Have...
Why do Buses Come in Threes?: The hidden mathematics of everyday life
Author: Rob Eastaway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 An entertaining guide to how maths is relevant to our everyday lives. Why is it better to buy a lottery ticket...
Numb and Number: How to Avoid Being Mystified by the Mathematics of Modern Life
Author: William Hartston (Author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Like it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts,...
Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical
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Author: Amir Alexander Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our world On a cloudy day in 1413, a balding young man...
Alex Through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
Author: Alex Bellos Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 From triangles, rotations and power laws, to fractals, cones and curves, bestselling author Alex Bellos takes you on a journey of...
Chaotic Fishponds and Mirror Universes The Strange Maths Behind the Modern World
Author: Richard Elwes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 What can we learn from fish in a pond? How do social networks connect the world? How can artificial...