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Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi
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A lush volume filled with the gorgeous illustrations of renowned artist Rafael Araujo, and is the seminal golden ratio keepsake. From the pyramids of Giza ...
The Secret Formula tells the story of two Renaissance mathematicians whose jealousies, intrigues, and contentious debates led to the discovery of a formula for the ...
'Historical insights and human stories . . . Highly readable' - Ian Stewart, author of What's the Use?
'An adventure' - Edward Brooke-Hitching, author of The Phantom Atlas
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There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to our robot overlords ...
What sort of things happen when space crystallises? Why were primordial sages fascinated with five simple forms? Does the three-dimensional jigsaw fit simply together? If ...
What is a mathematical function? Why are they so important? How does plotting the graph of a function help us understand it? And where do ...
'Lucid and entertaining. With barely an equation in sight, Numbercrunch makes a passionate case for how just a little bit more numeracy could help us ...
What are fractals? Why are they such fun? How do you make one? Why is a dripping tap not as random as it seems? What ...
A witty, illustrated tour of the structures and patterns of mathematics from a math prodigyThe only numbers in this book are the page numbers. Math ...
This revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of mathematics is as entertaining as it is important
Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite ...
What are numbers? Where do they come from? Are there different kings of number? Why was Pythagoras fascinated by triangular and square numbers? Is there ...
