History & Philosophy
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Reaching for the Extreme: How the Quest for the Biggest, Fewest, and Weirdest Makes Math
$29.95 Add to cartFrom bestselling author and mathematician Ian Stewart, the fascinating story of the extreme problems that have driven math forward from antiquity to today
“Stewart has a genius for explanation.”–New- Author: Stewart, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0691268991
- Language: English
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Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, from 4 1/2 to Fish 7
$32.00 Read moreHow humanity’s long pursuit of ever-larger numbers broke the boundaries of mathematics and propelled us into the Information Age
“A charming tour”–Jordan Ellenburg, author of Shape What if, every t- Author: Elwes, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1541605926
- Language: English
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The Great Math War: How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics
$32.00 Add to cartA “fascinating romp” (Johnjoe McFadden) and stirring account of the mathematicians who went looking for the bedrock philosophical foundations of their field and witnessed a house of cards collapse ins… [more below]
- Author: Bardi, Jason Socrates
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1541605004
- Language: English
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Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity
$32.00 Add to cart“A stunning book … a thrilling read” (Peter Frankopan) that reveals how creative people can harness the profound and productive relationship between mathematics and the arts
When Shakespeare has t- Author: Du Sautoy, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1541605691
- Language: English
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Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
$30.00 Read moreA fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists
Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requi- Author: Bessis, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0300270887
- Language: English
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The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Hidden History of Math’s Unsung Trailblazers
$32.99 Add to cartShortlisted for the 2024 British Academy Book Prize
A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, spanning six continents and thousands of years of unto
- Author: Kitagawa, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0063206056
- Language: English
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Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths
$18.99 Add to cartOne of the world’s most creative mathematicians offers a “brilliant” and “mesmerizing” (Popular Science) new way to look at math–focusing on questions, not answers
Winner of the Los Angeles Times B- Author: Cheng, Eugenia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 154160671X
- Language: English
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Mathematical Quickies: 270 Stimulating Problems with Solutions
$12.95 Add to cartNearly 300 mathematical brain-teasers from the fields of arithmetic, algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, number theory, and general recreational mathematics. From simple to complex; all c… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematical & Word Recreations
- Author: Trigg, Charles W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 1985
- ISBN10: 0486249492
- Language: English
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The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension
$27.99 Add to cartMath’s infinite mysteries unfold in this updated edition of the award-winning The Math Book. Beginning millions of years ago with ancient “ant odometers,” and moving through time to our modern-day que… [more below]
- Series: Union Square & Co. Milestones
- Author: Pickover, Clifford a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1454957786
- Language: English
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The Language of Mathematics: The Stories Behind the Symbols
$27.95 Read moreA marvelous compendium of mathematical symbols and their fascinating histories
Galileo famously wrote that the book of nature is written in mathematical language. The Language of Mathematics is a wide- Author: Rojas, Ra?l
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 0691201889
- Language: English
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Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
$20.00 Add to cartA fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists
Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requi- Author: Bessis, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283288
- Language: English
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A Little History of Mathematics
$26.00 Add to cartA lively, accessible history of mathematics throughout the ages and across the globe
Mathematics is fundamental to our daily lives. Science, computing, economics–all aspects of modern life rely on s- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Lawrence, Snezana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300273738
- Language: English
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Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty
$32.00 Add to cartAn award-winning mathematician shows how we prove what’s true, and what to do when we can’t
How do we establish what we believe? And how can we be certain that what we believe is true? And how do we- Author: Kucharski, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606698
- Language: English
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The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes’ Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of
$19.00 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice: A vivid account of the generations-long dispute over Bayes’ rule, one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of applied mathematics and statistics
“- Author: McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 25 2012
- ISBN10: 0300188226
- Language: English
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The Mathematics Lover’s Companion: Masterpieces for Everyone
$18.00 Add to cartTwenty-three mathematical masterpieces for exploration and enlightenment
“A mind-broadening experience.”–Paul J. Campbell, Mathematics Magazine How can a shape have more than one dimension but fewer- Author: Scheinerman, Edward R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 030025539X
- Language: English
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Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers (100 Ponderables) Revised and Updated
$24.95 Add to cartREVISED AND UPDATED EDITION
Here is the essential guide to mathematics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that explores the work of history’s greatest mathematicians. These include the te- Series: 100 Ponderables
- Author: Jackson, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1627951962
- Language: English
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The USSR Olympiad Problem Book: Selected Problems and Theorems of Elementary Mathematics
$30.00 Read moreThis book contains 320 unconventional problems in algebra, arithmetic, elementary number theory, and trigonometry. Most of the problems first appeared in competitive examinations sponsored by the Scho… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Shklarsky, D. O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 28 1993
- ISBN10: 0486277097
- Language: English
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Mathematical Scandals
$10.95 Read moreIn this highly readable volume of vignettes of mathematical scandals and gossip, Theoni Pappas assembles 29 fascinating stories of intrigue and the bizarre — in short, the human background of the his… [more below]
- Author: Pappas, Theoni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 15 1997
- ISBN10: 188455010X
- Language: English
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Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
$20.00 Add to cartMax 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 hypothesi… [more below]
- Author: Tegmark, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 03 2015
- ISBN10: 0307744256
- Language: English
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Mathematical Intelligence: A Story of Human Superiority Over Machines
$28.95 Read moreA fresh exploration into the ‘human nature versus technology‘ argument, revealing an unexpected advantage that humans have over our future robot masters: we’re actually good at mathematics.
There’s s- Author: Mubeen, Junaid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1639362568
- Language: English
