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  • Waves in an Impossible Sea

    How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean

    A theoretical physicist takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey—found in "no other book" (Science)—to discover how the universe generates everything from nothing at all: "If you want to know what's really going on in the realms of relativity and particle physics, read this book" (Sean Carroll, author of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe).In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Math Makers

    The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians

    An entertaining history of mathematics as chronicled through fifty short biographies. Mathematics today is the fruit of centuries of brilliant insights by men and women whose personalities and life experiences were often as extraordinary as their mathematical achievements. This entertaining history of mathematics chronicles those achievements through fifty short biographies that bring these great ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Introduction to Mathematics (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

    Series series Barnes & Noble Digital Library
    This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.Alfred North Whitehead’s Introduction to Mathematics is one of the most charming books ever written about the queen of the sciences. It gives a delightful and intellectually stimulating exposition of mathematical concepts, the history of their development, and the application thereof. Written with razor-sharp ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The God Equation

    by Mike Hockney ...
    Euler’s Formula is traditionally regarded as the most beautiful equation in all of mathematics. Yet it’s so much more than that. It’s the equation that governs the whole universe and even defines the human soul!It’s the centrepiece of the hyperrational mathematical religion of the Pythagorean Illuminati, the most ancient secret society in the world.Euler’s Formula is the perfect complement for ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Waltz of Reason

    The Entanglement of Mathematics and Philosophy

    by Karl Sigmund ...
    "A mind-bending jaunt ... that makes clear in fascinating detail how math is more than a sum of its parts" (Publishers Weekly)“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, cooperation, voting, and the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

    Learning to Learn

    A groundbreaking treatise by one of the great mathematicians of our time, who argues that highly effective thinking can be learned.What spurs on and inspires a great idea? Can we train ourselves to think in a way that will enable world-changing understandings and insights to emerge?Richard Hamming said we can, and first inspired a generation of engineers, scientists, and researchers in 1986 with ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Is Math Real?

    How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths

    by Eugenia Cheng ...
    One of the world’s most creative mathematicians offers a new way to look at math—focusing on questions, not answersWhere do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not really, according to mathematician Eugenia Cheng: we learn it from human curiosity—most importantly, from asking questions. This may come as a surprise to those who think that math is about finding the one ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Math Magic

    How To Master Everyday Math Problems

    National Bestseller: “Tricks for performing accurate mental calculations and fun alternate approaches to common math class difficulties.” —Library JournalMillions of otherwise successful adults are afraid to balance their checkbooks and don’t know how to figure interest on savings or credit. Millions of students dread their math classes and live in fear of the math section of the SAT. But, as ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hidden Game of Baseball

    The acclaimed classic on the statistical analysis of baseball records in order to evaluate players and win more games.Long before Moneyball became a sensation or Nate Silver turned the knowledge he’d honed on baseball into electoral gold, John Thorn and Pete Palmer were using statistics to shake the foundations of the game. First published in 1984, The Hidden Game of Baseball ushered in the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Euclid's Window

    The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

    Through Euclid's Window Leonard Mlodinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace. Here is an altogether new, refreshing, alternative history of math revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space -- in the living room or in some other galaxy -- have been the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Mind For Numbers

    How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

    The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $9.99 USD

  • Patently Mathematical

    Picking Partners, Passwords, and Careers by the Numbers

    by Jeff Suzuki ...
    Fascinating facts and stories behind inventions based on mathematics—from search engines to streaming video to self-correcting golf balls.How do dating sites match compatible partners? What do cell phones and sea coasts have in common? And why do computer scientists keep ant colonies? Jeff Suzuki answers these questions and more in Patently Mathematical, which explores the mathematics behind some ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mathematics of Sudoku and Magic Squares

    by Charles Kelly ...
    The book explains the internal mathematical structure of magic squares and Sudoku puzzles. The book explains how to create four dimensional magic squares and how to transform them into traditional Sudoku puzzles.The book also explains how to create large Sudoku puzzles such as 25 by 25 puzzles, and 49 by 49 puzzles. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Golden Geometry of the Interior Design of the Great Pyramid

