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Significant Figures: Lives and Works of Trailblazing Mathematicians
Author: Professor Ian Stewart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Which mathematician elaborated a crucial concept the night before he died in a duel? Who funded his maths and medical...
Fermat's Last Theorem (Collins Modern Classics)
Author: Simon Singh Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat's...
A History of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials - From Galilei to Lord Kelvin - Volume I. Galilei to Saint-Venant 1639-1850
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Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories
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Chaos: Making a New Science
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Adam Spencer's The Number Games
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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...
Million Dollar Maths: The Secret Maths of Becoming Rich (or Poor)
Author: Hugh Barker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 How can you turn $1000 into $1 million? What is the best way to beat the lottery odds? When is the...
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....
50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know
Author: Tony Crilly Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a...
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...
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...
Statistics: 1,001 Practice Problems For Dummies
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How to Solve the Da Vinci Code: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Mathematics
Author: Richard Elwes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Can you outrun a bullet? How do you build an electronic brain? Could you slow down time? How do you unleash...
Can You Solve My Problems?: A casebook of ingenious, perplexing and totally satisfying puzzles
Author: Alex Bellos Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old? Can you beat Sherlock Holmes? If you think the answer is yes - I...
Projective Plane Geometry
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Algebra the Beautiful: An Ode to Math's Least-Loved Subject
Author: G. Arnell Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 What comes to mind when you think about algebra? For many of us, it's memories of dull or frustrating classes...
The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics
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How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)
Author: Tom Chivers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 'Even one glass of wine a day raises the risk of cancer' 'Hate crimes have doubled in five years' 'Fizzy drinks...
Everyday Mathematics Made Easy: A Quick Review of What You Forgot You Knew: Volume 2
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Weirdest Maths: At the Frontiers of Reason
Author: David Darling Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 "Maths is everywhere, in everything. It's in the finest margins of modern sport. It's in the electrical pulses of our hearts...
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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Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians
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Author: Dr Ian Stewart (University of Warwick) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A celebrated mathematician traces the history of math through the lives and work of twenty-five pioneering mathematicians...
Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do about It
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Author: Erica Thompson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Why mathematical models are so often wrong, and how we can make better decisions by accepting their limits Whether we are...
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...
The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
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Author: David Spiegelhalter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 In this "important and comprehensive" guide to statistical thinking (New Yorker), discover how data literacy is changing the world and gives...
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...
Maths 1001: Absolutely Everything That Matters in Mathematics
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The Mathematical Tourist
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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...
Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics
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Author: Michael Guillen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 In Five Equations That Changed the World, Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the Science Editor on ABC-TV's Good Morning...
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...
Experimental Design Techniques in Statistical Practice: A Practical Software-Based Approach
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Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics
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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...
Burn Math Class: And Reinvent Mathematics for Yourself
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Author: Jason Wilkes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Forget everything you've been taught about math. In Burn Math Class , Jason Wilkes takes the traditional approach to how we...
The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
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Author: Yates Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A brilliant and entertaining mathematician illuminates seven mathematical principles that shape our lives. "Kit Yates shows how our private and social lives...
Single Digits: In Praise of Small Numbers
Author: Marc Chamberland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 In Single Digits, Marc Chamberland takes readers on a fascinating exploration of small numbers, from one to nine, looking at their...
The Basic Practice of Statistics
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Author: David S. Moore Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 704 The Basic Practice of Statistics has become a bestselling textbook by focusing on how statistics are gathered, analyzed, and applied...
How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)
Author: Tom Chivers Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 'Even one glass of wine a day raises the risk of cancer' 'Hate crimes have doubled in five years' 'Fizzy drinks...
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 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...