Mathematics in Science & Nature & Nonfiction eBooks

Everything Is Predictable

How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World

by Tom Chivers ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting' Oliver Burkeman'A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem' Will Storr'Witty, lively and best of all, extremely nerdy. I learned a lot and so will you' Tim HarfordThomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the p... ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting' Oliver Burkeman'A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem' Will Storr'Witty, lively and best of all, extremely nerdy. I learned a lot and so will you' Tim HarfordThomas Bayes was an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician whose obscure life belied the p...
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50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know

by Tony Crilly ...

Series series 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Tony Crilly explains and introduces the mathematical laws and principles - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand the world around us.From Pascal's triangle to money management, ideas of relativity to the very real uses of imaginary numbers, 50 Maths Ideas is a complete introduction to the most ... Read more

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In a series of 50 accessible essays, Tony Crilly explains and introduces the mathematical laws and principles - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand the world around us.From Pascal's triangle to money management, ideas of relativity to the very real uses of imaginary numbers, 50 Maths Ideas is a complete introduction to the most
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The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy

What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves

by Arik Kershenbaum ...

DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE'A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology' Richard Dawkins'Crawls with curious facts' Sunday Times_________________________We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the universe yet we have not moved beyond our perception of 'aliens' as... ... Read more

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DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE'A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology' Richard Dawkins'Crawls with curious facts' Sunday Times_________________________We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the universe yet we have not moved beyond our perception of 'aliens' as...
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers

How Modern Maths Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

by Graham Farmelo ...

'A superbly written, riveting book.'MARTIN REES, Astronomer Royal'I am overcome with admiration for its range and profundity. An amazing achievement.'MICHAEL FRAYN'A wonderful book.'TOM STOPPARDA groundbreaking exploration of how the interplay of physics and mathematics has enriched our understanding of the universe - essential reading for anyone who wants to grasp how physicists are att... ... Read more

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'A superbly written, riveting book.'MARTIN REES, Astronomer Royal'I am overcome with admiration for its range and profundity. An amazing achievement.'MICHAEL FRAYN'A wonderful book.'TOM STOPPARDA groundbreaking exploration of how the interplay of physics and mathematics has enriched our understanding of the universe - essential reading for anyone who wants to grasp how physicists are att...
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Fermat’s Last Theorem

by Simon Singh ...

‘I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.’It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat’s Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution ... Read more

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‘I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.’It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriated the mathematics community. For over 350 years, proving Fermat’s Last Theorem was the most notorious unsolved mathematical problem, a puzzle whose basics most children could grasp but whose solution
... Read more
Expected Goals

The story of how data conquered football and changed the game forever

by Rory Smith ...

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs started to think about how you win. Data has now suffused almost every aspect of how football is played, coached, scouted and consumed. But it’s not the algorithms or new metrics that have made this change, it’s the people behind them ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2022Football has always measured success by what you win, but only in the last twenty years have clubs started to think about how you win. Data has now suffused almost every aspect of how football is played, coached, scouted and consumed. But it’s not the algorithms or new metrics that have made this change, it’s the people behind them
... Read more
Men of Mathematics

by E.T. Bell ...

From one of the greatest minds in contemporary mathematics, Professor E.T. Bell, comes a witty, accessible, and fascinating look at the beautiful craft and enthralling history of mathematics.Men of Mathematics provides a rich account of major mathematical milestones, from the geometry of the Greeks through Newton’s calculus, and on to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth ... Read more

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From one of the greatest minds in contemporary mathematics, Professor E.T. Bell, comes a witty, accessible, and fascinating look at the beautiful craft and enthralling history of mathematics.Men of Mathematics provides a rich account of major mathematical milestones, from the geometry of the Greeks through Newton’s calculus, and on to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth
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The Outer Limits of Reason

What Science, Mathematics, and Logic Cannot Tell Us

by Noson S. Yanofsky ...

This exploration of the scientific limits of knowledge challenges our deep-seated beliefs about our universe, our rationality, and ourselves.“A must-read for anyone studying information science.” —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMany books explain what is known about the universe. This book investigates what cannot be known. Rather than exploring the amazing facts that science, mathematics, and ... Read more

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This exploration of the scientific limits of knowledge challenges our deep-seated beliefs about our universe, our rationality, and ourselves.“A must-read for anyone studying information science.” —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMany books explain what is known about the universe. This book investigates what cannot be known. Rather than exploring the amazing facts that science, mathematics, and
... Read more
Calling Bullshit

The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World

by Jevin D. West, Carl T. Bergstrom ...

'A necessary book for our times. But also just great fun' Saul Perlmutter, Nobel LaureateThe world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act.Based on a popular course at the University of Washington, Calling Bullshit gives us ... Read more

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'A necessary book for our times. But also just great fun' Saul Perlmutter, Nobel LaureateThe world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, calling bullshit is a noble act.Based on a popular course at the University of Washington, Calling Bullshit gives us
... Read more
The Black Swan

The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ...

