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Mathematics
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Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick Publisher Comments Chaos records the birth of a new science. This new science offers a way of seeing order and pattern where formerly only the random, the erratic, the unpredictable – in short, the chaotic – had been observed. Chaos is a history of discovery... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry by Mario Livio Publisher Comments What do the music of J. S. Bach, the basic forces of nature, Rubik's Cube, and the selection of mates have in common? They are all characterized by certain symmetries. Symmetry is the concept that bridges the gap between science and art, between the... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Journey Through Genius (Wiley Science Editions) by William Dunham Publisher Comments There is a remarkable permanence about mathematical ideas. Whereas other scientific disciplines regularly discard the old and outmoded, in mathematics new results build upon their predecessors without rendering them obsolete. The astronomical theories... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart Publisher Comments This edition of James Stewart's best-selling calculus book has been revised with the consistent dedication to excellence that has characterized all his books. Stewart's Calculus is successful throughout the world because he explains the material in a way... (read more) Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices by Theoni Pappas Publisher Comments Presents mathematical ideas through poetic dialogues intended to be read by two people.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Random Curves: Journeys of a Mathematician by Neal I Koblitz Publisher Comments Neal Koblitz is a co-inventor of one of the two most popular forms of encryption and digital signature, and his autobiographical memoirs are collected in this volume. Besides his own personal career in mathematics and cryptography, Koblitz details his... (read more) List Price $67.25 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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The Triumph of Numbers: How Counting Shaped Modern Life by I Bernard Cohen Publisher Comments Consulting and collecting numbers has been a feature of human affairs since antiquity (tax collection, head counts for military service) but not until the Scientific Revolution in the seventeenth century did social numbers such as births, deaths, and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Error Patterns in Computation by Robert B Ashlock Publisher Comments “Students must learn mathematics with understanding, actively building new knowledge from experience and prior knowledge.” From the Principles for School Mathematics of NCTM standards, copyright NCTM 2000-2004. Yet sometimes when... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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50 Mathematics Ideas You Really Need To Know (09 Edition) by A. J. Crilly Synopsis Beginning with zero itself and concluding with the last great unsolved problem, this book introduces the origins of mathematics from Egyptian fractions to Roman numerals; explains the near mystical significance of pi and primes, Fibonacci numbers and the... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $6.00 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Pi in the Sky: Counting, Thinking, and Being by John D Barrow Publisher Comments John D. Barrow's Pi in the Sky is a profound -- and profoundly different -- exploration of the world of mathematics: where it comes from, what it is, and where it's going to take us if we follow it to the limit in our search for the ultimate meaning of... (read more) List Price $21.25 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Applied Cryptography 2ND Edition by Bruce Schneier Publisher Comments ". . .the best introduction to cryptography I've ever seen. . . .The book the National Security Agency wanted never to be published. . . ." -Wired Magazine ". . .monumental . . . fascinating . . . comprehensive . . . the definitive work on cryptography... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $28.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Does Measurement Measure Up?: How Numbers Reveal and Conceal the Truth by John M. Henshaw Publisher Comments Henshaw tells the controversial story of intelligence measurement from Plato to Binet to the early days of the SAT to today's super-quantified world of No Child Left Behind. He clears away the fog on issues of measurement in the environment, such as... (read more) List Price $37.25 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Algebraic Topology by Allen Hatcher Publisher Comments An introductory textbook suitable for use in a course or for self-study, featuring broad coverage of the subject and a readable exposition, with many examples and exercises.... (read more) List Price $42.00 Your price: $26.00 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Theory and Application of Infinite Series by Konrad Knopp Publisher Comments Unusually clear and interesting classic covers real numbers and sequences, foundations of the theory of infinite series and development of the theory (series of valuable terms, Euler's summation formula, asymptotic expansions, other topics). Exercises... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations by Frederik Schuh Publisher Comments Many of these puzzles are entirely original; others have been treated in as original a way as possible, including domino puzzles, noughts and crosses, puzzles in mechanics, more. Puzzle fans will not only enjoy mastering the puzzles, they'll find their... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Number Freak: From 1 to 200- The Hidden Language of Numbers Revealed by Derrick Niederman Publisher Comments A compulsively readable look at the secret language of numbers- their role in nature, movies, science, and everything in between. What do Fight Club, wallpaper patterns, George Balanchine's Serenade, and Italian superstitions have in common? They're all... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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International Series in Operations Research & Management Sci #88: Handbook on Modelling for Discrete Optimization by Gautam Appa Publisher Comments This book aims to demonstrate and detail the pervasive nature of Discrete Optimization. The handbook couples the difficult, critical-thinking aspects of mathematical modeling with the hot area of discrete optimization. It is done with an academic... (read more) List Price $230.95 Your price: $65.00 Used - Hardcover add to wish list |
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Painless Pre-Algebra (Barron's Painless) by Amy Stahl Publisher Comments (back cover) Really. This won't hurt at all . . . The thought of having to learn pre-algebra once turned brave students into cowards . . . but no more! THE PAIN VANISHES WHEN YOU TRANSFORM PRE-ALGEBRA INTO FUN-- Learn how to solve fun number puzzles by... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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Business Statistics Demystified (Demystified) by Steven M Kemp Publisher Comments YOU CAN COUNT ON BUSINESS STATISTICS DEMYSTIFIED! "If I had Business Statistics Demystified in school, I would have passed business statistics the first time, instead of having to retake the course twice. I find Business Statistics Demystified easy to... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |
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TI-89 Graphing Calculator for Dummies by C. C. Edwards Publisher Comments You'll be inspired by this low-stress guide to a high-tech math learning tool! Your TI-Nspire is unlike any mathematical tool you've ever seen, so you'll really appreciate this plain-English guide to what it can do and how to do it. From loading the... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper add to wish list |