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Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe by Ian Stewart
$36.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the earth and the planets to the galaxy and the universe. He describes how galaxies, stars and planets form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's going to end. He considers parallel universes, fine-tuning of the cosmos, wheth ...Show more
Do Dice Play God? - The Mathematics of Uncertainty by Ian Stewart
$24.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Professor Ian Stewart explores the development and limits of the mathematics that tame uncertainty.
Do Dice Play God? The Mathematics of Uncertainty by Ian Stewart
$36.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable We would like to believe we can know things for certain. We want to be able to figure out who will win an election, if the stock market will crash, or if a suspect definitely committed a crime. But the odds are not in ...Show more
Mathematics of Life: Unlocking the Secrets of Existence by Ian Stewart
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
In this title mathematicians and biologists confront nature's enigmas. A new partnership of biologists and mathematicians is picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw fresh light on the behaviour of entire organisms, how they interact and how changes in biological diversity affe ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries by Ian Stewart
$36.99 NZD
Category: Dictionaries, Language & Reference
Like its wildly popular predecessors Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities and Hoard of Mathematical Treasures, Professor Stewart's brand-new book is a miscellany of over 150 mathematical curios and conundrums, packed with trademark humour and numerous illustrations. In addition to the fascinating formul ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers by Ian Stewart
$36.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Ian Stewart explores the astonishing properties of numbers from 1 to10 to zero and infinity, including one figure that, if you wrote it out, would span the universe. He looks at every kind of number you can think of - real, imaginary, rational, irrational, positive and negative - along with several you ...Show more
Seventeen Equations That Changed the World by Ian Stewart
$36.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
From Newton's Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets, equations, are everywhere - and they are fundamental to everyday life. In this book, the author sets out seventeen equations that have altered the course of human history. It is also an exploration - and expl ...Show more
Seventeen Equations That Changed the World by Ian Stewart
$28.99 NZD
Category: History
This is a unique history of humanity told through its seventeen defining equations; from Pythagoras to Calculus. From Newton's Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets, equations, are everywhere - and they are fundamental to everyday life. "Seventeen Equations tha ...Show more
The Beauty of Numbers in Nature - Mathematical Patterns and Principles from the Natural World by Ian Stewart
$32.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Reading Level: very good
From a zebra's stripes to a spider's web: an engaging examination of patterns in nature and the mathematics that underlie them. From a zebra's stripes to a spider's web, from sand dunes to snowflakes, nature is full of patterns underlaid by mathematical principles. In The Beauty of Numbers in Nature, Ia ...Show more
The Great Mathematical Problems by Ian Stewart
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Ian Stewart reveals the really big questions that take us to the limits of mathematics. There are some mathematical problems whose significance goes beyond the ordinary - like Fermat's Last Theorem or Goldbach's Conjecture - they are the enigmas which define mathematics. "The Great Mathematical Problems ...Show more
The Science of Discworld (#1) by Terry Pratchett; Ian Stewart; Jack Cohen
$26.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: The Science of Discworld
Not just another science book and not just another Discworld novella, The Science of Discworld is a creative, mind-bending mash-up of fiction and fact, that offers a wizard's-eye view of our world that will forever change how you look at the universe. Can Unseen University's eccentric wizards and orang ...Show more
What's the Use?: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics by Ian Stewart
$27.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
A bestselling author tries to rehabilitate a much-maligned field.