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Concepts of Modern Mathematics is a book by mathematician and science popularizer Ian Stewart about recent developments in mathematics.
The book arose out of an extramural...
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This book shows how the calculator can stimulate anyone to think more critically about mathematical processes. The author first explains the principles of modern machines and shows how to do a...
Although little more than twenty-five years old, electronic computers are reshaping our technological society. This book explains how computers work, how problems are...
Gathers paradoxes, logic puzzles, number problems, geometric problems, gambling puzzles, optical illusions, and string, word, and chess problems featured in Scientific American.
This book records a teacher's search for the beginnings of an answer of why children fail. It developed from a journal which John...
Explains in the ways in which the laws of probability may be applied to political forecasting, gambling, and the weather.
Introducing Mathematics is designed to give readers the essentials of...
Introducing Mathematics is designed to give readers the essentials of mathematical literacy. The Search for Pattern...
This is a book about atoms, and their use for man's benefit. Today most people are getting used to the idea of nuclear power, but few realise the value of the nuclear reactor as a...