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Ambushed by Ian Stewart
35.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
When armed rebels entered Sierra Leone's besieged capital, Freetown, in 1999, journalist Ian Stewart and two of his Associated Press colleagues were ambushed while driving down the street. One of them was killed and Stewart was shot in this head. Miraculously he survived and in this book gives us his fr ...Show more
Calculating the Cosmos by Ian Stewart
27.99 NZD
Category: Science
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 c ...Show more
Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe by Ian Stewart
36.99 NZD
Category: Science
Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the earth and the planets to the galaxy and the universe. He describes how galaxies, stars and planets form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's going to end. He considers parallel universes, fine-tuning of the cosmos, wheth ...Show more
Cows in the Maze and other mathematical explorations by Ian Stewart
35.00 NZD
Category: Science
From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon - and how to make one - Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics. We find out about the mathematics ...Show more
Do Dice Play God? The Mathematics of Uncertainty by Ian Stewart
36.99 NZD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable 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 ...Show more
Flatterland:Like Flatland Only More So by Ian Stewart (Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre, Unversity of Warwick)
27.95 NZD
29.95 (6% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
Great Mathematical Problems by Ian Stewart
28.99 NZD
Category: Science
There are some mathematical problems whose significance goes beyond the ordinary - like Fermat's Last Theorem or Goldbach's Conjecture - they are the enigmas which define mathematics. The Great Mathematical Problems explains why these problems exist, why they matter, what drives mathematicians to incred ...Show more
Judgement Day (#4 The Science of Discworld) by Terry Pratchett; Ian Stewart; Jack Cohen
27.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy | Series: The Science of Discworld
The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with The Really Big Questions, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring y ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities by Ian Stewart
35.00 NZD
Category: Science
School maths is not the interesting part. The real fun is elsewhere. Like a magpie, Ian Stewart has collected the most enlightening, entertaining and vexing 'curiosities' of maths over the years...Now, the private collection is displayed in his cabinet. There are some hidden gems of logic, geometry and ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries by Ian Stewart
36.99 NZD
Category: Science
Like its wildly popular predecessors Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities and Hoard of Mathematical Treasures, Professor Stewart's brand-new book is a miscellany of over 150 mathematical curios and conundrums, packed with trademark humour and numerous illustrations. In addition to the fascinating formul ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures by Ian Stewart
29.99 NZD
Category: Science
Ian Stewart, author of the bestselling Professor Stewart's "Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities", presents a new and magical mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. He mingles these with forays into ancient and modern mathematical thought, appallingly hilarious mathematical jokes, a ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures: Another Drawer from the Cabinet of Curiosities by Ian Stewart
35.00 NZD
Category: Science
This is a new trove of entrancing numbers and delightful mathematical nibbles for adventurous minds. Ian Stewart, author of the bestselling "Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities", presents a new and magical mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. He mingles these ...Show more