Mathematics in Science & Nature & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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Humble Pi

A Comedy of Maths Errors

by Matt Parker ...

Narrated by Matt Parker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 33 min

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Humble Pi written and read by Matt Parker.What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world.As ... Read more

$22.99 AUD

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Humble Pi written and read by Matt Parker.What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world.As
... Read more
Audiobook

How the World Really Works

A Scientist’s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future

by Vaclav Smil ...

Narrated by Stephen Perring ...

Unabridged

10 hours 8 min

Brought to you by Penguin.We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a ... Read more

$24.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a
... Read more
Audiobook

A Mind for Numbers

How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

by Barbara Oakley PhD ...

Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

Unabridged

7 hours 4 min

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand ... Read more

$27.99 AUD

The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating material. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand
... Read more
Audiobook

The Scout Mindset

Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

by Julia Galef ...

Narrated by Julia Galef ...

Unabridged

6 hours 26 min

Winner of best smart thinking book 2022 (Business Book Awards)Guardian best books of 2021'Original, thought-provoking and a joy to read' Tim Harford'Highly recommended. It's not easy to become (more of) a scout, but it's hard not to be inspired by this book' Rutger BregmanWhen it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef call... ... Read more

$35.99 AUD

Winner of best smart thinking book 2022 (Business Book Awards)Guardian best books of 2021'Original, thought-provoking and a joy to read' Tim Harford'Highly recommended. It's not easy to become (more of) a scout, but it's hard not to be inspired by this book' Rutger BregmanWhen it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef call...
... Read more
Audiobook

The Score

How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game

by C. Thi Nguyen ...

Narrated by C. Thi Nguyen ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Is this the game you want to be playing?Scoring systems are everywhere. Underpinning our daily lives – whether it’s the fit bits on our wrists, likes on social media, and even school rankings – they have become pervasive and increasingly dangerous, warping our desires and outsourcing our values to external institutions. Instead of encouraging us to be more playful, to ... Read more

$26.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Is this the game you want to be playing?Scoring systems are everywhere. Underpinning our daily lives – whether it’s the fit bits on our wrists, likes on social media, and even school rankings – they have become pervasive and increasingly dangerous, warping our desires and outsourcing our values to external institutions. Instead of encouraging us to be more playful, to
... Read more
Audiobook

The Art of Statistics

Learning from Data

by David Spiegelhalter ...

Narrated by Jonathan Davis ...

Unabridged

9 hours

Brought to you by Penguin.Do busier hospitals have higher survival rates? How many trees are there on the planet? Why do old men have big ears? David Spiegelhalter reveals the answers to these and many other questions - questions that can only be addressed using statistical science.Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all ... Read more

$26.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.Do busier hospitals have higher survival rates? How many trees are there on the planet? Why do old men have big ears? David Spiegelhalter reveals the answers to these and many other questions - questions that can only be addressed using statistical science.Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all
... Read more
Audiobook

Rubik’s Cube

How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube, Including Rubik’s Cube Algorithms

by Clark Cornell ...

Narrated by Angela Julian ...

Unabridged

41 min

If you want to impress your family and friends by solving the Rubik's Cube while staying calm and collected, then keep reading....The Rubik's Cube seems like an innocent, colorful, and perfect gift for kids, something that will keep them busy for hours on end...Until you're faced with helping them solve it a few minutes later. That's when you realize the fiendish difficulty involved and feel a ... Read more

$6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you want to impress your family and friends by solving the Rubik's Cube while staying calm and collected, then keep reading....The Rubik's Cube seems like an innocent, colorful, and perfect gift for kids, something that will keep them busy for hours on end...Until you're faced with helping them solve it a few minutes later. That's when you realize the fiendish difficulty involved and feel a
... Read more
Audiobook

Anaximander

And the Nature of Science

by Carlo Rovelli ...

Narrated by Roy McMillan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 43 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science by exploring the revolutionary ideas of one of its great forefathers: the Greek philosopher AnaximanderOver two millennia ago, a Greek philosopher had a number of wondrous insights that paved the way to cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology, and biology, setting in motion a new ... Read more

$24.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics illuminates the nature of science by exploring the revolutionary ideas of one of its great forefathers: the Greek philosopher AnaximanderOver two millennia ago, a Greek philosopher had a number of wondrous insights that paved the way to cosmology, physics, geography, meteorology, and biology, setting in motion a new
... Read more
Audiobook

Game Theory and Strategy Explained

by Can Akdeniz, Introbooks Team ...

