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The Grapes of Math: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life

By: Alex Bellos

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster: Jun-15

Seller ID: 462724

ISBN: 1451640110

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"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 turns even the most complex math into a brilliantly entertaining read.

From triangles, rotations, and power laws, to cones, curves, and the dreaded calculus, Alex Bellos takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through more than 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world's favorite number and meets a mathematician...
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Challenging Problems in Geometry (Dover Books on Mathematics)

By: Alfred S. Posamentier,Charles T. Salkind

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Dover Publications: May-96

Seller ID: 446144

ISBN: 486691543

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Super Crunchers

By: Ayres, Ian

Price: $8.00

Publisher: May 2012

Seller ID: 145032

ISBN: 0553805401

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?
Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking new book, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best and brightest organizations are analyzing massive databases at lightening speed to provide greater insights into human behavior. They are the Super Crunchers. From internet sites like Google and Amazon that know your tastes better than you do, to a ...
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Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart

By: Ayres, Ian

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Bantam: August 2008

Seller ID: 195756

ISBN: 0553384732

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - With new information on crunching your own numbers to get the edge the experts have

An international sensation--and still the talk of the relevant blogosphere--this Wall Street Journal and New York Times business bestseller examines the "power" in numbers. Today more than ever, number crunching affects your life in ways you might not even imagine. Intuition and experience are no longer enough to make the grade. In order to succeed--even survive--in our data-based world, you need to become statistically literate.

Cut...
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Numerati

By: Baker, Stephen

Price: $6.50

Seller ID: 407597

ISBN: 0618784608

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Handy Math Answer Book

By: Barnes-Svarney, Patricia

Price: $6.50

Publisher: April 2015

Seller ID: 296608

ISBN: 1578592100

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know about Math and the Arts

By: Barrow, John D.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: February 2015

Seller ID: 471810

ISBN: 0393246558

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

At 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 the study of all patterns, and the world of the arts is rich with pattern. Barrow whisks us through 100 thought-provoking and often whimsical intersections between math and many arts, from the golden ratios of Mondrian's rectangles and the curious fractal-like nature of Pollock's drip paintings to ballerinas' gravity-defying leaps and the next generation of monkeys on typewriters tackling Shakespe...
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A History of PI

By: Beckmann, Petr

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 154038

ISBN: 0880294183

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks

By: Benjamin, Arthur

Price: $6.50

Publisher: October 2014

Seller ID: 213006

ISBN: 0307338401

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers.

Secrets of Mental Math will have you thinking like a math genius in no time. Get ready to amaze your friends--and yourself--with incredible calculations you never thought you could master, as renowned "mathemagician" Arthur Benjamin shares his techniques for lightning-quick calculations and amazing number tricks. This book will teach you to do math in your head faster than you ever thought possible, dramatically improve your memory for numbers, and--maybe for the first time--make m...
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Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks

By: Benjamin, Arthur

Price: $5.00

Publisher: October 2014

Seller ID: 473677

ISBN: 0307338401

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers.

Tour of the Calculus

By: Berlinski, David

Price: $7.00

Publisher: December 2013

Seller ID: 168383

ISBN: 0679426450

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics

By: Berlinski, David

Price: $4.00

Seller ID: 431355

ISBN: 067964234X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In Infinite Ascent, David Berlinski, the acclaimed author of "The Advent of the Algorithm, A Tour of the Calculus," and "Newton's Gift," tells the story of mathematics, bringing to life with wit, elegance, and deep insight a 2,500-year-long intellectual adventure.
Berlinski focuses on the ten most important breakthroughs in mathematical history-and the men behind them. Here are Pythagoras, intoxicated by the mystical significance of numbers; Euclid, who gave the world the very idea of a proof; Leibniz and Newton, co-discoverers of the calculus; Cantor, master of the infinite; and Godel, wh...
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More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues

By: Best, Joel

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 387952

ISBN: 0520238303

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In this sequel to the acclaimed Damned Lies and Statistics, which the Boston Globe said "deserves a place next to the dictionary on every school, media, and home-office desk," Joel Best continues his straightforward, lively, and humorous account of how statistics are produced, used, and misused by everyone from researchers to journalists. Underlining the importance of critical thinking in all matters numerical, Best illustrates his points with examples of good and bad statistics about such contemporary concerns as school shootings, fatal hospital errors, bullying, teen suicides, ...
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Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News,in Politics, and in L ife

By: Blastland, Michael

Price: $5.50

Seller ID: 389780

ISBN: 1592404855

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Strunk and White of statistics team up to help the average person navigate the numbers in the news

Drawing on their hugely popular BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, journalist Michael Blastland and internationally known economist Andrew Dilnot delight, amuse, and convert American mathphobes by showing how our everyday experiences make sense of numbers.

The radical premise of The Numbers Game is to show how much we already know and give practical ways to use our knowledge to become cannier consumers of the media. If you've ever wondered what "average" really means, wh...
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Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life

By: Blastland, Michael & Dilnot

Price: $5.00

Publisher: December 2012

Seller ID: 109926

ISBN: 1592404235

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Strunk & White of statistics team up to help the average person navigate the numbers in the news.
Drawing on their hugely popular BBC Radio 4 show "More or Less, ," journalist Michael Blastland and internationally known economist Andrew Dilnot delight, amuse, and convert American mathphobes by showing how our everyday experiences make sense of numbers.
The radical premise of "The Numbers Game" is to show how much we already know, and give practical ways to use our knowledge to become cannier consumers of the media. In each concise chapter, the authors take on a different theme?su...
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What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success

By: Boaler, Jo

Price: $7.50

Seller ID: 354085

ISBN: 0143128299

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"Highly accessible and enjoyable for readers who love and loathe math." --Booklist

A critical read for teachers and parents who want to improve children's mathematics learning, What's Math Got to Do with It? is "an inspiring resource" (Publishers Weekly). Featuring all the important advice and suggestions in the original edition of What's Math Got to Do with It?, this revised edition is now updated with new research on the brain and mathematics that is revolutionizing scientists' understanding of learning and potential.

As always Jo Boaler presents re...
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Space and Time

By: Borel, Emile

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 411609

ISBN: 789054

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Kingdom of Infinite Number: A Field Guide

By: Bunch, Bryan

Price: $7.00

Seller ID: 398788

ISBN: 0716744473

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Just as bird guides help watchers tell birds apart by their color, songs, and behavior, The Kingdom of Infinite Number is the perfect handbook for identifying numbers in their native habitat. Taking a field guide-like approach, it offers a fresh way of looking at individual numbers and the properties that make them unique, which are also the properties essential for mental computation. The result provides new insights into mathematical patterns and relationships and an increased appreciation for the sheer wonder of numbers.
Every number in this book is identified by its "field marks," "sim...
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Mathematical Mysteries

By: Calvin Clawson

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Basic Books: Dec-99

Seller ID: 431357

ISBN: 738202592

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Rediscovered Lewis Carroll Puzzles (Dover Recreational Math)

By: Carroll, Lewis

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Dover Publications: January 1996

Seller ID: 471615

ISBN: 0486288617

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Best known as the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll was also a noted mathematician and puzzlist. Toward the end of his life, he was working on a collection of puzzles, but died before it was completed. Edward Wakeling, a Lewis Carroll scholar and mathematician, drew on that collection to prepare this volume of 42 delightfully diverting mind-benders: A Geometrical Paradox; Castle Croquet; A Sticky but Polished Riddle; Predicting the Total; Pounds, Shillings and Pence; Cats and Rats; Eligible Apartments; A Good Prospect; The Monkey and Weight Problem; Feeding the ...
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Category: Mathematics