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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow  
Publisher Comments In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a...
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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
by Sylvia Nasar
Publisher Comments How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?" the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. "Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the...
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The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics
by Marcus Du Sautoy Publisher Comments In 1859, German mathematician Bernhard Riemann presented a paper to the Berlin Academy that would forever change the history of mathematics. The subject was the mystery of prime numbers. At the heart of the presentation was an idea that Riemann had not...
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Visual Explanations
by Edward R Tufte
Book News Annotation Tufte's (statistical evidence and information design, Yale U.) third book on displaying information that began with the now classic The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1983). Whereas the first considered the display of numbers and the...
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Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail
by Danica Mckellar Publisher Comments The runaway national bestseller, now in...
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Edwin A Abbott
Publisher Comments Classic of science (and mathematical) fiction — charmingly illustrated by the author — describes the adventures of A. Square, a resident of Flatland, in Spaceland (three dimensions), Lineland (one dimension) and Pointland (no...
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Merriam-Webster's Pocket Guide to Business and Everyday Math (Pocket Reference Library)
by Brian Burrell Publisher Comments A practical, easy-to-use guide to every day math. Includes hundreds of sample problems showing you how to use basic concepts of computation, measurement, geometry, algebra, statistics, probability, and more....
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Calculus II for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Mark Zegarelli Publisher Comments An easy-to-understand primer on advanced calculus topics Calculus II is a prerequisite for many popular college majors, including pre-med, engineering, and physics. Calculus II For Dummies offers expert instruction, advice, and tips to help second...
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Differential Equations for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Steven Holzner Publisher Comments The fun and easy way to understand and solve complex equations Many of the fundamental laws of physics, chemistry, biology, and economics can be formulated as differential equations. This plain-English guide explores the many applications of this...
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Golden Ratio the Story of Phi the Worlds
by Mario Livio Publisher Comments Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1...
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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
by Charles Seife
From Powells.com It is difficult to imagine being scared of a number?or the absence of a number. Yet, as Charles Seife explains at the beginning of Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, "for ancient peoples zero was a foreign — and frightening...
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Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics
by Michael Guillen Publisher Comments In Five Equations That Changed the World, Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the Science Editor on ABC-TV's Good Morning America, tells the amazing stories of the people and discoveries that led to the five most powerful and important scientific...
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Linear Algebra : Modern Introduction - With CD (2ND 06 Edition)
by David Poole Publisher Comments David Poole's innovative book emphasizes vectors and geometric intuition from the start and better prepares students to make the transition from the computational aspects of the course to the theoretical. Poole covers vectors and vector geometry first to...
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OCA Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator Exam Guide: Exam IZ0-311 with CDROM
by Sam Alapati Publisher Comments A Comprehensive, Fully Integrated Study System Prepare for the Oracle Certified Administrator Oracle Application Server 10g exam with help from this exclusive Oracle Press guide. Get complete coverage of all topics on the exam 1Z0-311, including...
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Review of Elementary Mathematics (2ND 97 Edition)
by Schaum's Outlines Publications Publisher Comments Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Tough Test Questions? Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and...
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Algebra Demystified (Demystified)
by Rhon Huettenmueller Publisher Comments Unlike most books on algebra, this guide lets readers master algebra one simple step at a time--at their own speed. "Algebra Demystified" is loaded with diagrams to reinforce mathematical concepts, along with exercise sets, chapter ending quizzes, and...
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Planar Graphs: Theory and Algorithms
by T. Nishizeki Synopsis This text features most of the important theorems and algorithms for planar graphs. Topics include planarity testing and embedding, drawing planar graphs, vertex- and edge-coloring, subgraph listing, planar separator theorem, Hamiltonian cycles, and...
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Thirteen Books of the Elements Volume 1 2ND Edition
by Euclid Publisher Comments Volume 1 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the "Elements" plus critical analysis of each definition, postulate and proposition. Vol. 1 includes Introduction, Books 1-2: Triangles, rectangles. ....
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Proof in Geometry: With "Mistakes in Geometric Proofs"
by A. I. Fetisov Publisher Comments This single-volume compilation of 2 books, "Proof in Geometry" and "Mistakes in Geometric Proofs," explores the construction of geometric proofs. In addition to offering useful criteria for determining correctness, it presents examples of faulty proofs...
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Using and Understanding Mathematics (4TH 08 Edition)
by Jeffrey Bennett Publisher Comments Most students taking this course do so to fulfill a requirement, but the true benefit of the course is learning how to use and understand mathematics in daily life. This quantitative reasoning text is written expressly for those students, providing them...
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