Essays
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Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World’s Greatest
$19.99 Add to cartA “fun” and “unexpected” (The Economist) global tour of the world’s greatest games and the mathematics that underlies them
Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Mono- Author: Du Sautoy, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606337
- Language: English
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Math Without Numbers
$19.00 Add to cartAn illustrated tour of the structures and patterns we call “math”
The only numbers in this book are the page numbers. Math Without Numbers is a vivid, conversational, and wholly original guide to th- Author: Beckman, Milo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1524745561
- Language: English
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Letters to a Young Mathematician
$18.99 Add to cartThe first scientific entry in the acclaimed Art of Mentoring series from Basic Books, Letters to a Young Mathematician tells readers what Ian Stewart wishes he had known when he was a student and youn… [more below]
- Series: Art of Mentoring (Paperback)
- Author: Stewart, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 27 2007
- ISBN10: 0465082327
- Language: English
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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
“An absolute joy to read!” –Steven Levitt, New York Times bestse
“Wide-ranging and thoroughly winning.” –Jordan Ellenberg, The New York Times Book Review- Author: Hart, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1250850908
- Language: English
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The Strange Life of Nikola Tesla
$9.99 Add to cartNikola Tesla is the true unsung prophet of the electric age, without whom our radio, auto ignition, telephone, television, and alternating current power generation and transmission would all have been… [more below]
- Author: Tesla, Nikola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: March 15 2008
- ISBN10: 9563100441
- Language: English
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100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know about Math and the Arts
$16.95 Add to cartAt first glance, the worlds of math and the arts might not seem like comfortable neighbors. But as mathematician John D. Barrow points out, they have a strong and natural affinity–after all, math is … [more below]
- Author: Barrow, John D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 18 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352226
- Language: English
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The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
$19.99 Add to cart“A first-rate survey of the world of mathematics…Great reading for the intellectually curious,” (Kirkus Reviews) from the bestselling author of Here’s Looking at Euclid–a dazzling new book that tur… [more below]
- Author: Bellos, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 23 2015
- ISBN10: 1451640110
- Language: English
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Here’s Looking at Euclid: From Counting Ants to Games of Chance – An Awe-Inspiring Journey Through the World of Numbers
$19.99 Add to cartToo often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, “math can be inspiring and brilliantly creative. Mathematical thought is one of the great achievements of the … [more below]
- Author: Bellos, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 19 2011
- ISBN10: 1416588280
- Language: English
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Two Trains Leave The Station: A Meditation on Aging, Alzheimer’s, and Arithmetic
$18.00 Add to cartWhen her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Catherine Landis set out to do something to protect her own brain. Hoping to avoid a similar fate, she went searching for brain exercises and la… [more below]
- Author: Landis, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: April 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0578372185
- Language: English
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Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
$19.00 Add to cartReaders of Innumeracy will be rewarded with scores of astonishing facts, a fistful of powerful ideas, and, most important, a clearer, more quantitative way of looking at their world.
Why do even well- Author: Paulos, John Allen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 18 2001
- ISBN10: 0809058405
- Language: English
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Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas That Shape Our Reality
$30.00 Add to cartA hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world.
In Math With Ba- Author: Orlin, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 18, 2018
- ISBN10: 0316509035
- Language: English
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Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World’s Greatest
$30.00 Add to cartA “fun” and “unexpected” (The Economist) global tour of the world’s greatest games and the mathematics that underlies them
Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Mono- Author: Du Sautoy, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541601289
- Language: English
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Math with Bad Drawings: Illuminating the Ideas That Shape Our Reality
$19.99 Add to cartA hilarious and bestselling reintroduction to mathematics, illustrating the ideas with stories, humor, and stick figures.
In Math with Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals what math is all about. His too- Author: Orlin, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 05, 2023
- ISBN10: 0316509043
- Language: English
