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  • Hidden Figures

    The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race

    by Margot Lee Shetterly ...
    The Top 10 Sunday Times BestsellerNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREOscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplaySet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating ... Read more

    €11.10

  • How Not to Be Wrong

    The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life

    by Jordan Ellenberg ...
    The maths we learn in school can seem like an abstract set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In fact, Jordan Ellenberg shows us, maths touches on everything we do, and a little mathematical knowledge reveals the hidden structures that lie beneath the world's messy and chaotic surface. In How Not to be Wrong, Ellenberg explores the mathematician's method of analyzing ... Read more

    €7.99

  • Algorithms to Live By

    The Computer Science of Human Decisions

    by Brian Christian, Griffiths ...
    A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives.In this dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show us how the simple, precise algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. Modern life is constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set ... Read more

    €8.88

  • A Mind For Numbers

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

    by Barbara Oakley PhD ...
    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

    €11.69

  • Fermat’s Last Theorem

    by 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 ... Read more

    Was €10.36 Now €7.40

  • Alex's Adventures in Numberland

    Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics

    by Alex Bellos ...
    A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of mathsSunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize'Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times'A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist'Will leave you hooked on n... ... Read more

    €13.09

  • Everything Is Predictable

    How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World

    by Tom Chivers ...
    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting' Oliver Burkeman'A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem' Will Storr'Witty, lively and best of all, extremely nerdy. I learned a lot and so will you' Tim HarfordThomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the p... ... Read more

    Was €6.99 Now €0.99

  • Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension

    by Matt Parker ...
    'Maths at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan EllenbergMatt Parker, author of the No.1 bestseller Humble Pi, takes us on a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbersMathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. ... Read more

    €5.99

  • Once Upon a Prime

    The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

    by Sarah Hart ...
    ‘A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart’s lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they didn’t know about the creative interplay between stories, structure and sums.’ – Alex Bellos‘This exuberant book will educate, amuse and surprise. It might even add ... Read more

    €8.88

  • Escape from Model Land

    How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It

    by Erica Thompson ...
    'A brilliant account of how models are so often abused and of how they should be used' John KayHow do mathematical models shape our world - and how can we harness their power for good?Models are at the centre of everything we do. Whether we use them or are simply affected by them, they act as metaphors that help us better understand the increasingly complex problems facing us in the modern world. ... Read more

    €3.99

  • Relativity

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Russell Stannard ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    100 years ago, Einstein's theory of relativity shattered the world of physics. Our comforting Newtonian ideas of space and time were replaced by bizarre and counterintuitive conclusions: if you move at high speed, time slows down, space squashes up and you get heavier; travel fast enough and you could weigh as much as a jumbo jet, be squashed thinner than a CD without feeling a thing - and live ... Read more

    €6.19

  • The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

    Learning to Learn

    by Richard W. Hamming ...
    A groundbreaking treatise by one of the great mathematicians of our age, who outlines a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived.What inspires and spurs on 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. He first inspired a generation of engineers, scientists, and researchers in ... Read more

    €9.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Mathematical Universe

    My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

    by Max Tegmark ...
    Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present, and future, and through the physics, astronomy, and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and groundbreaking science, he not only helps us grasp ... Read more

    €7.99

  • Six Maths Essentials

    How to Model the World

    by Terence Tao ...
    The ‘Mozart of mathematics’ (New York Times) takes us on a tour of the core ideas of mathematical thinkingIn Six Maths Essentials, the renowned mathematician Terence Tao shows how mathematics has evolved from counting and geometry into a flexible set of tools for understanding an increasingly complex world. He moves effortlessly from children discovering infinity through play, to the numbers that ... Read more

    Was €11.99 Now €9.99

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  • The Genius in my Basement

    by Alexander Masters ...
    An intimate portrait of an everyday genius.Alexander Master’s landlord, Simon, lives in the basement of their Cambridge house. Between teetering towers of outdated maps and slagheaps of plastic bags, Simon eats endless meals of tinned kippers and plans trips on the Cambridge public transport system.But Simon was one of the greatest mathematical prodigies of the twentieth century. He spends his ... Read more

