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**The First Ever Maths Book to be a No.1 Bestseller**'Wonderful ... superb' Daily MailWhat makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym...

The definitive guide to mathematical problem solving, from one of the great teachers of the twentieth centuryGeorge Polya's perennial bestseller has inspired generations around the world to think more clearly. Brilliantly showing how 'there is a grain of...

A hilarious and bestselling reintroduction to mathematics, illustrating the ideas with stories, humor, and stick figures.In Math with Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals what math is all about. His tools are unorthodox: jokes, cartoons, strange-but-true...

'Maths at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan EllenbergMatt Parker, author of the No.1 bestseller Humble Pi, takes us on a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers Mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small...

How do you begin to understand the concept of nothing? Where does it begin and where does it end?From the zeros of the mathematician to the void of the philosophers, from Shakespeare to the empty set, from the ether to the quantum vacuum, from being and...

An engaging, accessible introduction into how numbers work and why we shouldn't be afraid of them, from maths expert Rachel Riley. Do you know your fractions from your percentages? Your adjacent to your hypotenuse?...

This new book from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry. This is the story of how...

Award-winning Steven Strogatz, one of the foremost popularisers of maths, has written a witty and fascinating account of maths' most compelling ideas and how, so often, they are an integral part of everyday life.Maths is everywhere, often where we don't...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062064011Author Marcus Du SautoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

The bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code Book tells the story of the brilliant minds that deciphered the mysteries of the Big Bang. A fascinating exploration of the ultimate question: how was our universe created? Albert...

From ancient Babylon to the last great unsolved problems, Ian Stewart brings us his definitive history of mathematics. In his famous straightforward style, Professor Stewart explains each major development - from the first number systems to chaos theory...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'An entertaining tour that will change how you see the world' Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply HiddenIs there a secret formula for improving your life? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick...

'The whizz-kid making maths supercool. . . A brilliant book that takes everything we know (and fear) about maths out of the equation - starting with numbers' The Times'A cheerful, chatty, and charming trip through the world of mathematics. . . Everyone...

Think of a number between one and ten.No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity...

In MATH WITH BAD DRAWINGS, Ben Orlin answers math's three big questions: Why do I need to learn this? When am I ever going to use it? Why is it so hard? The answers come in various forms-cartoons, drawings, jokes, and the stories and insights of an...

Full of fascinating and bizarre cases of genetic mutation and irregularity, 'Mutants' is an amazing exploration of the human form in all its beautiful and unique guises. Why are most of us born with one nose, two legs, ten fingers and...

"Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here," Plato warned would-be philosophers. Mathematician Karl Sigmund agrees.In The Waltz of Reason, he shows how mathematics and philosophy together have shaped our understanding of space, chance, logic,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805072549Author DEVLINFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 444g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789388318143Author G H HardyFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Hawk PressPublisher Hawk PressWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 5mm

Quantum Evolution presents a revolutionary new scientific theory by asking: is there a force of will behind evolution? In his astonishing first book, Johnjoe McFadden shows that there is. 'McFadden's bold hypothesis that quantum physics plays...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982111885Author YatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book Company

How could a relatively simple chemical code give rise to the complexity of a human being? How could our human genome have evolved? And how does it actually work? Over the past 50 years we have deciphered the inner workings of the human genome...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536356Author Thomas LinFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374538422Author Jim HoltFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

'Lucid, calm, informed, directly helpful in trying to think about where we are now... The literature of the time after begins here' Evening Standard'Taking a breather from bewildering statistics and terrible tales of contagion to read Giordano's book was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393327755Author Paul HoffmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & Co

Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things that...

Elemental learning.The splendid achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I (LCL 335) contains the divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation; arithmetical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451640113Author Alex BellosFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452287839Author Joseph MazurFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 330g

Do you want to learn about the most beautiful concept ever invented by humankind? In this book, best-selling author and mathematician Haim Shapira will inspire you with his humorous and engaging exploration of infinity.Written in clear, simple language...

If you were accused of a crime, who would you rather decide your sentence-a mathematically consistent algorithm incapable of empathy or a compassionate human judge prone to bias and error? What if you want to buy a driverless car and must choose between...

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world-and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy the pieces collected here. These essays-from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999611569Author Mudassir MehmoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Zouev Elite PublishingPublisher Zouev Elite PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250850904Author Sarah HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 146mm *...

The year's finest mathematics writing from around the world This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best...

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best...

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487813604Author Luogeng HuaFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Royal Collins Publishing CompanyPublisher Royal Collins Publishing Company

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781487813444Author Shiing-Shen ChernFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Royal Collins Publishing CompanyPublisher Royal Collins Publishing...