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  • What We Cannot Know

    Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge

    door Marcus du Sautoy ...
    ‘Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting’ Bill BrysonBritain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.Is the universe infinite?Do we know what happened before the Big Bang?Where is human consciousness located in the brain?And are there more undiscovered particles out there, beyond the... ... Meer lezen

    8,99 €

  • Fermat’s Last Theorem

    door Simon Singh ...
    ‘I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.’It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat’s Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution ... Meer lezen

    7,79 €

  • Maths on the Back of an Envelope

    Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything

    door Rob Eastaway ...
    ‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRYHow many cats are there in the world?What's the chance of winning the lottery twice?And just how long does it take to count to a million?Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power.Join ... Meer lezen

    8,99 €

  • How to Expect the Unexpected

    The Science of Making Smart Predictions

    door Kit Yates ...
    A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023'Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman'Absolutely fascinating' James O'Brien'An exceptional book - readable, funny and more needed than ever' Dr Chris van Tulleken, bestselling author of Ultra-Processed People· Are you more likely to become a professional footballer if your surname is Ball?· How c... ... Meer lezen

    3,99 €

  • How to Solve It

    A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

    door G. Polya ...
    Serie series Princeton Science Library
    A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight.In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" out--from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have ... Meer lezen

    16,84 €

  • The Art of Logic

    How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn't

    door Eugenia Cheng ...
    Emotions are powerful. In newspaper headlines and on social media, they have become the primary way of understanding the world. But strong feelings make it more difficult to see the reality behind the rhetoric. In The Art of Logic, Eugenia Cheng shows how mathematical logic can help us see things more clearly - and know when politicians and companies are trying to mislead us.First Cheng explains ... Meer lezen

    10,91 €

  • The Music of the Primes

    Why an unsolved problem in mathematics matters (Text Only)

    door Marcus du Sautoy ...
    (This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.)The ebook of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematician.Prime numbers are the very atoms of arithmetic. They also embody one of the most tantalising enigmas in the pursuit of human knowledge. How can one predict when the next prime number will occur? Is there a formula which could ... Meer lezen

    7,79 €

  • Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness

    door Roger Penrose ...
    In Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness, renowned mathematician and physicist Roger Penrose presents a bold and thought-provoking exploration of the human mind. Building on ideas from his earlier work, Penrose challenges the widely held belief that consciousness is simply the result of computational processes in the brain.Drawing on mathematics, physics, and ... Meer lezen

    9,00 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The GCHQ Puzzle Book

    Perfect for anyone who likes a good headscratcher

    door GCHQ ...
    Sharpen your mind to beat the smartest brains in Britain with the original official GCHQ puzzle bookWould GCHQ recruit you? Pit your wits against the people who cracked Enigma in the official puzzle book from Britain's top secret intelligence and security organisationOver the years, their codebreakers have helped keep our country safe, from the Bletchley Park breakthroughs of WWII to the modern ... Meer lezen

    14,99 €

  • The Number Mysteries

    A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life

    door Marcus du Sautoy ...
    From the author of The Music of the Primes and Finding Moonshine comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved – and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths.Every time we download a song from i-tunes, take a flight across the Atlantic or talk on our mobile phones, we are relying on great mathematical inventions. Maths may fail to provide answers ... Meer lezen

    8,99 €

  • Philosophy of Mathematics

    A Contemporary Introduction to the World of Proofs and Pictures

    door James Robert Brown ...
    Serie series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    In his long-awaited new edition of Philosophy of Mathematics, James Robert Brown tackles important new as well as enduring questions in the mathematical sciences. Can pictures go beyond being merely suggestive and actually prove anything? Are mathematical results certain? Are experiments of any real value?This clear and engaging book takes a unique approach, encompassing non-standard topics such ... Meer lezen

    53,44 €

  • Gödel's Proof

    door Ernest Nagel, James R Newman, Douglas R. Hofstadter ...
    An accessible explanation of Kurt Gödel's groundbreaking work in mathematical logic: " An excellent nontechnical account." — Bulletin of the American Mathematical SocietyIn 1931 Kurt Gödel published his fundamental paper, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems." This revolutionary paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in ... Meer lezen

    12,29 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Descartes' Error

    Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

    door Antonio Damasio ...
    **"An ambitious and meticulous foray into the nature of being." -- The Boston GlobeA landmark exploration of the relationship between emotion and reason**Since Descartes famously proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person’s true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain ... Meer lezen

    9,64 €

  • Limitless Mind

    Learn, Lead and Live Without Barriers

    door Jo Boaler ...
    When we learn, we change what we believe and how we interact with the world. This changes who we are as people and what we can achieve.Many people grow up being told they are ‘not a maths person’ or perhaps ‘not smart’. They come to believe their potential is limited.Now, however, the latest science has revealed that our identities are constantly in flux; when we learn new things, we can change ... Meer lezen