The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertaintyWhat have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper?This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that ... Read more

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The phenomenal international bestseller that shows us how to stop trying to predict everything - and take advantage of uncertaintyWhat have the invention of the wheel, Pompeii, the Wall Street Crash, Harry Potter and the internet got in common? Why are all forecasters con-artists? Why should you never run for a train or read a newspaper?This book is all about Black Swans: the random events that
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The Papers of A.J. Wentworth, B.A.

by H.F. Ellis ...

Series Book 1 - The Wentworth Papers
The classic fictional memoirs of a hapless schoolmaster.There is chalk in his fingernails and paper darts fill the air as A.J. Wentworth, mathematics master at Burgrove Preparatory School, unwittingly opens the doors that lead not to knowledge but to chaos and confusion.In his collected papers he sets out the truth about the fishing incident in the boot room, the real story about the theft of the ... Read more

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The classic fictional memoirs of a hapless schoolmaster.There is chalk in his fingernails and paper darts fill the air as A.J. Wentworth, mathematics master at Burgrove Preparatory School, unwittingly opens the doors that lead not to knowledge but to chaos and confusion.In his collected papers he sets out the truth about the fishing incident in the boot room, the real story about the theft of the
... Read more
A Brief History of Infinity

The Quest to Think the Unthinkable

by Brian Clegg ...

Series series Brief Histories
'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.' Douglas Adams, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the GalaxyWe human beings have trouble with infinity - yet infinity is a surprisingly human subject. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemplating ... Read more

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'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.' Douglas Adams, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the GalaxyWe human beings have trouble with infinity - yet infinity is a surprisingly human subject. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemplating
... Read more
The Retirement of A.J. Wentworth

by H.F. Ellis ...

Series Book 2 - The Wentworth Papers
The second of the humorous fictional memoirs of a hapless schoolmaster.A. J. Wentworth, formerly teacher of mathematics at Burgrove prep school for boys, now passes his retirement years in a typically English rural village where somehow he seems unable to stay out of trouble.Wentworth lurches from mishap to misunderstanding, whether at the Conservative Association or the local dramatic society, ... Read more

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The second of the humorous fictional memoirs of a hapless schoolmaster.A. J. Wentworth, formerly teacher of mathematics at Burgrove prep school for boys, now passes his retirement years in a typically English rural village where somehow he seems unable to stay out of trouble.Wentworth lurches from mishap to misunderstanding, whether at the Conservative Association or the local dramatic society,
... Read more
The Swan Song of A.J. Wentworth

by H.F. Ellis ...

Series Book 3 - The Wentworth Papers
The last of the humorous fictional memoirs of a hapless assistant schoolmaster.It is to be A.J. Wentworth’s final appearance on the scholastic scene. Once more he dons his cap and gown – or, to be more precise, Rawlinson’s cap and gown – and returns to Burgrove for just one more time.His final term includes a brief but broadening visit to the United States, in addition to the usual intellectual ... Read more

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The last of the humorous fictional memoirs of a hapless assistant schoolmaster.It is to be A.J. Wentworth’s final appearance on the scholastic scene. Once more he dons his cap and gown – or, to be more precise, Rawlinson’s cap and gown – and returns to Burgrove for just one more time.His final term includes a brief but broadening visit to the United States, in addition to the usual intellectual
... Read more
How to Count to Infinity

by Marcus Du Sautoy ...

Series Book 1 - Little Ways to Live a Big Life
Do something amazing and learn a new skill thanks to the Little Ways to Live a Big Life books!Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it... Not falling in love, but counting. Animals and humans have been using numbers to navigate their way through the jungle of life ever since we all evolved on this planet. But this book will help you to do something that humans have only recently ... Read more

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Do something amazing and learn a new skill thanks to the Little Ways to Live a Big Life books!Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it... Not falling in love, but counting. Animals and humans have been using numbers to navigate their way through the jungle of life ever since we all evolved on this planet. But this book will help you to do something that humans have only recently
... Read more
All of Statistics

A Concise Course in Statistical Inference

by Larry Wasserman ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Taken literally, the title "All of Statistics" is an exaggeration. But in spirit, the title is apt, as the book does cover a much broader range of topics than a typical introductory book on mathematical statistics. This book is for people who want to learn probability and statistics quickly. It is suitable for graduate or advanced undergraduate students in computer science, mathematics, statistics ... Read more

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Taken literally, the title "All of Statistics" is an exaggeration. But in spirit, the title is apt, as the book does cover a much broader range of topics than a typical introductory book on mathematical statistics. This book is for people who want to learn probability and statistics quickly. It is suitable for graduate or advanced undergraduate students in computer science, mathematics, statistics
... Read more
Why Machines Learn

The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI

by Anil Ananthaswamy ...

