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Provides A Practical Reference To All Aspects Of Mathematics, Using Clear Explanations Of Such Key Mathematical Concepts As Analysis, Logic, Metamathematics...

David Foster Wallace. Atlas Books. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 314-319).Categories: Science & Math PhysicsMathematical Physics

"I have discovered a truly marvelous proof, which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these tantalizing word, the seventeenth-century French mathem...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...