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Calculating the Cosmos by Ian Stewart
$24.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's all going to end. He c ...Show more
Darwin's Watch (The Science of Discworld #3) by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science Fiction / Fantasy | Series: The\Science of Discworld Ser.
Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to ...Show more
Do Dice Play God? The Mathematics of Uncertainty by Ian Stewart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Reading Level: very good
A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable We would like to believe we can know things for certain. We want to be able to figure out who will win an election, if the stock market will crash, or if a suspect definitely committed a crime. But the odds are not in ...Show more
Judgement Day (#4 The Science of Discworld) by Terry Pratchett; Ian Stewart; Jack Cohen
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction / Fantasy | Series: The Science of Discworld
The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with The Really Big Questions, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring y ...Show more
Mathematics of Life: Unlocking the Secrets of Existence by Ian Stewart
$24.99 AUD
Category: REFERENCE
In this title mathematicians and biologists confront nature's enigmas. A new partnership of biologists and mathematicians is picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw fresh light on the behaviour of entire organisms, how they interact and how changes in biological diversity affe ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries by Ian Stewart
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Like its wildly popular predecessors Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities and Hoard of Mathematical Treasures, Professor Stewart's brand-new book is a miscellany of over 150 mathematical curios and conundrums, packed with trademark humour and numerous illustrations. In addition to the fascinating formul ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries by Ian Stewart
$22.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Like its wildly popular predecessors Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities and Hoard of Mathematical Treasures, Professor Stewart's brand-new book is a miscellany of over 150 mathematical curios and conundrums, packed with trademark humour and numerous illustrations. In addition to the fascinating formul ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers by Ian Stewart
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Ian Stewart explores the astonishing properties of numbers from 1 to10 to zero and infinity, including one figure that, if you wrote it out, would span the universe. He looks at every kind of number you can think of - real, imaginary, rational, irrational, positive and negative - along with several you ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers by Ian Stewart
$23.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Ian Stewart explores the astonishing properties of numbers from 1 to10 to zero and infinity, including one figure that, if you wrote it out, would span the universe. He looks at every kind of number you can think of -- real, imaginary, rational, irrational, positive and negative -- along with several yo ...Show more
Seventeen Equations That Changed the World by Ian Stewart
$22.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
This is a unique history of humanity told through its seventeen defining equations; from Pythagoras to Calculus. From Newton's Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets, equations, are everywhere - and they are fundamental to everyday life. "Seventeen Equations tha ...Show more
Significant Figures: Lives and Works of Trailblazing Mathematicians by Ian Stewart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences
Which mathematician elaborated a crucial concept the night before he died in a duel? Who funded his maths and medical career through gambling and chess? Who learned maths from her wallpaper? Ian Stewart presents the extraordinary lives and amazing discoveries of twenty-five of history's greatest mathema ...Show more
The Beauty of Numbers in Nature - Mathematical Patterns and Principles from the Natural World by Ian Stewart
$29.99 AUD
Category: Physical Sciences | Reading Level: very good
From a zebra's stripes to a spider's web: an engaging examination of patterns in nature and the mathematics that underlie them. From a zebra's stripes to a spider's web, from sand dunes to snowflakes, nature is full of patterns underlaid by mathematical principles. In The Beauty of Numbers in Nature, Ia ...Show more