    Was €7.40 Now €4.43

  • Storytelling with Data

    A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals

    by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic ...
    Don't simply show your data—tell a story with it!Storytelling with Data teaches you the fundamentals of data visualization and how to communicate effectively with data. You'll discover the power of storytelling and the way to make data a pivotal point in your story. The lessons in this illuminative text are grounded in theory, but made accessible through numerous real-world examples—ready for ... Read more

    €29.99

  • Introduction To Stochastic Calculus With Applications (2nd Edition)

    by Fima C Klebaner ...
    This book presents a concise treatment of stochastic calculus and its applications. It gives a simple but rigorous treatment of the subject including a range of advanced topics, it is useful for practitioners who use advanced theoretical results. It covers advanced applications, such as models in mathematical finance, biology and engineering.Self-contained and unified in presentation, the book ... Read more

    €33.89

  • Kernel-based Approximation Methods Using Matlab

    by Gregory E Fasshauer, Michael J Mccourt ...
    Series Book 19 - Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences
    In an attempt to introduce application scientists and graduate students to the exciting topic of positive definite kernels and radial basis functions, this book presents modern theoretical results on kernel-based approximation methods and demonstrates their implementation in various settings. The authors explore the historical context of this fascinating topic and explain recent advances as ... Read more

    €28.11

  • Biomat 2014 - International Symposium On Mathematical And Computational Biology

    by Rubem P Mondaini ...
    This is a book of a series on interdisciplinary topics on the Mathematical and Biological Sciences. The chapters correspond to selected papers on special research themes, which have been presented at BIOMAT 2014 International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology which was held in the Stefan Banach International Mathematical Centre at Bedlewo near Poznan, Poland on November 03 - 07, ... Read more

    €58.74

  • Dynamical System Models In The Life Sciences And Their Underlying Scientific Issues

    by Frederic Y M Wan ...
    Broadly speaking, there are two general approaches to teaching mathematical modeling: 1) the case study approach, and 2) the method based approach (that teaches mathematical techniques with applications to relevant mathematical models). This text emphasizes instead the scientific issues for modeling different phenomena. For the natural or harvested growth of a fish population, we may be interested ... Read more

    €51.33

  • Álgebra Lineal : Teoría y Practica

    by julio salvador ...
    1 sistemas de ecuaciones lineales2 matrices3 espacios vectoriales4 transformaciones lineal y matrices5 determinantes6 espacios con producto interno7 estructura de operadores ... Read more

    €4.49

  • L’Architecture Métaphysique Des Anciens Égyptiens

    by Moustafa Gadalla ...
    Cette édition traduite en français vous révèle la connaissance qu'avaient les anciens Égyptiens de la proportion harmonique, de la géométrie sacrée, et du mysticisme des nombres comme elles se manifestent dans leurs textes, temples, tombes, dans leur art, dans leurs hiéroglyphes, etc. tout au long de leur histoire. Ce livre vous montre comment les Égyptiens pensaient la construction de leurs ... Read more

    €9.99

  • Lecture Notes In Topics In Path Integrals And String Representations

    by Luiz C L Botelho ...
    'All are every interesting topics treated with a high level of mathematical sophistication. One of the very useful tricks the author repeatedly resorts to is the introduction of one-parameter families of operators interpolating between two operators which appear naturally in the formalism. From this one-parameter family a differential equation for the determinant (or ratio of determinants) or for ... Read more

    €32.25

  • Lifetime Data: Statistical Models And Methods (Second Edition)

    by Jayant V Deshpande, Sudha G Purohit ...
    Series Book 16 - Series On Quality, Reliability And Engineering Statistics
    This book is meant for postgraduate modules that cover lifetime data in reliability and survival analysis as taught in statistics, engineering statistics and medical statistics courses. It is helpful for researchers who wish to choose appropriate models and methods for analyzing lifetime data. There is an extensive discussion on the concept and role of ageing in choosing appropriate models for ... Read more

    €25.71