Ian Stewart

Jack Sidney Cohen

Terry Pratchett

The fantastic first book in the The Sunday Times bestselling Science of Discworld series, fully revised and updated. When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of the Big Bang to the Internet and beyond. Through this original Terry Pratchett story (with intervening chapters from Cohen and Stewart) we discover how puny and insignificant individual lives are against a cosmic backdrop of creation and disaster. Yet, paradoxically, we see how the richness of a universe based on rules, has led to a complex world and at least one species that tried to get a grip of what was going on.

The Science of Discworld

A guide to the major building blocks of contemporary mathematics--from the Pythagorian Theorem to Einstein's theory of relativity--explores how these equations are at the root of human progress.

17 Equations that Changed the World

In Pursuit of the Unknown

Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen Univeristy feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time track. But now it's all gone wrong - Victorian England has stagnated and the pace of progress would embarrass a limping snail. Unless something drastic is done, there won't be time for anyone to invent spaceflight and the human race will be turned into ice-pops. Why, though, did history come adrift? Was it Sir Arthur Nightingale's dismal book about natural selection? Or was it the devastating response by an obscure country vicar called Charles Darwin, whose bestselling Theology of Species made it impossible to refute the divine design of living creatures? Either way, it's no easy task to change history, as the wizards discover to their cost. Can the God of Evolution come to humanity's aid and ensure Darwin writes a very different book? And who stopped him writing it in the first place? 'The hard science is as gripping as the fiction' - The Times 'Entertaining and illuminating' - New Scientist

Darwin's Watch

Richard Courant

Herbert Robbins

Professor of Mathematics Herbert Robbins

Herbert (Professor of Mathematics Robbins, Professor of Mathematics Rutgers University)

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Richard Courant

Herbert Robbins Richard Courant (Ian Stewart)

A discussion of fundamental mathematical principles from algebra to elementary calculus designed to promote constructive mathematical reasoning.

An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

What is Mathematics?

Like Flatland, Only More So

Flatterland

Offers mathematical games, puzzles, and stories featuring geometry, logic, and probability.

Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

A sequel to Edwin A. Abbott's famous 1884 book Flatland explores modern geometrics and the eleven dimensions while maintaining the satirical edge of the original classic. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Like Flatland Only More So

Shares what the author wishes he had known when he was a student, such as the relationship between logic and proof, the function of beauty in mathematical thinking, and how to handle the peculiarities of the mathematical community.

Letters to a Young Mathematician

The revised and updated edition includes three completely new chapters on the prediction and control of chaotic systems. It also incorporates new information regarding the solar system and an account of complexity theory. This witty, lucid and engaging book makes the complex mathematics of chaos accessible and entertaining. Presents complex mathematics in an accessible style. Includes three new chapters on prediction in chaotic systems, control of chaotic systems, and on the concept of chaos. Provides a discussion of complexity theory.

The New Mathematics of Chaos

Does God Play Dice

Presents a humorous look at the concepts of "new math."

Concepts of Modern Mathematics

States that the mental construct of mathematics can provide humankind with a key tool to understanding the world, and discusses the implications of basic math concepts

The Unreal Reality of Mathematics

Nature's Numbers

A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of an unpredictable world We would like to believe we can know things for certain. We want to be able to figure out who will win an election, if the stock market will crash, or if a suspect definitely committed a crime. But the odds are not in our favor. Life is full of uncertainty --- indeed, scientific advances indicate that the universe might be fundamentally inexact --- and humans are terrible at guessing. When asked to predict the outcome of a chance event, we are almost always wrong. Thankfully, there is hope. As award-winning mathematician Ian Stewart reveals, over the course of history, mathematics has given us some of the tools we need to better manage the uncertainty that pervades our lives. From forecasting, to medical research, to figuring out how to win Let's Make a Deal, Do Dice Play God? is a surprising and satisfying tour of what we can know, and what we never will.

The Mathematics of Uncertainty

Do Dice Play God?

And Other Mathematical Conundrums

How to Cut a Cake

Explains the major developments in the history of mathematics--from tally marks to chaos theory--and how each has impacted society.

The Story of Mathematics

Taming the Infinite

A prize-winning scientist uses mathematical modeling to explain the cosmos

How Mathematics Unveils the Universe

Calculating the Cosmos

"Overview of the most formidable problems mathematicians have vanquished, and those that vex them still"--Dust jacket flap.

Marvels and Mysteries of Mathematics

The Great Mathematical Problems

David Tall

Professor of Math and Gresham Professor of Geometry Ian Stewart

Stewart Ian

David Orme Tall

"There are many textbooks available for a so-called transition course from calculus to abstract mathematics. I have taught this course several times and always find it problematic. The Foundations of Mathematics (Stewart and Tall) is a horse of a different color. The writing is excellent and there is actually some useful mathematics. I definitely like this book."--The Bulletin of Mathematics Books

The Foundations of Mathematics

A professor of mathematics presents an overview of the role mathematics plays in revealing the hidden complexities of the natural world and explains how mathematicians and biologists now work together on difficult scientific problems, including the nature and origin of life.

Mathematics of Life

The renowned mathematician traces the history of the concept of symmetry, from the early Babylonians' efforts to solve quadratics to today's theoretical physics, citing the achievements of the mathematicians behind key discoveries.

A History of Symmetry

Why Beauty is Truth

Jack Cohen

The first half of this book is a witty primer, a guided tour of the Islands of Truth that maps out everything you need to know about science from Newton to the present. The second half dives into the Oceans of Ignorance that surround what is known. Filled with anecdotes, diagrams, and colorful everyday examples, it is certain to make people look at the world in a new way.

Ian Stewart

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