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How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff Synopsis Mr. Huff's lively, human-interest treatment of the dry-as-bones subject of statistics is a timely tonic. . . . This book needed to be written, and makes its points in an entertaining and highly readable manner.Illustrator and author pool their... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Practical Algebra by Peter H. Selby Publisher Comments Practical Algebra If you studied algebra years ago and now need a refresher course in order to use algebraic principles on the job, or if youre a student who needs an introduction to the subject, heres the perfect book for you. Practical... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - 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: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Journey Through Genius (Wiley Science Editions) by William Dunham Publisher Comments There is a remarkable permanence about mathematical ideas. Whereas other scientific disciplines regularly discard the old and outmoded, in mathematics new results build upon their predecessors without rendering them obsolete. The astronomical theories... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Numerati by Stephen Baker Staff Pick Stephen Baker's The Numerati illuminates a topic that couldn't be timelier — the quantification of everything, from shopping to dating and marriage; from education to industry. While proving that almost everything can be determined by an algorithm... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Mathematics for Operations Research by W H Marlow Publisher Comments Practical and applications-oriented, this text explains effective procedures for performing mathematical tasks that arise in many fields, including operations research, engineering, systems sciences, statistics, and economics. Most of the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Foundations of Probability by Alfred Renyi Publisher Comments Introducing many innovations in content and methods, this book involves the foundations, basic concepts, and fundamental results of probability theory. Geared toward readers seeking a firm basis for study of mathematical statistics or information... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Brain Is Open: The Mathematical Journeys of Paul Erdos by Bruce Schechter Publisher Comments Like Genius, this portrait of legendary mathematician Paul Erdos?abounding with ironies, fascinating in its exploration of mathematics?introduces us to a brilliant and eccentric thinker. For half a century, mathematicians the world over would answer... (read more) List Price $25.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Divine Proportion: Phi in Art, Nature, and Science by Priya Hemenway Publisher Comments The number Phi, simply defined, is one plus the square root of five, all divided by two. But its myriad occurrences in art, nature, and science have been a source of speculation and wonder for thousands of years. Divine Proportion draws upon both... (read more) Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Calculus Lifesaver: All the Tools You Need to Excel at Calcu by Adrian Banner Publisher Comments "I used Adrian Banner's The Calculus Lifesaver as the sole textbook for an intensive, three-week summer Calculus I course for high-school students. I chose this book for several reasons, among them its conversational expository style, its wealth of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Matrices & Linear Algebra on Advance 2ND Edition by Hans Schneider Publisher Comments Basic textbook covers theory of matrices and its applications to systems of linear equations and related topics such as determinants, eigenvalues, and differential equations. Numerous exercises, both true-false and multiple choice, with each chapter... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Elementary Statistics by Mario F Triola Publisher Comments Mario Triola’s Elementary Statistics remains the market-leading introductory statistics textbook because it engages students with an abundance of real data in the examples, applications, and exercises. Statistics is all around us in our daily lives,... (read more) List Price $144.00 Your price: $55.00 Used - Hardcover
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Econometric Foundations Pack with CDROM by Ron C Mittelhammer Publisher Comments This textbook and accompanying CD-ROM develop step by step a modern approach to econometric problems.... (read more) List Price $114.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Art of Mathematics: by Jerry P King Publisher Comments Darting wittily from Euclid to Yeats, from Poincare to Rembrandt, from axioms to symphonies, a math professor explores the difference between real, rational, and complex numbers--revealing the connection between aesthetics and mathematics. Sure to make... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Algebra To Go by Andrew (edt) Kaplan Publisher Comments - Numeration, number theory, and estimation - Linear and non-linear equations - Geometry and data analysis - Student Almanac with problem-solving strategies, writing in mathematics, test-taking tips, and computer skills- Yellow Pages with glossaries of... (read more) List Price $38.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Music of the Primes Searching To Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics by Marcus Du Sautoy Publisher Comments Prime numbers are the atoms of arithmetic, the building blocks for all other numbers. In school, we are taught that a prime is one that cannot be divided evenly by any other number except one and itself. What we are not taught is that primes represent... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr., Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1994 by Sylvia Nasar Publisher Comments In this powerful and dramatic biography Sylvia Nasar vividly re-creates the life of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Solve Word Problems in Algebra, 2nd Edition (How to Solve Word Problems) by Mildred Johnson Publisher Comments Word problems?? No problem!! Be prepared when you get to the word-problem section of your test with Schaum's How to Solve Word Problems in Algebra! With this easy-to-use pocket guide, solving word problems in algebra become almost fun. This anxiety... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In Code : Mathematical Journey (01 Edition) by Sarah Flannery Publisher Comments In January 1999, Sarah Flannery, a sports-loving teenager from Blarney in County Cork, Ireland, was awarded Ireland's Young Scientist of the Year for her extraordinary research and discoveries in Internet cryptography. The following day, her story began... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Gowers Publisher Comments The aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we learn at school. The most fundamental differences are philosophical, and readers of this book... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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