    10,49 €

  • Language Of Game Theory, The: Putting Epistemics Into The Mathematics Of Games

    door Adam Brandenburger ...
    Serie Boek 5 - World Scientific Series In Economic Theory
    This volume contains eight papers written by Adam Brandenburger and his co-authors over a period of 25 years. These papers are part of a program to reconstruct game theory in order to make how players reason about a game a central feature of the theory. The program — now called epistemic game theory — extends the classical definition of a game model to include not only the game matrix or game tree ... Meer lezen

    31,37 €

  • Proofs in Number Theory: Sums and Products

    Proofs in Number Theory, #1

    door Humbert Cole ...
    Serie Boek 1 - Proofs in Number Theory
    Begin Your Journey in Number TheoryHow do you learn to write proofs in number theory? This book teaches how to write direct proofs in number theory. It uses finite sums and finite products to introduce the essential concepts. Being a book about proofs, it contains over 300 detailed proofs. Occasionally, two distinct proofs are given for a particular theorem. Corollaries are proven as a warm-up to ... Meer lezen

    5,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Circularity: A Common Secret To Paradoxes, Scientific Revolutions And Humor

    door Ron Aharoni ...
    'Circularity' is the story of a Janus-faced conceptual structure, that on the one hand led to deep scientific discoveries, and on the other hand is used to trick the mind into believing the impossible. Alongside mathematical revolutions that eventually led to the invention of the computer, the book describes ancient paradoxes that arise from circular thinking. Another aspect of circularity, its ... Meer lezen

    12,71 €

  • Basic Discrete Mathematics: Logic, Set Theory, And Probability

    door Richard Kohar ...
    This lively introductory text exposes the student in the humanities to the world of discrete mathematics. A problem-solving based approach grounded in the ideas of George Pólya are at the heart of this book. Students learn to handle and solve new problems on their own. A straightforward, clear writing style and well-crafted examples with diagrams invite the students to develop into precise and ... Meer lezen

    49,92 €

  • Mathematical Labyrinths. Pathfinding

    door Boris Pritsker ...
    Serie Boek 22 - Problem Solving In Mathematics And Beyond
    Mathematical Labyrinths. Pathfinding provides an overview of various non-standard problems and the approaches to their solutions. The essential idea is a framework laid upon the reader on how to solve nonconventional problems — particularly in the realm of mathematics and logic. It goes over the key steps in approaching a difficult problem, contemplating a plan for its solution, and discusses set ... Meer lezen

    24,16 €

  • Miscellaneous Pieces

    door Carroll Lewis ...
    Lewis Carroll's Miscellaneous Pieces includes The Game of Logic (1886) Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter Writing (1890) and Feeding the Mind (1907). In the first work Carroll presents a mind-boggling game complete with rules and procedures. The second work is a humorous rendering of the delicacies involved in the writing of letters. In the last work Carroll dwells on the importance of keeping ... Meer lezen

    4,02 €

  • Removing Overthinking: How To Process Embrace Negative Emotions

    door Connecticut Guitar Society, Inc ...
    Overthinking can cause tremendous distress and suffering in our lives. In fact, overthinking is like a magnifying glass for emotional suffering: from anxiety and grief to anger and guilt, overthinking only amplifies painful emotion.Before we dive into strategies to stop overthinking, it’s useful to understand what overthinking actually is, where it comes from, and how best to think about it.This ... Meer lezen

    4,13 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Hilary Putnam on Logic and Mathematics

    Bewerkt door Geoffrey Hellman, Roy T. Cook ...
    Serie Boek 9 - Outstanding Contributions to Logic
    This book explores the research of Professor Hilary Putnam, a Harvard professor as well as a leading philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist. It features the work of distinguished scholars in the field as well as a selection of young academics who have studied topics closely connected to Putnam’s work.It includes 12 papers that analyze, develop, and constructively criticize this notable ... Meer lezen

    114,47 €

  • Mathematical Puzzles

    door Peter Winkler ...
    Serie series AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
    Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. Mathematical Puzzles makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem.FeaturesA collection of the world’s ... Meer lezen

    33,06 €

  • Can You Solve My Problems?

    A casebook of ingenious, perplexing and totally satisfying puzzles

    door Alex Bellos ...
    Are you smarter than a Singaporean ten-year-old?Can you beat Sherlock Holmes?If you think the answer is yes - I challenge you to solve my problems.Here are 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia, taking us from ancient China to medieval Europe, Victorian England to modern-day Japan, with stories of espionage, mathematical breakthroughs and puzzling rivalries along the way ... Meer lezen

    9,95 €