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Books narrated by Ian Stuart

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  • Nature's Numbers

    The Unreal Reality Of Mathematics

    by Ian Stewart ...
    "It appears to us that the universe is structured in a deeply mathematical way. Falling bodies fall with predictable accelerations. Eclipses can be accurately forecast centuries in advance. Nuclear power plants generate electricity according to well-known formulas. But those examples are the tip of the iceberg. In Nature's Numbers, Ian Stewart presents many more, each charming in its own way.. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Annotated Flatland

    A Romance of Many Dimensions

    by Ian Stewart ...
    Flatland is a unique, delightful satire that has charmed readers for over a century. Published in 1884 by the English clergyman and headmaster Edwin A. Abbott, it is the fanciful tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being who is whisked away by a mysterious visitor to The Land of Three Dimensions, an experience that forever alters his worldview.Like the original, Ian Stewart's commentary takes ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Calculating the Cosmos

    How Mathematics Unveils the Universe

    by Ian Stewart ...
    A prize-winning popular science writer uses mathematical modeling to explain the cosmos.In Calculating the Cosmos, Ian Stewart presents an exhilarating guide to the cosmos, from our solar system to the entire universe. He describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's all going to end. He considers ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Mathematics of Life

    by Ian Stewart ...
    Biologists have long dismissed mathematics as being unable to meaningfully contribute to our understanding of living beings. Within the past ten years, however, mathematicians have proven that they hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of our world -- and ourselves.In The Mathematics of Life, Ian Stewart provides a fascinating overview of the vital but little-recognized role mathematics has ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Why Beauty Is Truth

    The History of Symmetry

    by Ian Stewart ...
    At the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory, and much of modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry. In Why Beauty Is Truth, world-famous mathematician Ian Stewart narrates the history of the emergence of this remarkable area of study. Stewart introduces us to such characters as the Renaissance Italian genius, rogue, scholar, and gambler Girolamo Cardano, who stole the ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

  • In Pursuit of the Unknown

    17 Equations That Changed the World

    by Ian Stewart ...
    The seventeen equations that form the basis for life as we know it.Most people are familiar with history's great equations: Newton's Law of Gravity, for instance, or Einstein's theory of relativity. But the way these mathematical breakthroughs have contributed to human progress is seldom appreciated. In In Pursuit of the Unknown, celebrated mathematician Ian Stewart untangles the roots of our most ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers

    by Ian Stewart ...
    Renowned mathematician Ian Stewart uses remarkable (and some unremarkable) numbers to introduce readers to the beauty of mathematics.At its heart, mathematics is about numbers, our fundamental tools for understanding the world. In Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers, Ian Stewart offers a delightful introduction to the numbers that surround us, from the common (Pi and 2) to the uncommon but no ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

    by Ian Stewart ...
    Knowing that the most exciting math is not taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical games, puzzles, stories, and factoids intended for the adventurous mind. This book reveals the most exhilarating oddities from Professor Stewart's legendary cabinet.Inside, you will find hidden gems of logic, geometry, and probability-like how to ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

  • Flatterland

    Like Flatland Only More So

    by Ian Stewart ...
    In 1884, Edwin A. Abbott published a brilliant novel about mathematics and philosophy that charmed and fascinated all of England. As both a witty satire of Victorian society and a means by which to explore the fourth dimension, Flatland remains a tour de force. Now, British mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart has written a fascinating, modern sequel to Abbott's book. Through ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Savage Garden, The

    by Mark Mills ...
    Narrated by Ian Stuart ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 16 min

    Adam Strickland, a somewhat aimless young scholar at Cambridge University, is called to his professor’s office one afternoon and assigned a special summer project: to write a scholarly monograph about the famous Docci garden in Tuscany. Dedicated to the memory of a fifteenth-century nobleman’s young wife, the garden is a mysterious world of statues, grottoes, meandering rills, and classical ... Read more

    $20.60 CAD

  • Galois Theory

    by Ian Stewart ...
    Since 1973, Galois theory has been educating undergraduate students on Galois groups and classical Galois theory. In Galois Theory, Fifth Edition, mathematician and popular science author Ian Stewart updates this well-established textbook for today’s algebra students.New to the Fifth EditionReorganised and revised Chapters 7 and 13New exercises and examplesExpanded, updated referencesFurther ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Race in the Modern World

    An Intellectual History

    Edited by Sarah C. Dunstan, Ian Stewart ...
    Few ideas have had a more powerful effect on the modern world than that of race, yet few ideas are less understood. Bringing together contributions from leading international scholars, this volume traces the crystallisation of this concept in western intellectual discourse in the eighteenth century, its rapid rise to prominence as a governing concept across the world from the mid-nineteenth ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD