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  • A Mind For Numbers

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

    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 ... Läs mer

    50,04 kr

  • Our Mathematical Universe

    My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

    av Max Tegmark ...
    Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present, and future, and through the physics, astronomy, and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and groundbreaking science, he not only helps us grasp ... Läs mer

    112,77 kr

  • Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension

    av Matt Parker ...
    **'Maths at its most playful and multifarious' Jordan EllenbergMatt Parker, author of the No.1 bestseller Humble Pi, takes us on a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers**Mathematician Matt Parker uses bizarre Klein Bottles, unimaginably small pizza slices, knots no one can untie and computers built from dominoes to reveal some of the most exotic and fascinating ideas in mathematics. ... Läs mer

    165,56 kr

  • The Signal and the Noise

    The Art and Science of Prediction

    av Nate Silver ...
    The International Bestseller by 'The Galileo of number crunchers' (Independent)Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future. Yet from the financial crisis to ecological disasters, we routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events, often at great cost to society. The rise of 'big ... Läs mer

    124,12 kr

  • Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data

    Stripping the Dread from the Data

    The best-selling author of Naked Economics defies the odds with a book about statistics that you’ll welcome and enjoy.Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called “sexy.” From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues ... Läs mer

    131,85 kr

  • Love Triangle

    The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry

    av Matt Parker ...
    Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble PiWhy can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? Why does the wake behind a duck always form an angle of exactly 39 degrees? And what did mathematicians have to do with the ... Läs mer

    146,69 kr

  • Infinite Powers

    How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

    From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing popular science explanation of calculus—how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.Though many of us were ... Läs mer

    113,94 kr

  • The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

    Learning to Learn

    A groundbreaking treatise by one of the great mathematicians of our age, who outlines a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived.What inspires and spurs on a great idea? Can we train ourselves to think in a way that will enable world-changing understandings and insights to emerge?Richard Hamming said we can. He first inspired a generation of engineers, scientists, and researchers in ... Läs mer

    94,15 kr eller gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Mathematics of Economics and Business

    For all students who wish to understand current economic and business literature, knowledge of mathematical methods has become a prerequisite. Clear and concise, with precise definitions and theorems, Werner and Sotskov cover all the major topics required to gain a firm grounding in this subject including sequences, series, applications in finance, functions, differentiations, differentials and ... Läs mer

    Gratis

  • Soccermatics

    Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game

    av David Sumpter ...
    'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin, former Chelsea and Everton star and football media analystFootball – the most mathematical of sports. From shot statistics and league tables to the geometry of passing and managerial strategy, the modern game is filled with numbers, patterns and shapes. How do we make sense of them? The answer lies in the mathematical models applied in ... Läs mer

    140,23 kr

  • The Ten Equations that Rule the World

    And How You Can Use Them Too

    av David Sumpter ...
    **THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'An entertaining tour that will change how you see the world' Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply HiddenIs there a secret formula for improving your life? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?**This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in ... Läs mer

    124,12 kr

  • Algorithms to Live By

    The Computer Science of Human Decisions

    A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives.In this dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show us how the simple, precise algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. Modern life is constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set ... Läs mer

    113,62 kr

  • Fermat’s Last Theorem

    av 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 ... Läs mer

    125,81 kr

  • Krakatoa

    The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

    The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic volcanic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth’s most dangerous volcano — Krakatoa.The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa — the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic natural disaster — was ... Läs mer

    76,10 kr

  • Why Machines Learn

    The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI

    '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 ... Läs mer

    237,54 kr

  • Modern Cryptography Volume 1

    A Classical Introduction to Informational and Mathematical Principle

    av Zhiyong Zheng ...
    Serie serie Financial Mathematics and Fintech
    This open access book systematically explores the statistical characteristics of cryptographic systems, the computational complexity theory of cryptographic algorithms and the mathematical principles behind various encryption and decryption algorithms. The theory stems from technology. Based on Shannon's information theory, this book systematically introduces the information theory, statistical ... Läs mer

    Gratis

  • International Symposium on Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Cryptography

    Proceedings of MQC 2019

    Serie serie Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This open access book presents selected papers from International Symposium on Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Cryptography (MQC), which was held on September 25-27, 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan. The international symposium MQC addresses the mathematics and quantum theory underlying secure modeling of the post quantum cryptography including e.g. mathematical study of the light-matter interaction models ... Läs mer

    Gratis

  • The Music of the Primes

    Why an unsolved problem in mathematics matters (Text Only)

    (This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.)The ebook of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematician.Prime numbers are the very atoms of arithmetic. They also embody one of the most tantalising enigmas in the pursuit of human knowledge. How can one predict when the next prime number will occur? Is there a formula which could ... Läs mer

    125,81 kr

  • The Half-Life of Facts

    Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date

    New insights from the science of scienceFacts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur. In short, what we know about the world is constantly changing.Samuel Arbesman shows us how knowledge in most fields evolves systematically and predictably, and how this ... Läs mer

    107,16 kr

  • Los números no mienten

    71 historias para entender el mundo

    av Vaclav Smil ...
    Översatt av Marcos Pérez Sánchez ...
    Un maestro de los datos y las estadísticas ofrece una visión del mundo tan sorprendente como iluminadora.¿Es peligroso volar? ¿Qué es peor para el medioambiente, un coche o un móvil? ¿Cuánto pesan todas las vacas del mundo juntos y por qué ese dato importa? ¿Se puede medir la felicidad?La misión de Vaclav Smil es convencernos de que los hechos importan. Científico medioambiental, analista de ... Läs mer

    115,00 kr

  • First Course In Integral Equations, A (Second Edition)

    This second edition integrates the newly developed methods with classical techniques to give both modern and powerful approaches for solving integral equations. It provides a comprehensive treatment of linear and nonlinear Fredholm and Volterra integral equations of the first and second kinds. The materials are presented in an accessible and straightforward manner to readers, particularly those ... Läs mer

    358,14 kr

  • Data Driven Business Transformation

    How to Disrupt, Innovate and Stay Ahead of the Competition

    OPTIMIZE YOUR BUSINESS DATA FOR FIRST-CLASS RESULTSData Driven Business Transformation illustrates how to find the secrets to fast adaptation and disruptive origination hidden in your data and how to use them to capture market share.Digitalisation – or the Digital Revolution – was the first step in an evolving process of analysis and improvement in the operations and administration of commerce. ... Läs mer

    241,99 kr

  • Algorithms for a New World

    When Big Data and Mathematical Models Meet

    Serie serie Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Covid-19 has shown us the importance of mathematical and statistical models to interpret reality, provide forecasts, and explore future scenarios.Algorithms, artificial neural networks, and machine learning help us discover the opportunities and pitfalls of a world governed by mathematics and artificial intelligence. ... Läs mer

    257,45 kr

  • Alex's Adventures in Numberland

    Dispatches from the Wonderful World of Mathematics

    av Alex Bellos ...
    A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of mathsSunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize'Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times'A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist'Will leave you hooked on n... ... Läs mer

    160,37 kr