(Hardback)
By: Matt Parker
ISBN: 9780241505694
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 20th June 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Matilde Marcolli
ISBN: 9780262043908
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2020
UK Publication Date: 26th May 2020
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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Exploring common themes in modern art, mathematics, and science, including the concept of space, the notion of randomness, and the shape of the cosmos.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Professor Ian Stewart
ISBN: 9781846682056
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2012
UK Publication Date: 5th July 2012
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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Mathematicians and biologists confront nature's enigmas.
(Hardback)
By: Andrew Hodges
ISBN: 9781904977759
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2007
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
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Have you ever thought about the uniqueness and simplicity of One Is Four really so square and why are there Seven days of the week, Seven deadly sins, indeed Seven wonders of the world This book takes a hands-on approach to such various topics as musical harmony, the probabilities in poker, code breaking and the lottery.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Professor Ian Stewart
ISBN: 9781846683480
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
UK Publication Date: 22nd October 2015
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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Solving mathematical riddles with the world's most popular maths sleuth.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Professor Ian Stewart
ISBN: 9781846683466
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2010
UK Publication Date: 4th November 2010
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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Mind stretching, enlightening and endlessly amusing, Professor Stewart will stimulate, delight and enthral.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Professor Ian Stewart
ISBN: 9781781254516
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2016
UK Publication Date: 11th February 2016
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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The bestselling Ian Stewart tackles his biggest subject yet: the weird and wonderful world of numbers, from zero to infinity.
(Paperback)
By: Gerd Gigerenzer
ISBN: 9780140297867
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2003
UK Publication Date: 24th April 2003
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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However much we want certainty in our lives, it feels as if we live in an uncertain and dangerous world. But are we guilty of exaggerating the chances of some unwanted event happening to us Are we misled by our ignorance of the reality of risk This title illustrates how we can learn to make sense of statistics and turn ignorance into insight.
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: David Sumpter
ISBN: 9781472924148
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
UK Publication Date: 9th March 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Soccer as you have never viewed it before--an eye-opening presentation of the world's favorite sport.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Paul Goodwin
ISBN: 9781788162593
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 4th February 2021
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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An entertaining journey through the ways in which we fool ourselves with numbers.
(Paperback)
By: Manil Suri
ISBN: 9781526622938
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 12th October 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Larry Gonick
ISBN: 9780062202697
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2015
UK Publication Date: 26th February 2015
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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"Covers all of algebra's essentials--including rational and real numbers, the number line, variables, expressions, laws of combination, linear and quadratic equations, rates, proportion, and graphing"--Back cover.
(Paperback)
By: Leonard Mlodinow
ISBN: 9780141026473
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2009
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2009
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Randomness and uncertainty surround everything we do. So why are we so bad at understanding them This title reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Professor Ian Stewart
ISBN: 9781846683374
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2014
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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'Britian's foremost populariser of maths' Ian Stewart reveals the ultimate questions that take us to the limits of mathematics - now available in paperback.
(Paperback)
By: David Hand
ISBN: 9780552170192
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
UK Publication Date: 29th January 2015
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect such things to happen This book is aimed at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling.
(Paperback)
By: David Berlinski
ISBN: 9780465065714
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2014
Publisher: Basic Books
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"Lively... Berlinski guides us through an austere world of shapes and numbers with enthusiasm, assurance, and mischievous humour."-The New Yorker
(Paperback)
By: Marcus du Sautoy
ISBN: 9781841155807
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Nov 2004
UK Publication Date: 20th July 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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In a stunning, historical narrative, The Music of the Primes reveals the history behind one of the biggest ideas in science.
(Paperback, Main)
By: David Spiegelhalter
ISBN: 9781846686214
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
UK Publication Date: 5th June 2014
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A far from average book: the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance and choice.
(Paperback)
By: Marcus du Sautoy
ISBN: 9780007309863
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2011
UK Publication Date: 3rd March 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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From the author of The Music of the Primes and Finding Moonshine comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.
(Paperback)
By: Simon Singh
ISBN: 9781408842812
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
UK Publication Date: 25th September 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Daniel Tammet
ISBN: 9781444737448
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2013
UK Publication Date: 17th January 2013
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Mathematical savant and bestselling author of BORN ON A BLUE DAY, this is Tammet's engaging and personal exploration of what numbers can teach us about our lives and minds.
(Paperback)
By: George Dyson
ISBN: 9780141015903
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2013
UK Publication Date: 28th February 2013
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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In 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing's theory of a 'universal machine' reality. This bok is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being.
(Hardback)
By: Rob Eastaway
ISBN: 9781911622277
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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An entertaining guide to how maths is relevant to our everyday lives.
(Hardback)
By: Benjamin Wardhaugh
ISBN: 9780691147758
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2012
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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An anthology that gathers together nearly one hundred selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, it includes recreational, classroom, and work mathematics; mathematical histories and biographies; and, more.
