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The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg
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Author: Robert P. Crease (Stony Brook University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Philosopher and science historian Robert P. Crease tells the stories behind ten of the greatest equations in...
Imagined Civilizations: China, the West, and Their First Encounter
Author: Roger Hart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Accounts of the seventeenth-century Jesuit Mission to China have often celebrated it as the great encounter of two civilizations. The Jesuits...
Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have that Machines Don't
Author: Junaid Mubeen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to...
Numbers: A beautiful gift for stockings this Christmas
Author: Colin Stuart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Uncover the language of our universe - numbers - in this wide-ranging whistle-stop tour of the history and majesty of mathematics....
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
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Author: Nate Silver Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 UPDATED FOR 2020 WITH A NEW PREFACE BY NATE SILVER "One of the more momentous books of the decade." -The New...
Seventeen Equations that Changed the World
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Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity
Author: Sander van der Linden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 A Waterstones Book of the Year for Politics 2023 A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023 One of...
A Brief History of Infinity: The Quest to Think the Unthinkable
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Projective Plane Geometry
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The Norm Chronicles: Stories and numbers about danger
Author: David Spiegelhalter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Meet Norm. He's 31, 5'9, just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week. He likes a drink, doesn't do...
Brains and Numbers
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Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
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Author: Marcus Du Sautoy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 One of the world's great mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaver--and how everyone can make their lives easier...
Mathmatters: The Hidden Calculations of Everyday Life
Author: Chris Waring Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Mathmatters is a humorous guide to the hidden calculations that are essential to everything we do. From making a cup of...
Fermat's Last Theorem (Collins Modern Classics)
Author: Simon Singh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution...
Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have that Machines Don't
Author: Junaid Mubeen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to...
Mathmatters: The Hidden Calculations of Everyday Life
Author: Chris Waring Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Mathmatters is a humorous guide to the hidden calculations that are essential to everything we do. From making a cup of...
Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics
Author: Stephon Alexander Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 "The rabbit hole gets wrestled here. An old school saying applies: the more you know, the more you don't know. Dance...
Adam Spencer's World of Numbers
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Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty
Author: Professor Ian Stewart Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Uncertainty is everywhere. It lurks in every consideration of the future - the weather, the economy, the sex...
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
Author: Vaclav Smil Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Bill Gates' favourite scientist is on a mission to make facts matter Is flying dangerous? How much do the...
A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
Author: Frank Wilczek Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 A Nobel Prize-winning physicist argues that beauty is the fundamental organizing principle for the entire universe In this scientific...
Statistics without Tears: An Introduction for Non-Mathematicians
Author: Derek Rowntree Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 A clear and trustworthy guide to understanding statistics, a perennial bestseller now fully revised and updated. This book is...
The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men: A Cultural History
Author: Paolo Zellini Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe? The...
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...
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...
Mazes for Bright Sparks: Ages 7 to 9
Author: Gareth Moore Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 For children aged 7-9, the Bright Sparks series is aimed at sharpening the minds of the next generation of...
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...
The Mathematics Devotional: Celebrating the Wisdom and Beauty of Mathematics
Author: Clifford A. Pickover Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 392 From the ingenious author of The Math Book and The Physics Book comes an inspirational volume that celebrates the beauty...
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...
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...
Sudoku Games for Clever Kids (R): More than 160 puzzles to boost your brain power
Author: Gareth Moore Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 There are plenty of puzzles to test your mental-arithmetic and problem-solving skills. The book also features a simple sudoku...
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...
Beyond Infinity
Author: Eugenia Cheng Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "[Cheng] does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works." -- Wall Street Journal How big...