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  • The Half-Life of Facts

    Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date

    av Samuel Arbesman ...
    New insights from the science of scienceFacts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur. In short, what we know about the world is constantly changing.Samuel Arbesman shows us how knowledge in most fields evolves systematically and predictably, and how this ... Les mer

    100,96 kr

  • A Mind For Numbers

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

    av 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 ... Les mer

    133,29 kr

  • The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

    Learning to Learn

    av 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 ... Les mer

    100,89 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Fermat’s Last Theorem

    av 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 ... Les mer

    135,15 kr

  • Infinite Powers

    How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

    av Steven Strogatz ...
    From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing popular science explanation of calculus—how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.Though many of us were ... Les mer

    123,73 kr

  • Our Mathematical Universe

    My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

    av 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 ... Les mer

    128,46 kr

  • Quantum Computing for Everyone

    av Chris Bernhardt ...
    FOR NON-EXPERTS: Get an accessible introduction to quantum computing as a mathematician explains quantum algorithms, quantum entanglement, and more.Quantum computing is a beautiful fusion of quantum physics and computer science!Quantum computing incorporates some of the most stunning ideas from 20th-century physics into an entirely new way of thinking about computation. Here,Chris Bernhardt offers ... Les mer

    150,89 kr

  • Storytelling with Data

    A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals

    av 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 ... Les mer

    339,69 kr

  • The Music of the Primes

    Why an unsolved problem in mathematics matters (Text Only)

    av 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 ... Les mer

    135,15 kr

  • Why Machines Learn

    The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI

    av Anil Ananthaswamy ...
    'An invaluable companion for anyone who wants a deep understanding of what’s under the hood of often inscrutable machines' Melanie MitchellA rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour ... Les mer

    282,77 kr

  • Nonparametric Statistical Methods

    av Myles Hollander, Douglas A. Wolfe, Eric Chicken ...
    Serie Bok 751 - Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
    Praise for the Second Edition“This book should be an essential part of the personal library of every practicing statistician.”*—*TechnometricsThoroughly revised and updated, the new edition of Nonparametric Statistical Methods includes additional modern topics and procedures, more practical data sets, and new problems from real-life situations. The book continues to emphasize the importance of ... Les mer

    1 189,79 kr

  • The Art of Uncertainty

    How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

    av David Spiegelhalter ...
    **Named a Best Book of the Year by Forbes and The Economist“Valuable and rare.” —EconomistFrom our "greatest living statistical communicator" (Tim Harford) comes an invaluable, data-driven guide for understanding—and learning to embrace—risk and uncertainty in our daily lives.**How dangerous is our diet? How much of sports falls into the realm of luck? When authorities categorize a given event as ... Les mer

    159,19 kr

  • Hidden Figures

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

    av 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 ... Les mer

    173,85 kr

  • Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them

    A Journey to the Edge of Physics

    av Antonio Padilla ...
    What are the mysterious numbers that unlock the secrets of the universe?In Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them, leading theoretical physicist and YouTube star Antonio Padilla takes us on an irreverent cosmic tour of nine of the most extraordinary numbers in physics. These include Graham's number, which is so large that if you thought about it in the wrong way, your head would collapse into a ... Les mer

    167,04 kr

  • Escape from Model Land

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

    av 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. ... Les mer

    152,30 kr

  • Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension

    av 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. ... Les mer

    192,76 kr

  • Everything Is Predictable

    How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World

    av 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... ... Les mer

    133,25 kr

  • Algorithms to Live By

    The Computer Science of Human Decisions

    av 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 ... Les mer

    122,03 kr

  • Universal Formulas In Integral And Fractional Differential Calculus

    av Khavtgai Namsrai ...
    This reference book presents unique and traditional analytic calculations, and features more than a hundred universal formulas where one can calculate by hand enormous numbers of definite integrals, fractional derivatives and inverse operators. Despite the great success of numerical calculations due to computer technology, analytical calculations still play a vital role in the study of new, as yet ... Les mer

    365,09 kr

  • Evolution Equations With A Complex Spatial Variable

    av Ciprian G Gal, Sorin G Gal, Jerome A Goldstein ...
    Serie Bok 14 - Series On Concrete And Applicable Mathematics
    This book investigates several classes of partial differential equations of real time variable and complex spatial variables, including the heat, Laplace, wave, telegraph, Burgers, Black-Merton-Scholes, Schrödinger and Korteweg-de Vries equations.The complexification of the spatial variable is done by two different methods. The first method is that of complexifying the spatial variable in the ... Les mer

    269,89 kr

  • Topology With Applications: Topological Spaces Via Near And Far

    av Somashekhar A Naimpally, James F Peters ...
    The principal aim of this book is to introduce topology and its many applications viewed within a framework that includes a consideration of compactness, completeness, continuity, filters, function spaces, grills, clusters and bunches, hyperspace topologies, initial and final structures, metric spaces, metrization, nets, proximal continuity, proximity spaces, separation axioms, and uniform spaces ... Les mer

    301,59 kr

  • Lecture Notes On Mathematical Olympiad Courses: For Junior Section (In 2 Volumes) - Volume 2

    av Jiagu Xu ...
    Serie Bok 6 - Mathematical Olympiad Series
    Olympiad mathematics is not a collection of techniques of solving mathematical problems but a system for advancing mathematical education. This book is based on the lecture notes of the mathematical Olympiad training courses conducted by the author in Singapore. Its scope and depth not only covers and exceeds the usual syllabus, but introduces a variety concepts and methods in modern mathematics ... Les mer

    167,59 kr

  • Mathematical Methods For The Natural And Engineering Sciences (Second Edition)

    av Ronald E Mickens ...
    Serie Bok 87 - Series On Advances In Mathematics For Applied Sciences
    This second edition provides a broad range of methods and concepts required for the analysis and solution of equations which arise in the modeling of phenomena in the natural, engineering, and applied mathematical sciences. It may be used productively by both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as others who wish to learn, understand, and apply these techniques. Detailed discussions are ... Les mer

    436,49 kr

  • Introduction to Multiscale Mathematical Modeling

    av Grigory Panasenko ...
    This book introduces the reader to multiscale mathematical modeling that starts by describing a physical process at the microscopic level, and is followed by the macroscopic description of that process. There are two preliminary chapters introducing the main equations of mathematical physics and serves as revision of all of the necessary mathematical notions needed to navigate the domain of ... Les mer

    488,89 kr