Science & Mathematics

Author: G. PolyaBinding: PaperbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Slight peeling to corner of front cover.This...

Author: Noel SharkeyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic text, edited by Noel Sharkey, compiles essential readings...

Author: Hubert KennedyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Peremptory Publications Concord, 2006Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic biography chronicles the life and intellectual contributions of...

Author: Maurice KraitchikBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications., 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.This classic work of recreational mathematics, "Mathematical Recreations" by Maurice...

Author: Dan PedoeBinding: PaperbackPublished: NY: The Macmillan Co, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight yellowing to fore-edge and minor silverfish damage to front end-page.This academic text...

Author: Aaron J. FriedlandBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications., 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor yellowing to fore-edge and back cover, slight peel to back cover.This engaging puzzle...

Author: D. PedoeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor yellowing and a red pen mark on back cover.This academic text, "Circles: A Mathematical...

Author: Joseph A. EdministerBinding: PaperbackPublished: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Foxing on cover, some...

Author: Martin GardnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: W H Freeman & Co, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection of mathematical entertainments by Martin Gardner, a master of recreational mathematics, presents...

Author: Martin GardnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: W H Freeman & Co, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Slight dent in cover.This collection...

Author: Albert H. BeilerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cover has begun to detach from spine and slightly yellowed end-pages.This engaging mathematics text,...

Author: Martin GardnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight scuffing on tail edge of book.In this collection of mathematical puzzles and...

Author: Albrecht BeutelspacherBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Mathematical Association of America, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic text, "Cryptology" by Albrecht Beutelspacher, presents...

Author: W. W. Rouse BallBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight chipping on cover and minor yellowing to page edges.This academic text, "A...

Author: Martin GardnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Chicago Press., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight marks in front end-page.This collection of mathematical puzzles and essays, a classic...

Author: J.A.H. HunterBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications, Inc, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed back cover.This mathematics and puzzle book, "Fun With Figures" by J.A.H. Hunter, presents...

Author: Martin GardnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Chicago Press, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight yellowing on end-pages.This collection of mathematical puzzles and essays, compiled from Martin...

Author: W. S. AndrewsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight yellowing to cover pages and minimal...

Author: Joel ShurkinBinding: PaperbackPublished: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIn this compelling work of non-fiction, Joel Shurkin chronicles the fascinating history of...

Author: William H. Benson And Oswald JacobyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dover Publications, 1981Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis mathematics and puzzle book, "Magic Cubes: New Recreations," presents a fascinating...

A fascintaing illustrated guide to Antarctica for children aged 8+ Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, coldest, cleanest, most isolated and most peaceful continent on Earth. It is a continent...

Winner of the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing'Reading this book might make you wish to set fire to your smartphone, but it might also make you wish to call...

It is now more than a century since Einstein's theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionise our view of the universe. Beginning with the speed of light and...

The clearest, most accessible explanation yet of the amazing world of quantum mechanics. How can matter behave both like a particle and a wave? Does a particle exist before we...

A visionary look at the way the human mind can shape the future by world-renowned physicist Neil Turok. Every technology we rely on today was created by the human mind,...

Do you think that the Ozone Hole is a grunge rock club Or that the Food Web is an on-line restaurant guide Or that the Green Revolution happened in Greenland...

Revised edition of the inspirational Rider classic about the culture and religion of Ladakh and what its westernisation teaches us about the effects of capitalism and globalisation Ladakh, or 'Little...

Grappling with the first and second laws of thermodynamics can test the intellectual mettle of even the most dedicated student of the physical sciences. Approaching the subject for the first...

Technology is becoming molecularly precise. Nanotechnology, otherwise known as molecular engineering, will soon create effective machines as small as DNA. This capacity to manipulate matter-to program matter-with atomic precision will...

From the Royal Society Winton Prize winner 'Sean Carroll examines what it means to exist on this speck of dust in a possibly infinite universe. It's fascinating to see a...

The fun and easy way to get up to speed on the basic concepts of physics For high school and undergraduate students alike, physics classes are recommended or required courses...

Our romance with cars, begun with enthusiasm more than 100 years ago, has in fact become a very troubled entanglement. Today's relationship with the automobile inflicts upon us pollution, noise,...

In this guided tour down the centuries, Rich ard Morris shows how each new encounter with infinity has fu rthered the advancement of physics and mathematics. This is a mathematical...

Newton is one of the most influential scientists the world has ever known. He changed the way we viewed the universe by showing how it really worked - developing the...

Come with me and explore the universe from the perspective of time, rather than spatially as we usually live our lives and see the world. Everything you see, everything beyond...

While representing a strongly feminist perspective, the liturgies speak to women and men of many traditions and can be used either as they are or as a springboard for creating...

In the mid-nineteenth century the North Pole was a mystery. Some believed that it was an island of basalt in a warm crystal sea. Explorers who tried to penetrate the...

Isaac is a Department for Education project at the University of Cambridge that develops understanding and confidence through problem solving in the physical sciences, by combining accessible and concise print...

Author: Flora DinkinesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic text, "Abstract Mathematical Systems: Part III of Elementary Concepts...

Author: J. BronowskiBinding: PaperbackPublished: The MIT Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn this profound work of non-fiction, J. Bronowski, a renowned...

Author: Martin GardnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Chicago Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis collection of essays, a classic in recreational mathematics,...

Author: Elizabeth BurchillBinding: PaperbackPublished: Spectrum Melbourne, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis historical non-fiction work chronicles the significant contributions of...

It is the end of an historical epoch, but to an old professor of physics, Victor Jakob, sitting in his unlighted study, eating dubious bread with jam made from turnips,...

Quantum physics is believed to be the fundamental theory underlying our understanding of the physical universe. However, it is based on concepts and principles that have always been difficult to...