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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 ...
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"A spectacular journey... Highly recommended!" Dr Simon Smith, The Shakespeare Institute "A fascinating and hugely entertaining guide to Shakespearean mathematics." Prof Sarah Hart, author of ...
What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? How do billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? How does a building ...
From the stock market to covid-19, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up ...
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 ...
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Carroll
Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly ...
A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligence
Machine-learning systems are making life-altering ...
Here is the updated essential guide to mathematics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that explores the work of history's greatest mathematicians. These include ...
A breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them.
Charles Darwin was driven to distraction by plant spirals, growing so ...
