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The Hidden Mathematics of Sport
Author: Rob Eastaway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 This fascinating book explores the mathematics involved in all your favourite sports. The Hidden Mathematics of Sport takes a unique and...
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...
Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians
$20.00
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...
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...
Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical
$15.00
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...
Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics
$15.00
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
$10.00
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...
Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do about It
$20.00
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...
The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
$17.50
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...
Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics
$12.00
Author: Michael Guillen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 A Publishers Weekly best book of 1995! Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the science editor of ABC's...
Relax: A User's Guide to Life in the Age of Anxiety
Author: Marianne Freiberger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 In Understanding Numbers, Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas will show key number patterns and maths principles that are vital...
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
$15.00
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...
Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
$20.00
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...
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,...