Narrated by David Willams ...

Unabridged

40 min

Game Theory has evolved since its inception, but at its root, it is the modeling of strategic interactions between two or more players where there is a set of rules and outcomes! This basic definition gets to the heart of what Game Theory is. And this can be applied to almost any situation in your life and your business.Regardless of your status, as an entrepreneur or a part of the employed, this ... Read more

$6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Game Theory has evolved since its inception, but at its root, it is the modeling of strategic interactions between two or more players where there is a set of rules and outcomes! This basic definition gets to the heart of what Game Theory is. And this can be applied to almost any situation in your life and your business.Regardless of your status, as an entrepreneur or a part of the employed, this
... Read more
Audiobook

I’m Jumpin to The Beat of the Music

by Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand, Kim Mitzo Thompson ...

Narrated by Kim Mitzo Thompson ...

Unabridged

2 min

Upbeat, fun music will help kids learn addition facts for 3 ... Read more

$3.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Upbeat, fun music will help kids learn addition facts for 3
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Audiobook

Something Doesn't Add Up

Surviving Statistics in a Post-Truth World

by Paul Goodwin ...

Narrated by Roger Davis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 44 min

Some people fear and mistrust numbers. Others want to use them for everything. After a long career as a statistician, Paul Goodwin has learned the hard way that the ones who want to use them for everything are a very good reason for the rest of us to fear and mistrust them. Something Doesn't Add Up is a tour of the stupidest, self-defeating, self-blinding ways supposedly clever people use maths in ... Read more

$44.99 AUD

Some people fear and mistrust numbers. Others want to use them for everything. After a long career as a statistician, Paul Goodwin has learned the hard way that the ones who want to use them for everything are a very good reason for the rest of us to fear and mistrust them. Something Doesn't Add Up is a tour of the stupidest, self-defeating, self-blinding ways supposedly clever people use maths in
... Read more
Audiobook

Fibonacci Sequence, The

by Introbooks Team ...

Narrated by Andrea Giordani ...

Unabridged

36 min

The Fibonacci sequence is a great way by which the different patterns can be noticed and understood. The Fibonacci sequence is used by a number of mathematicians, philosophers, architects, etc. The Fibonacci sequence was also used for the creation of some great buildings.The Fibonacci sequence is an amazing technique and probably the only one technique, which is present in a number of domains such ... Read more

$6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Fibonacci sequence is a great way by which the different patterns can be noticed and understood. The Fibonacci sequence is used by a number of mathematicians, philosophers, architects, etc. The Fibonacci sequence was also used for the creation of some great buildings.The Fibonacci sequence is an amazing technique and probably the only one technique, which is present in a number of domains such
... Read more
Audiobook

Shape

The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

by Jordan Ellenberg ...

Narrated by Jordan Ellenberg ...

Unabridged

14 hours 23 min

Brought to you by Penguin.How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry.Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important ... Read more

$24.99 AUD

Brought to you by Penguin.How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does disease spread? How do computers teach themselves chess, and why is chess easier for them than analyzing a sentence? What should your kids study in school if they really want to learn to think? All of these are questions about geometry.Jordan Ellenberg reveals the mathematics behind some of the most important
... Read more
Audiobook

The Age of Reason

by Thomas Paine ...

Narrated by Matthew King ...

Unabridged

11 hours 30 min

"Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason" is a thought-provoking work that both defends Deism and challenges the world's major monotheistic religions. Let's delve into its fascinating aspects: Overview: "The Age of Reason" is a book by English and American political activist Thomas Paine. It argues for the philosophical position of deism, which emphasizes reason, natural religion, and skepticism toward ... Read more

$11.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason" is a thought-provoking work that both defends Deism and challenges the world's major monotheistic religions. Let's delve into its fascinating aspects: Overview: "The Age of Reason" is a book by English and American political activist Thomas Paine. It argues for the philosophical position of deism, which emphasizes reason, natural religion, and skepticism toward
... Read more
Audiobook

What We Cannot Know

Explorations at the Edge of Knowledge

by Marcus du Sautoy ...

