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  • How Math Explains the World

    A Guide to the Power of Numbers, from Car Repair to Modern Physics

    by James D. Stein ...
    "Explores the application of math to problem solving in the everyday. . . . [W]ill appeal to both casual and serious fans of math or physics." — Publishers WeeklyIn How Math Explains the World, mathematician Stein reveals how seemingly arcane mathematical investigations and discoveries have led to bigger, more world-shaking insights into the nature of our world. In the four main sections of the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Math Can Save Your Life

    (And Make You Rich, Help You Find The One, and Avert Catastrophes)

    by James D. Stein ...
    How to make lots of money, keep yourself safe, and even save the world-all by using a little simple mathForget the dull, boring math you learned in school. This book shows you the powerful things math can do for you, with applications no teacher ever taught you in algebra class. How can you make money off credit card companies? Will driving a hybrid save you money in the long run? How do you know ... Read more

    $10.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Milestones of Science

    How We Came to Understand the Universe

    by James D. Stein ...
    If we were to judge humanity’s greatest accomplishments, science is almost certainly at the top of the list. The Milestones of Science is a collection of the most important and impressive breakthroughs in the history of science – as well as the scientists behind him – from the ancient world to what the future of science may hold.Comprised of riveting and readable stories from along the path of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Mathematics: The Quest for Truth and Beauty

    by James D Stein ...
    Series Book 38 - Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond
    This book tells the stories of some of the great quests of mathematics, such as the centuries-long pursuit for the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. These quests are searches for difficult-to-discover universal truths, pursued with passion not only by mathematicians and scientists, but by kings, emperors and even Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of Star Trek's Starship Enterprise. Some of their exploits ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • L.A. Math

    Romance, Crime, and Mathematics in the City of Angels

    by James D. Stein ...
    A collection of detective stories using math to solve crimesMove over, Sherlock and Watson—the detective duo to be reckoned with. In the entertaining short-story collection L.A. Math, freelance investigator Freddy Carmichael and his sidekick, Pete Lennox, show how math smarts can crack even the most perplexing cases. Freddy meets colorful personalities throughout Los Angeles and encounters ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Cosmic Numbers

    The Numbers That Define Our Universe

    by James D Stein ...
    Our fascination with numbers begins when we are children and continues throughout our lives. We start counting our fingers and toes and end up balancing checkbooks and calculating risk. So powerful is the appeal of numbers that many people ascribe to them a mystical significance. Other numbers go beyond the supernatural, working to explain our universe and how it behaves.Cosmic Numbers, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Fate Of Schrodinger's Cat, The: Using Math And Computers To Explore The Counterintuitive

    by James D Stein ...
    Series Book 17 - Problem Solving In Mathematics And Beyond
    Can we correctly predict the flip of a fair coin more than half the time — or the decay of a single radioactive atom? Our intuition, based on a lifetime of experience, tells us that we cannot, as these are classic examples of what are known to be 50-50 guesses.But mathematics is filled with counterintuitive results — and this book discusses some surprising and entertaining examples. It is possible ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Seduced by Mathematics

    The enduring fascination of mathematics

    by James D Stein ...
    Series Book 28 - Problem Solving in Mathematics and Beyond
    Seduction is not just an end result, but a process — and in mathematics, both the end results and the process by which those end results are achieved are often charming and elegant.This helps to explain why so many people — not just those for whom math plays a key role in their day-to-day lives — have found mathematics so seductive. Math is unique among all subjects in that it contains end results ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

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  • It's a Numberful World

    How Math Is Hiding Everywhere

    by Eddie Woo ...
    A 2021 Mathical Honor Book: "One of the best math teachers on the planet. His book is as buoyant, open-hearted, and energetic as he is." —Steven Strogatz, New York Times–bestselling author of Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the UniverseWhy aren't left-handers extinct? What makes a rainbow round? How is a pancreas like a pendulum? These may not look like math questions, but ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Formation of Christendom

    by Judith Herrin ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    A groundbreaking history of how the Christian “West” emerged from the ancient Mediterranean worldIn this acclaimed history of Early Christendom, Judith Herrin shows how—from the sack of Rome in 410 to the coronation of Charlemagne in 800—the Christian “West” grew out of an ancient Mediterranean world divided between the Roman west, the Byzantine east, and the Muslim south. Demonstrating that ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why

    A Common-Sense Guide to Everyday Dilemmas

    by Kim Wehle ...
    Series Book 4 - Legal Expert Series
    A law professor and author teaches non-attorneys how to think like a lawyer to gain advantage in their lives—whether buying a house, negotiating a salary, or choosing the right healthcare.Lawyers aren’t like other people. They often argue points that are best left alone or look for mistakes in menus "just because." While their scrupulous attention to detail may be annoying, it can also be a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal

    What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity

    by Justin Gregg ...
    This funny, "extraordinary and thought-provoking" (The Wall Street Journal) book asks whether we are in fact the superior species. As it turns out, the truth is stranger—and far more interesting—than we have been led to believe.If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal overturns everything we thought we knew about human intelligence, and asks the question: would humans be better off as narwhals? Or some other, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook