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Prime Obsession taught us not to be afraid to put the math in a math book. Unknown Quantity heeds the lesson well. So grab your graphing calculators, slip ...

"Over the millennia, mathematicians solved progressively more difficult algebraic equations until they came to what is known as the quintic equation. For se...

This Tour Of Real-world Mathematical Disasters Reveals The Importance Of Math In Everyday Life. All Sorts Of Seemingly Innocuous Mathematical Mistakes Can H...

Livio (head, Science Division, Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute) tells the tale of the number phi (1.6180339887) and the golden ratio. He explains ...

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved be...

An acclaimed theorist offers a provocative and chilling warning: today’s advanced societies have grown overcomplex and highly vulnerable to extreme event...

The Human Genome, The Complete Set Of Genes Housed In Twenty-three Pairs Of Chromosomes, Is Nothing Less Than An Autobiography Of Our Species. Spelled Out I...

In This Rich, Irreverent, Compelling History, Nobel Prize-winning Physicist Steven Weinberg Takes Us From Ancient Miletus To Medieval Baghdad And Oxford, Fr...

Collects Writings From Several Leading Theoretical Physicists And Cosmologists That Offer An Overview Of Our Scientific Understanding Of The Universe As It ...

with Its Unique Combination Of Depth, Clarity, And Humor That Has Enchanted Millions, This Beloved Classic By Bestselling Author Gary Zukav Opens The Fasci...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Wilkinson has accomplished something more moving and original, braiding his stumbling attempts to get bette...

Finite Mathematics, Eleventh Edition is a comprehensive, yet flexible, text for students majoring in business, economics, life science, or social sciences....

"how Could You, A Mathematician, Believe That Extraterrestrials Were Sending You Messages?" The Visitor From Harvard Asked The West Virginian With The Movi...

“I am an assiduous reader of John Casti’s books. He is a real scientific intellectual.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, New York Times bestselling author o...

He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life. Semyo...

The #1 New York Times bestseller The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s gr...

Infinity Is A Concept That Fascinates Everyone From A Seven-year-old Child To A Maths Professor. So Remarkable And Strange Is It That Contemplating It Has D...

In this retitled and revised edition of The Problems of Mathematics, renowned mathematician Ian Stewart gives math buffs and non-technical readers—as well...

John Mighton’s JUMP program is changing the way math is taught, and his powerful math workbooks give children the tools they need to master this crucial s...

Math's infinite mysteries unfold in this new paperback edition of the bestselling The Math Book. Beginning millions of years ago with ancient “ant odomete...