Narrated by Marcus du Sautoy ...

Unabridged

15 hours 8 min

Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.Is the universe infinite?Do we know what happened before the Big Bang?Where is human consciousness located in the brain?And are there more undiscovered particles out there, beyond the Higgs boson?In the modern world, science is king: weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and ... Read more

$39.49 AUD

Britain’s most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know.Is the universe infinite?Do we know what happened before the Big Bang?Where is human consciousness located in the brain?And are there more undiscovered particles out there, beyond the Higgs boson?In the modern world, science is king: weekly headlines proclaim the latest scientific breakthroughs and
... Read more
Audiobook

Making Decisions

Putting the Human Back in the Machine

by Ed Smith ...

Narrated by David Thorpe ...

Unabridged

7 hours 10 min

Winning takes many forms. For fans of Matthew Syed, this is a great sports book about leadership, judgement and decision-making – rooted in the theory that helped Ed Smith lead England cricket to sustained success. And to help us all win more.‘An absolutely fascinating book’ THE GAME, The Times football podHow do you spot the opportunities that others miss?How do you turn a team’s performance ... Read more

$34.99 AUD

Winning takes many forms. For fans of Matthew Syed, this is a great sports book about leadership, judgement and decision-making – rooted in the theory that helped Ed Smith lead England cricket to sustained success. And to help us all win more.‘An absolutely fascinating book’ THE GAME, The Times football podHow do you spot the opportunities that others miss?How do you turn a team’s performance
... Read more
Audiobook

At Sixes and Sevens

How to Understand Numbers and Make Maths Easy

by Rachel Riley, Dr Gareth Moore ...

Narrated by Rachel Riley ...

Unabridged

7 hours 50 min

An engaging, accessible introduction into how numbers work and why we shouldn’t be afraid of them, from maths expert Rachel Riley.Do you know your fractions from your percentages? Your adjacent to your hypotenuse? And who really knows how to do long division, anyway?Puzzled already? Don’t blame you…But fret not! You won’t be At Sixes and Sevens for long. In this brilliant, well-rounded guide, ... Read more

$31.99 AUD

An engaging, accessible introduction into how numbers work and why we shouldn’t be afraid of them, from maths expert Rachel Riley.Do you know your fractions from your percentages? Your adjacent to your hypotenuse? And who really knows how to do long division, anyway?Puzzled already? Don’t blame you…But fret not! You won’t be At Sixes and Sevens for long. In this brilliant, well-rounded guide,
... Read more
Audiobook

Teoría De Juegos Para La Vida Diaria

Guía Fácil De Estrategias Prácticas Para Tomar Mejores Decisiones En El Trabajo, Las Relaciones Y Con Tu Dinero (Sin Matemáticas)

by Malcolm J. Austin ...

Narrated by Voz Digital Simón G ...

Unabridged

3 hours 37 min

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.TEORÍA DE JUEGOS PARA LA VIDA DIARIA¿Por qué siempre pierdes discusiones aunque tengas razón? ¿Por qué tus amenazas a tus hijos nunca funcionan? ¿Por qué sentiste que “perdiste” en tu última negociación salarial? La respuesta es simple: estás jugando un juego cuyas reglas no conoces.Esta es una guía práctica de teoría de juegos para principiantes: ... Read more

$15.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.TEORÍA DE JUEGOS PARA LA VIDA DIARIA¿Por qué siempre pierdes discusiones aunque tengas razón? ¿Por qué tus amenazas a tus hijos nunca funcionan? ¿Por qué sentiste que “perdiste” en tu última negociación salarial? La respuesta es simple: estás jugando un juego cuyas reglas no conoces.Esta es una guía práctica de teoría de juegos para principiantes:
... Read more
Audiobook

Linear Algebra: Determinants and Eigenvalues

by N.B. Singh ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mary G ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Algebra
Unabridged

3 hours 37 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Linear Algebra: Determinants and Eigenvalues is a comprehensive guide designed for absolute beginners, offering a clear and detailed introduction to the fundamental concepts of linear algebra. Focusing on determinants and eigenvalues, the book explores their definitions, properties, and practical applications. Through step-by-step explanations, ... Read more

$3.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Linear Algebra: Determinants and Eigenvalues is a comprehensive guide designed for absolute beginners, offering a clear and detailed introduction to the fundamental concepts of linear algebra. Focusing on determinants and eigenvalues, the book explores their definitions, properties, and practical applications. Through step-by-step explanations,
... Read more
Audiobook

Algebra

by Introbooks Team ...

