Category: Mathematics

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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Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World

By: Berlinski, David

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 492616

ISBN: 151003386

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues

By: Best, Joel

Price: $6.00

Seller ID: 387952

ISBN: 520238303

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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: Dec-12

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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