(Paperback, First Edition, First ed.)
By: Terry Stickels
ISBN: 9780486795539
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2016
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
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This best-of compilation features 101 of the most entertaining and challenging math puzzles from Dover's vast collections. No advanced knowledge of mathematics is necessary, just solid thinking and puzzle-solving skills. Includes complete solutions.
(Paperback)
By: Yakov Perelman
ISBN: 9780486795683
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2015
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
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This motley collection features more than 100 puzzles involving coin tricks, chess problems, magic squares, and a host of other intriguing scenarios. Minimal mathematical knowledge required. Includes solutions.
(Paperback)
By: Professor Oliver Johnson
ISBN: 9781788708371
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 11th April 2024
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
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This is a mathematician's toolkit for cutting through wall-to-wall information overload and making sense of our modern world.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Ian Stewart
ISBN: 9781846685323
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2013
UK Publication Date: 13th June 2013
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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A unique history of humanity told through its seventeen defining equations; from Pythagoras to Calculus.
(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.
(Hardback)
By: Rob Eastaway
ISBN: 9781911622284
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 10th June 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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This fascinating book takes a novel and intriguing look at sport, by exploring the mathematics behind the action.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Steven Strogatz
ISBN: 9781848878457
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2014
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2014
Publisher: Atlantic Books
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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.
(Paperback)
By: Richard Cochrane
ISBN: 9781844038589
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
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Unlock the mysteries of the most important, surprising and fascinating equations in history!
(Paperback)
By: Taylor Frey
ISBN: 9781419732744
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 14th May 2019
Publisher: Abrams
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(Paperback)
By: Anne Rooney
ISBN: 9781784286651
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 15th June 2017
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Robert Crease
ISBN: 9781845292812
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2002
UK Publication Date: 26th February 2009
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Join the hunt for the cosmic beauty in numbers with stories of the discovery of the ten most admired equations of all time.
(Paperback)
By: Brian Clegg
ISBN: 9781841196503
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2009
UK Publication Date: 12th September 2003
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The story of a philosophical and mathematical concept that has driven men insane
(Paperback)
By: Luke Heaton
ISBN: 9781472117113
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2015
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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An informal guide to the evolution of mathematical language and its profound influence on our lives
(Paperback)
By: Alex Bellos
ISBN: 9781408845721
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
UK Publication Date: 9th April 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Alex Bellos
ISBN: 9781526623997
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
UK Publication Date: 14th May 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The Sunday Times bestseller
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize
(Hardback)
By: Marcus du Sautoy
ISBN: 9780008525910
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 12th October 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Why do some games seem to be universal while others have a particular connection to the culture of the people playing them
(Paperback)
By: Alex Berke
ISBN: 9780262538923
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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A coloring book that invites readers to explore symmetry and the beauty of math visually.
(Paperback)
By: Cdric Villani
ISBN: 9780099581970
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2016
UK Publication Date: 17th March 2016
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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How does a genius see the world Where and how does inspiration strike Blending science with history, biography with myth, the author conjures up an inimitable cast: the omnipresent Einstein, mad genius Kurt Godel, and Villani's personal hero, John Nash.
(Hardback)
By: Ben Orlin
ISBN: 9780316509084
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
UK Publication Date: 14th November 2019
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
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A new book from Ben Orlin, popular math blogger and author of Math With Bad Drawings. Change Is The Only Constant is an engaging and eloquent exploration of the intersection between calculus and daily life, complete with Orlin's sly humour and wonderfully bad drawings.
(Paperback)
By: Richard Elwes
ISBN: 9781780871608
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2013
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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A beguiling investigation into the remarkable maths behind our everyday lives.
(Hardback)
By: Liz Strachan
ISBN: 9781472137289
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2016
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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For anyone who's ever been scared of maths, or worried they were a number numpty!
(Paperback)
By: Marcus du Sautoy
ISBN: 9780007214624
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2009
UK Publication Date: 14th May 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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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.
(Paperback)
By: Joseph Mazur
ISBN: 9781780749006
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2017
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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Discover why the odds are better than youd think in this mathematical tribute to the great coincidences of life
(Paperback)
By: Sander van der Linden
ISBN: 9780008466725
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A Financial Times Book of the Week
A fascinating, in-depth investigation into the complex landscape of misinformation from someone who has spent his career trying to combat fake news Angela Saini