'An invaluable companion for anyone who wants a deep understanding of what’s under the hood of often inscrutable machines' Melanie MitchellA rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour ... Read more

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'An invaluable companion for anyone who wants a deep understanding of what’s under the hood of often inscrutable machines' Melanie MitchellA rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine-learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumour
... Read more
Hello World

How to be Human in the Age of the Machine

by Hannah Fry ...

**'One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times)You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate - a human or an algorithm?**An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence.Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a ... Read more

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**'One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times)You are accused of a crime. Who would you rather determined your fate - a human or an algorithm?**An algorithm is more consistent and less prone to error of judgement. Yet a human can look you in the eye before passing sentence.Welcome to the age of the algorithm, the story of a
... Read more
The Precipice

‘A book that seems made for the present moment’ New Yorker

by Toby Ord ...

What existential threats does humanity face? And how can we secure our future?'The Precipice is a powerful book . . . Ord's love for humanity and hope for its future is infectious' Spectator'Ord's analysis of the science is exemplary . . . Thrillingly written' Sunday TimesWe live during the most important era of human history. In the twentieth century, we d... ... Read more

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What existential threats does humanity face? And how can we secure our future?'The Precipice is a powerful book . . . Ord's love for humanity and hope for its future is infectious' Spectator'Ord's analysis of the science is exemplary . . . Thrillingly written' Sunday TimesWe live during the most important era of human history. In the twentieth century, we d...
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Axiomatic Arithmetic

An Introduction to Number Systems

by Amol Sasane ...

The goal of this book is to construct and explore the properties of the most commonly encountered number systems, beginning with the Peano axioms for the natural numbers. The systems discussed include the natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers.Along the way, the book covers a range of related topics such as the ring-theoretic properties of integers, Euclid's ... Read more

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The goal of this book is to construct and explore the properties of the most commonly encountered number systems, beginning with the Peano axioms for the natural numbers. The systems discussed include the natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and complex numbers.Along the way, the book covers a range of related topics such as the ring-theoretic properties of integers, Euclid's
... Read more
Math for Knitters

by Kate Atherley ...

Are you tired of avoiding patterns because they don't exactly match your yarn or measurements? "Math for Knitters," by Kate Atherley, is your key to pattern freedom! This practical guide transforms intimidating knitting calculations into simple arithmetic anyone can master. Finally understand what gauge really means and how to work with it when yours doesn't precisely match the pattern. Learn to ... Read more

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Are you tired of avoiding patterns because they don't exactly match your yarn or measurements? "Math for Knitters," by Kate Atherley, is your key to pattern freedom! This practical guide transforms intimidating knitting calculations into simple arithmetic anyone can master. Finally understand what gauge really means and how to work with it when yours doesn't precisely match the pattern. Learn to
... Read more
Homework Helpers: Calculus

by Denise Szecsei ...

Series series Homework Helpers
The essential help you need when your calculus textbook just isn't making the grade!Homework Helpers: Calculus is a straightforward and understandable introduction to differential calculus and its applications. It covers all of the topics in a typical calculus class, including:• Limits• Continuity• The product, quotient, and chain rules• Implicit differentiation• Related rates• Graphical analysis• ... Read more

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The essential help you need when your calculus textbook just isn't making the grade!Homework Helpers: Calculus is a straightforward and understandable introduction to differential calculus and its applications. It covers all of the topics in a typical calculus class, including:• Limits• Continuity• The product, quotient, and chain rules• Implicit differentiation• Related rates• Graphical analysis•
... Read more
Chancing It

The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work for You

by Robert Matthews ...

Make your own luck by understanding probabilityOver the years, some very smart people have thought they understood the rules of chance?only to fail dismally. Whether you call it probability, risk, or uncertainty, the workings of chance often defy common sense. Fortunately, advances in math and science have revealed the laws of chance, and understanding those laws can help in your everyday life.In ... Read more

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Make your own luck by understanding probabilityOver the years, some very smart people have thought they understood the rules of chance?only to fail dismally. Whether you call it probability, risk, or uncertainty, the workings of chance often defy common sense. Fortunately, advances in math and science have revealed the laws of chance, and understanding those laws can help in your everyday life.In
... Read more
Numbercrunch

A Mathematician's Toolkit for Making Sense of Your World

by Professor Oliver Johnson ...

'Lucid and entertaining. With barely an equation in sight, Numbercrunch makes a passionate case for how just a little bit more numeracy could help us all'- Tom Whipple, The Times'The perfect introduction to the power of mathematics - fluent, friendly and practical'- Tim Harford, bestselling author of How to Make the World Add UpIn our hyper-modern world, we are bombarded with... ... Read more

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'Lucid and entertaining. With barely an equation in sight, Numbercrunch makes a passionate case for how just a little bit more numeracy could help us all'- Tom Whipple, The Times'The perfect introduction to the power of mathematics - fluent, friendly and practical'- Tim Harford, bestselling author of How to Make the World Add UpIn our hyper-modern world, we are bombarded with...
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