Narrated by Angelina Shaw ...

Unabridged

44 min

Under mathematics come a number of different branches of which one is Algebra. You need to learn maths from all aspects to order to outshine in your field of practice. Let’s say you want to become and engineer, actuaries or an architect maybe? You need to have a tight grip on maths for which you need to learn algebra like the back of your hand too. Right?This particular book based upon algebra ... Read more

$6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Under mathematics come a number of different branches of which one is Algebra. You need to learn maths from all aspects to order to outshine in your field of practice. Let’s say you want to become and engineer, actuaries or an architect maybe? You need to have a tight grip on maths for which you need to learn algebra like the back of your hand too. Right?This particular book based upon algebra
... Read more
Audiobook

Eye of the Storm

How to Make Good Decisions in Bad Situations

by Scott Walker ...

Narrated by Colin Mace ...

Unabridged

8 hours 37 min

Master your emotions, think clearly and make better decisions, even in the toughest of situations.Drawing from his extensive career as a kidnap-for-ransom negotiator, Scott Walker shares practical tools and insights to help you stay calm, act decisively and thrive under pressure.Whether you're facing challenges at home, managing workplace demands or dealing with daily stresses, this book will help ... Read more

$44.99 AUD

Master your emotions, think clearly and make better decisions, even in the toughest of situations.Drawing from his extensive career as a kidnap-for-ransom negotiator, Scott Walker shares practical tools and insights to help you stay calm, act decisively and thrive under pressure.Whether you're facing challenges at home, managing workplace demands or dealing with daily stresses, this book will help
... Read more
Audiobook

Huge Numbers

A Story of Counting Ambitiously

by Richard Elwes ...

Narrated by Richard Elwes ...

Unabridged

12 hours 28 min

'Fascinating and immensely readable' Ian Stewart'A charming tour through the realm of the very, very, very numerous, from the ancient world through to the distant future' Jordan Ellenberg, author of How Not to Be WrongWhat if, every time you wanted to write down 1,000,000, you had to draw a picture of a god? And what if that number were the biggest you had a symbol for? In ancient Egypt, those ... Read more

$44.99 AUD

'Fascinating and immensely readable' Ian Stewart'A charming tour through the realm of the very, very, very numerous, from the ancient world through to the distant future' Jordan Ellenberg, author of How Not to Be WrongWhat if, every time you wanted to write down 1,000,000, you had to draw a picture of a god? And what if that number were the biggest you had a symbol for? In ancient Egypt, those
... Read more
Audiobook

The Proof in the Code

How a Truth Machine Is Transforming Math and AI

by Kevin Hartnett ...

Narrated by Kevin Shen ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

The inside story of Lean, a computer program that answers the age-old question: How do you know if something is true?It began as an obscure bug-checking program at Microsoft Research developed by a lone computer engineer named Leo de Moura. Then an unlikely crew of mathematical misfits caught wind of it and began to adopt it with messianic zeal. Their goal was to create a truth machine that could ... Read more

$38.57 AUD

The inside story of Lean, a computer program that answers the age-old question: How do you know if something is true?It began as an obscure bug-checking program at Microsoft Research developed by a lone computer engineer named Leo de Moura. Then an unlikely crew of mathematical misfits caught wind of it and began to adopt it with messianic zeal. Their goal was to create a truth machine that could
... Read more
Audiobook

Geometry

A Very Short Introduction

by Maciej Dunajski ...

Narrated by Liam Gerrard ...

Unabridged

4 hours 40 min

The study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof—deductive reasoning from a set of axioms—first arose. To this day geometry remains a very active area of research in mathematics.This Very Short Introduction covers the areas of mathematics falling under geometry, starting with topics such as Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, ... Read more

$16.96 AUD

The study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof—deductive reasoning from a set of axioms—first arose. To this day geometry remains a very active area of research in mathematics.This Very Short Introduction covers the areas of mathematics falling under geometry, starting with topics such as Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries,
... Read more

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