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    Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty

    Professor Ian Stewart

    Professor Ian Stewart explores the development and limits of the mathematics that tame uncertainty.

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    Professor Stewart’s Incredible Numbers

    Professor Ian Stewart

    The bestselling Ian Stewart tackles his biggest subject yet: the weird and wonderful world of numbers, from zero to infinity.

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    Professor Stewart’s Hoard of Mathematical Treasures

    Professor Ian Stewart

    Mind stretching, enlightening and endlessly amusing, Professor Stewart will stimulate, delight and enthral.

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    Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

    Professor Ian Stewart

    A book of mathematical oddities: games, puzzles, facts, numbers and delightful mathematical nibbles for the curious and adventurous mind.

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    Professor Stewart’s Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries

    Professor Ian Stewart

    Solving mathematical riddles with the world’s most popular maths sleuth.

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    Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty

    Professor Ian Stewart

    Professor Ian Stewart explores the development and limits of the mathematics that tame uncertainty.

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    What’s the Use?

    Professor Ian Stewart

    A bestselling author tries to rehabillitate a much-maligned field.

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    What’s the Use?: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics

    Professor Ian Stewart

    A bestselling author tries to rehabillitate a much-maligned field.

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    Significant Figures: Lives and Works of Trailblazing Mathematicians

    Professor Ian Stewart

    Vivid accounts of the lives of 25 of the world’s greatest mathematicians with clear descriptions of their far-reaching discoveries.

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    Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe

    Professor Ian Stewart

    One of the world’s great mathematicians explores the origins, history and future of the universe

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    Mathematics Of Life: Unlocking the Secrets of Existence

    Professor Ian Stewart

    Mathematicians and biologists confront nature’s enigmas.

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    The Great Mathematical Problems

    Professor Ian Stewart

    ‘Britian’s foremost populariser of maths’ Ian Stewart reveals the ultimate questions that take us to the limits of mathematics - now available in paperback.

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    Professor Stewart’s Incredible Numbers

    Ian Stewart

    Renowned mathematician Ian Stewart uses remarkable (and some unremarkable) numbers to introduce readers to the beauty of mathematics.

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    Professor Stewart’s Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries

    Ian Stewart

    Acclaimed writer and mathematician Ian Stewart returns with a third new miscellany of mathematical curios and conundrums.

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    Professor Stewart’s Hoard of Mathematical Treasures

    Ian Stewart

    From the author of Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Curiosities, a new trove of entrancing numbers and delightful mathematical puzzles for adventurous minds

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    Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

    Ian Stewart

    From one of the worlds most beloved popular writers on mathematics, a fun and challenging collection of games, puzzles, stories, and more

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    Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

    Dr Ian Stewart (University of Warwick)

    The popular mathematics author and former New Scientist columnist Stewart offers this challenging and fun collection of mathematical games, puzzles, stories, and more. 300 illustrations and diagrams.

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    What Is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

    Richard Courant, 1888-1972 (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University),Herbert Robbins (Professor of Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University)

    A second edition of the survey of the whole field of mathematics, originally published in 1941. A new chapter by Ian Stewart discusses topics such as Fermat’s Last Theorem and…

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    From Here to Infinity

    Ian Stewart (Professor of Mathematics, Professor of Mathematics, Warwick University)

    A retitled and revised edition of Ian Stewart’s The Problems of Mathematics, this is the perfect guide to today’s mathematics. Read about the latest discoveries, including Andrew Wiles’s amazing proof…

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    Infinity: A Very Short Introduction

    Ian Stewart (Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Warwick)

    Ian Stewart considers the concept of infinity and the profound role it plays in mathematics, logic, physics, cosmology, and philosophy. He shows that working with infinity is not just an…

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    Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction

    Ian Stewart (Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University)

    Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart highlights the deep implications of symmetry and its important scientific applications…

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    The Foundations of Mathematics

    Ian Stewart (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick),David Tall (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick)

    The transition from school to university mathematics is seldom straightforward. Students are faced with a disconnect between the algorithmic and informal attitude to mathematics at school, versus a new emphasis…

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    The Foundations of Mathematics

    Ian Stewart (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick),David Tall (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick)

    The transition from school to university mathematics is seldom straightforward. Students are faced with a disconnect between the algorithmic and informal attitude to mathematics at school, versus a new emphasis…

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    Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, Astronomer and Geodesist

    Ian Stewart Glass (Astronomer, South African Astronomical Observatory and Adjunct Professor, James Cook University)

    This is the first comprehensive biography of one of the greatest and most careful observational astronomers of all time. He mapped the southern sky and named many of the constellations…

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