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  • The Last Recreationsby Martin Gardner

    Springer 2005; US$ 21.95

    A book by Martin Gardner, a captivating, entertaining and downright accessible mathematics writer. more...

  • Easy as Piby Jamie Buchan

    Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 14.95

    Have you ever wondered what makes "seventh heaven" and "cloud nine" so blissful and the number 13 so unlucky? Here's the "4-1-1" on the origins of numerical expressions and the importance of numbers in fiction, film, culture, and religion, including: How 007 became James Bond's number Imaginary numbers and how they exist How the binary system... more...

  • Puzzler's Elusionby Dennis Shasha

    Running Press 2006; US$ 15.95

    Genius mathematician, Dr. Dennis Shasha, here sets out his latest book-length mind-twister. Made up of many smaller segments, some of which can be solved by ten year-olds and some which are more challenging, the detective work requires no more than high s more...

  • Relativistic Numerical Hydrodynamicsby James R. Wilson; Grant J. Mathews

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 53.00

    Pedagogical overview of the computational framework required to solve problems in relativistic hydrodynamics and astrophysics. more...

  • Figuring It Outby Nuno Crato

    Springer 2010; US$ 21.99

    This fun book uses stories to explain mathematics. It tells of villains who steal secrets, heroes who encode messages, highway confusions that result from ignoring Cartesian geometry, mistakes in calendars due to poor numerical approximations, and more. more...

  • Algebraic Patchingby Moshe Jarden

    Springer 2011; US$ 79.99

    Assuming only basic algebra and Galois theory, this book develops the method of 'algebraic patching' to realize finite groups and, more generally, to solve finite split embedding problems over fields. The method succeeds over rational function fields of one variable over 'ample fields'. Among others, it leads to the solution of two... more...

  • Mehr mathematische Rätsel für Liebhaber (German Edition)by Peter Winkler; Thomas Filk

    Springer 2010; US$ 29.95

    Peter Winkler hat's wieder geschafft. Nach den enthusiastischen Reaktionen auf sein letztes Buch (auf Deutsch: Mathematische Rätsel für Liebhaber), gelang es ihm erneut, eine wunderbare Sammlung von eleganten mathematischen Rätseln zusammenzutragen, um seine Leser einmal mehr herauszufordern und zu unterhalten. Dieses Buch richtet sich an Liebhaber... more...

  • Die verflixte Mathematik der Demokratie (German Edition)by George G Szpiro; M Junker

    Springer 2011; US$ 31.99

    Der Band erläutert die mathematischen Hintergründe der demokratischen Wahlsysteme und führt dabei zugleich in ihre Geschichte ein. Die Mehrheitswahl und die Zuteilung von Sitzen im Parlament etwa werfen mathematische Fragen auf, deren Lösung überraschend schwierig ist. Wie viele Sitze bekommt zum Beispiel eine Partei, die 23,6 Prozent der Stimmen erhielt?... more...

  • Go Figure!by Johnny Ball

    DK Publishing 2005; US$ 16.99

    Experience the mysterious and magical world of numbers as never before. This unique book investigates mathematical marvels such as why daisies always have 34, 55, or 89 petals, why the world''s phone numbers appear in Pi, and other patterns and paradoxes that will make readers look at numbers in a whole new way. more...

  • Photonic Crystalsby Willy Dörfler; Armin Lechleiter; Michael Plum; Guido Schneider; Christian Wieners

    Springer 2011; US$ 27.99

    This book concentrates on the mathematics of photonic crystals, which form an important class of physical structures investigated in nanotechnology. Photonic crystals are materials which are composed of two or more different dielectrics or metals, and which exhibit a spatially periodic structure, typically at the length scale of hundred nanometers.... more...