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From bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, a must-have for number lovers and Simpsons fans 'An entertaining picture of the insanely high-mi...

The International Bestseller by 'The Galileo of number crunchers' (Independent)Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a seco...

Mathematics is a product of human culture which has developed along with our attempts to comprehend the world around us. In A Brief History of Math...

Who has not wondered if there is something beyond the universe? Or if there is a biggest number? Or if there is something smaller than the smallest...

Relax: no one understands technical mathematics without lengthy training but we all have an intuitive grasp of the ideas behind the symbols. To cel...

Ideas about quantities, magnitudes and frequencies shape and give texture to almost everything we feel, say, dream and do. In Living by Numbers, no...

'I feared maths when at school - this book is the antidote.' - Amazon 5 star review 'Wonderful compact book for students'- Ama...

How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without expending any additional effort? Which demands a faster reaction time, tennis or basebal...

The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't a primitive foreru...

X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urb...

Mathematics, like language, is a universal experience. Every society counts and is empowered by its ability to count and to measure. The mathematic...

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Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as he explains why maths is fundam...

''Meet Milo Beckman, the whizz-kid making maths supercool. . . A brilliant book that takes everything we know (and fear) about maths out of the eq...

Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?The complexity of mathematics - its a...

Mathletics is a remarkably entertaining book that shows readers how to use simple mathematics to analyze a range of statistical and probability-rel...

'This delightful book connects mathematical concepts in a dozen areas to magic tricks. Expositions of the mathematics precede description and analy...

'This delightful book connects mathematical concepts in a dozen areas to magic tricks. Expositions of the mathematics precede description and analy...