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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter Publisher Comments This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in the thinking of mathematician Kurt Godel, artist M.C. Escher, and composer Johann Sebastian Bach.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.80 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett Publisher Comments With contributions from Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Dawkins, John Searle, and Robert Nozick, The Mind's I explores the meaning of self and consciousness through the perspectives of literature, artificial intelligence, psychology, and other disciplines. In... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter Publisher Comments Can thought arise out of matter? Can self, soul, consciousness, I” arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am a Strange Loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the strange... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $13.29 Sale - Trade Paper
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Here's Looking at Euclid: From Counting Ants to Games of Chance - An Awe-Inspiring Journey Through the World of Numbers by Alex Bellos Publisher Comments Too often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, "math can be inspiring and brilliantly creative. Mathematical thought is one of the great achievements of the human race, and arguably the foundation of all human... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Combinatorics and Probability by Graham Brightwell Publisher Comments s presents the state of the art in combinatorics.... (read more) List Price $174.75 Your price: $39.98 Sale - Hardcover
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London Mathematical Society Lecture Note #337: Methods in Banach Space Theory: Proceedings of the V Conference on Banach Spaces, Caceres, Spain, 13-18 September 2004 by Jesus M. F. Castillo Publisher Comments A comprehensive overview of modern Banach space theory.... (read more) List Price $123.50 Your price: $32.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Imagining Numbers: Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen by Barry Mazur Publisher Comments Barry Mazur invites lovers of poetry to make a leap into mathematics. Through discussions of the role of the imagination and imagery in both poetry and mathematics, Mazur reviews the writings of the early mathematical explorers and reveals the early... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Real-Variable Methods in Harmonic Analysis (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Alberto Torchinsky Publisher Comments An exploration of the unity of several areas in harmonic analysis, this text emphasizes real-variable methods. Discusses classical Fourier series, summability, norm convergence, and conjugate function. Examines the Hardy-Littlewood maximal function,... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Cartoon Guide to Calculus by Larry Gonick Publisher Comments A complete—and completely enjoyable—new illustrated guide to calculus Master cartoonist Larry Gonick has already given readers the history of the world in cartoon form. Now, Gonick, a Harvard-trained mathematician, offers a... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Technical Math for Dummies (For Dummies) by Barry Schoenborn Publisher Comments Improve your technical math skills and get ahead of the pack Are you a vocational student or a trade professional? This is your one-stop, hands-on guide to mastering the math you'll encounter on the job or while working toward your degree or... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics by Annalisa Griffa Publisher Comments Written by a group of international experts in their field, this book is a review of Lagrangian observation, analysis and assimilation methods in physical and biological oceanography. This multidisciplinary text presents new results on nonlinear analysis... (read more) List Price $250.95 Your price: $66.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Ballparking: Practical Math for Impractical Sports Questions by Aaron Santos Publisher Comments How fat would you need to be to completely block a hockey goal? How much weight could you lift if you were ant-sized? How hard would you have to hit a baseball to hit the Goodyear blimp? In this amusing and enlightening book of offbeat sports... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mathematical Programming by Steven Vajda Publisher Comments Written by a trailblazer in the field, this classic of mathematical programming and operational research first appeared decades ago. It remains ever relevant, offering advanced undergraduates and graduate students a coherent introduction to linear and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Geometry and Convexity: A Study in Mathematical Methods by Paul J Kelly Publisher Comments Convex body theory offers important applications in probability and statistics, combinatorial mathematics, and optimization theory. This easy-to-read treatment employs simple notation and clear, complete proofs. From motivation to definition, it... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mathematics for Everyman: From Simple Numbers to the Calculus by Egmont Colerus Publisher Comments Dispelling some of the subject's alarming aspects, this book provides, in a witty and engaging style, the fundamentals of mathematical operations. Topics include system of tens and other number systems, symbols and commands, first steps in algebra and... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Optics in the Age of Euler: Conceptions of the Nature of Light, 1700-1795 by Casper Hakfoort Publisher Comments This book studies the eighteenth-century origins and early phase of a fundamental debate in optics: whether light is a particle or wave. Specifically, it is the first in-depth study of the contents and reception of Leonhard Euler's wave theory of light... (read more) List Price $155.50 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Mathematics 1001: Absolutely Everything That Matters about Mathematics in 1001 Bite-Sized Explanations by Richard Elwes Publisher Comments A comprehensive study of math principles in one volume for the general reader. This practical reference provides clear and concise explanations of the most fascinating fundamental mathematical concepts. Distilled into 1001 mini-essays arranged... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics #170: Polynomials and Vanishing Cycles by Mihai Tibar Publisher Comments The behaviour of vanishing cycles is the cornerstone for understanding the geometry and topology of families of hypersurfaces, usually regarded as singular fibrations. This self-contained tract proposes a systematic geometro-topological approach to... (read more) List Price $136.95 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Math Word Problems Demystified 2/E (Demystified) by Allan Bluman Publisher Comments Your solution to MATH word PROBLEMS Find yourself stuck on the tracks when two trains are traveling at different speeds? Help has arrived Math Word Problems Demystified, Second Edition is your ticket to problem-solving success. Based on mathematician... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Variational Principles by B L Moiseiwitsch Publisher Comments This graduate-level text's primary objective is to demonstrate the expression of the equations of the various branches of mathematical physics in the succinct and elegant form of variational principles (and thereby illuminate their interrelationship... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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