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The Perfect Bet: How Science and Maths are Taking the Luck Out of
Gamblers have been trying to figure out how to game the system since our ancestors first made wagers over dice fashioned from knucklebones: in revolutionary Paris, the 'martingale' strategy was...
The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics
From algebra to number theory and from statistics to mechanics, this versatile dictionary takes in all branches of pure and applied mathematics up to first-year university level. Invaluable for mathematicians,...
Number
"Number" reassesses conventional views of civilization. It seeks to challenge, provoke and fascinate as it takes the mystery out of the world of number. Ranging from prehistoric times through the...
Counting: Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEUMANN PRIZE 2025 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES...
A Number For Your Thoughts: Facts And Speculations About Numbers From Euclid To The Latest Computers
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the elegant proofs of Euclid to the staggering computational power of modern computers, A Number...
Finding Zero
The story of how we got our numbers - told through one mathematician's journey to find zero. The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has...
Stochastic Processes
Well-written and accessible, this classic introduction to stochastic processes and related mathematics is appropriate for advanced undergraduate students of mathematics with a knowledge of calculus and continuous probability theory. The...
Beyond Infinity: An expedition to the outer limits of the mathematical
Even small children know there are infinitely many whole numbers - start counting and you'll never reach the end. But there are also infinitely many decimal numbers between zero and...
Speed: How it Explains the World
Prepare to view the world through a new lens - SPEED - a groundbreaking exploration that challenges your perceptions of life's driving force, from the internationally bestselling author Explore how...
The Story of Mathematics
Mathematics is not only a discipline integral to humankind's desire to navigate and to trade, it is also an artistic inspiration and a guide to the movement of the heavens....
Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone
One of the greatest modern philosophers wrestles with the existence of God and the nature of a reasonable religion
Nets, Puzzles, and Postmen: An Exploration of Mathematical Connections
What do road and railway systems, electrical circuits, mingling at parties, mazes, family trees, and the internet all have in common? All are networks - either people or places or...
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...
Short Cuts: Maths: Navigate Your Way Through the Big Ideas
Your expert guide to mastering the numbers behind the mysteries of modern mathematics. What with the mysteries of infinity and imaginary numbers, the power of mathematical modelling, and the logic...
Model Selection and Multimodel Inference: A Practical
This book is unique in that it covers the philosophy of model-based data analysis and a strategy for the analysis of empirical data. The book introduces information theoretic approaches and...
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting . . . I finished it not only better informed about a captivating branch of mathematics,...
An Introduction To Quantitative Methods For Historians
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No visible markings. Binding condition: Intact. A foundational academic text in the field of historical methodology, An Introduction...
Think Like a Mathematician: Simple Tools for Complex Everyday Problems
When we learn about abstract mathematical concepts - from prime numbers and fractals to aspects of calculus - the most common question is often: when on earth will I need...
Mathmatters: The Hidden Calculations of Everyday Life
Mathmatters is a humorous guide to the hidden calculations that are essential to everything we do. From making a cup of coffee to negotiating traffic to selecting candidates for an...
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting' Oliver Burkeman 'A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem' Will Storr 'Witty, lively and best of...
Laurie's Decimal Tables Of Simple Interest: At 5, 4½, 4, 3½, 3, 2½, 2, 1½ Per Cent, Per Annum Calculated Per Day, Per Month And Per Year
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. A specialized financial reference work, Laurie's Decimal Tables Of Simple Interest:...
Practical Science And Mathematics: Preliminary Technical Or Industrial Course
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA foundational educational text designed for students entering technical or industrial fields, this volume presents a rigorous yet accessible introduction to the...
How To Take A Chance
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacket.A witty and accessible guide to probability and statistics, How to Take a...
Chambers's Seven-Figure Logarithms: Of Numbers Up To 100000
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA foundational reference work in the tradition of Victorian mathematical scholarship, Chambers's Seven-Figure Logarithms: Of Numbers Up To 100000 presents an exhaustive...
Tables Of The Individual And Cumulative Terms Of Poisson Distribution
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsA specialized statistical reference work, Tables of the Individual and Cumulative Terms of Poisson Distribution...
Short Cuts: Maths: Navigate Your Way Through the Big Ideas
Your expert guide to mastering the numbers behind the mysteries of modern mathematics. What with the mysteries of infinity and imaginary numbers, the power of mathematical modelling, and the logic...
A Mathematician Plays the Market
Can a renowned mathematician successfully outwit the stock market? Not when his biggest investment is WorldCom. This text tells the story of how John Allen Paulos gambled - and lost...
Elements Of Pre-Calculus Mathematics
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Names penned on fep; internally sound; clean text. A foundational mathematics...
The Concise Planetary Ephemeris For 1950 To 2000 A.D. At Noon
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA foundational reference work in the field of astrology and astronomical calculation, The Concise...
Blueprints: How mathematics shapes creativity
*A Financial Times and Waterstones Book of the Year 2025* Many artists are unaware of the mathematics that bubble beneath their craft, while some consciously use it for inspiration. Our...
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting . . . I finished it not only better informed about a captivating branch of mathematics,...
The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data
How can statistics help us understand the world? Can we come to reliable conclusions when data is imperfect? How is statistics changing in the age of data science? Statistics has...
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...
Vedic Mathematics
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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...
A New Kind Of Science
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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 History Of The Abacus
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Geekspeak: How Life + Mathematics = Happiness
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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 Pythagorean Plato: Prelude To The Song Itself
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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...
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...
Mathematics & Science Bargain Book Box
Mathematics & Science Bargain Book Box From the quantum world and the mathematics of infinity to the secret life of trees and the science of human touch — this box...