    A golden-ratio-based geometric model unveils the Great Pyramid’s sophisticated design and accounts with astonishing accuracy for all details of its internal and external architecture. The model values match the measurements of W.F. Petrie or G. Dormion within 1 cm or 5', respectively for the lengths and angles, and in multiple cases exactly (within 1 mm or 1'). The model yields mathematical ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Risky Business

    An Actuary’s Guide to Quantifying and Managing Risk in Society

    Intangible, invisible and worth trillions, risk is everywhere.Its quantification and management are key to the success and failure of individuals, businesses and governments. Whether you’re an interested observer or pursuing a career in risk, this book delves into the complex and multi-faceted work that actuaries undertake to quantify, manage and commodify risk—supporting our society and servicing ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Machine Learning in Java

    Helpful techniques to design, build, and deploy powerful machine learning applications in Java, 2nd Edition

    Leverage the power of Java and its associated machine learning libraries to build powerful predictive modelsKey FeaturesSolve predictive modeling problems using the most popular machine learning Java librariesExplore data processing, machine learning, and NLP concepts using JavaML, WEKA, MALLET librariesPractical examples, tips, and tricks to help you understand applied machine learning in ... Read more

    $28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Doing Bayesian Data Analysis

    A Tutorial with R, JAGS, and Stan

    by John Kruschke ...
    Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: A Tutorial with R, JAGS, and Stan, Second Edition provides an accessible approach for conducting Bayesian data analysis, as material is explained clearly with concrete examples. Included are step-by-step instructions on how to carry out Bayesian data analyses in the popular and free software R and WinBugs, as well as new programs in JAGS and Stan. The new programs are ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • Numericon

    A Journey through the Hidden Lives of Numbers

    Numericon tells the stories of the numbers, mathematical discoveries, oddities and personalities that have shaped the way we understand the world around us. Funny, bizarre, tragic and dramatic, these stories reveal the power, passion and beauty of mathematics.Each chapter is an intriguing story about a number, including why 3 is strong, e is natural and Graham's number is too big to write.Packed ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World

    “Where else does math become a romp, full of entertaining tricks and turns?”—Bryce Christensen, BooklistHave you ever considered why you always get stuck in the longest line? Why two’s company but three’s a crowd? Or why there are six degrees of separation instead of seven? In this hugely informative and endlessly entertaining book, John D. Barrow takes the most baffling of everyday phenomena and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Are Numbers Real?

    The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World

    by Brian Clegg ...
    Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them?Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its own, occupying a parallel virtual world. In Are Numbers Real?, Brian Clegg explores the way that math has ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • What's the Use?

    How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life

    by Ian Stewart ...
    See the world in a completely new way as an esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the world—from technology to health care and beyond.Almost all of us have sat in a math class, wondering when we'd ever need to know how to find the roots of a polynomial or graph imaginary numbers. And in one sense, we were right: if we needed to, we'd use a computer. But as Ian Stewart argues in What's the ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Predictive Statistics

    Analysis and Inference beyond Models

    Series Book 46 - Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics
    All scientific disciplines prize predictive success. Conventional statistical analyses, however, treat prediction as secondary, instead focusing on modeling and hence estimation, testing, and detailed physical interpretation, tackling these tasks before the predictive adequacy of a model is established. This book outlines a fully predictive approach to statistical problems based on studying ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Practice Makes Perfect Basic Math Review and Workbook, Second Edition

    This all-in-one study guide delivers all the review and practice you need to master math basics!Whether you’re starting from scratch or refreshing your math skills, this accessible guide will help you develop a better understanding of math. Offering concise coverage of all math basics, the book is packed with clear, easy-to-grasp review material. Hundreds of practice exercises increase your grasp ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Complex Analysis

    by Serge Lang ...
    Series Book 103 - Graduate Texts in Mathematics
    The present book is meant as a text for a course on complex analysis at the advanced undergraduate level, or first-year graduate level. The first half, more or less, can be used for a one-semester course addressed to undergraduates. The second half can be used for a second semester, at either level. Somewhat more material has been included than can be covered at leisure in one or two terms, to ... Read more

    $23.99 USD