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  • Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths by

    A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF 2023WINNER OF THE LA TIMES SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023 BOOK PRIZE'A generous tour ...

    5+ in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • Platonic and Archimedean Solids by

    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 ...

    3 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry by

    Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi

    Why can no two people ever ...

    3 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • Fractals: The Edge Of Chaos by

    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 ...

    3 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers by

    '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

    How ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • Ponderables Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers by

    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 ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have that Machines Don't by

    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 ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • QED: Beauty in Mathematical Proof (Q.E.D.) by

    Which famous proof did Archimedes inscribe on his tombstone? How and why do knots make perfect pentagons? Have you ever seen a proof so completely ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • Fermat's Last Theorem: (Collins Modern Classics) by

    The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermats Last Theorem is the ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics by &

    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 ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by

    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 ...

    3 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by

    The defintive guide to mathemathical problem solving from one of the great teachers of the twentieth century

    How to Solve It offers something unique- a ...

    1 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics & Its Unsung Trailblazers by &

    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 ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • The Mathematical Radio: Inside the Magic of AM, FM, and Single-Sideband by &

    The modern radio is a wonder, and behind that magic is mathematics. In The Mathematical Radio, Paul Nahin explains how radios work, deploying mathematics and ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
  • Numbers: To Infinity and Beyond by

    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 ...

    2 in stock - ships Mon 24th!
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