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  • The Code Book

    The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

    by Simon Singh ...
    In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) ... Read more

    Was $9.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Fermat's Enigma

    The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

    by Simon Singh ...
    xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

    by Simon Singh ...
    The brainy book by the bestselling author of Fermat's Enigma—a must for anyone interested in numbers and mathematics, as well as for the millions of Simpsons fans worldwide."Simon Singh's excellent book blows the lid off a decades-long conspiracy to secretly educate cartoon viewers." ?David X. Cohen, writer for The Simpsons and FuturamaYou may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Code Book: The Secrets Behind Codebreaking

    by Simon Singh ...
    **"As gripping as a good thriller." --The Washington PostUnpack the science of secrecy and discover the methods behind cryptography--the encoding and decoding of information--in this clear and easy-to-understand young adult adaptation of the national bestseller that's perfect for this age of WikiLeaks, the Sony hack, and other events that reveal the extent to which our technology is never quite as ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Trick or Treatment

    The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine

    by Edzard Ernst, Simon Singh ...
    The truth about the potions, lotions, pills and needles, pummelling and energizing that lie beyond the realms of conventional medicine.Whether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or are simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this guide lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority, integrity, and clarity. In this groundbreaking analysis, over ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Code Book

    The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

    by Simon Singh ...
    Narrated by Patty Nieman ...

    Abridged

    10 hours 27 min

    In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Simon Singh's Numbers

    A BBC Radio Mathematics Adventure

    by Simon Singh ...
    Narrated by Simon Singh, Dave Gorman, Marcus du Sautoy, Sylvia Nasar, Paul Hoffman, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 27 min

    Simon Singh takes a quirky look at some of the most important numbers in mathematicsPhysicist and popular science author Simon Singh explores the numbers and concepts that lie at the heart of some of the trickiest problems in mathematics, revealing their history, significance and unique qualities.Beginning with zero - which, amazingly, wasn't invented until 400 BC and then took thousands of years ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets

    by Simon Singh ...
    Narrated by Lexie McDougall ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 57 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh, read by Lexie McDougall.The brainy book by the bestselling author of Fermat’s Enigma—a must for anyone interested in numbers and mathematics, as well as for the millions of Simpsons fans worldwide.“Simon Singh's excellent book blows the lid off a decades-long conspiracy to secretly educate cartoon viewers.” ?David X. ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Trick or Treatment

    The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine

    by Edzard Ernst, Simon Singh ...
    Narrated by Dennis Kleinman ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 33 min

    The truth about the potions, lotions, pills and needles, pummeling, and energizing that lie beyond the realms of conventional medicine.Whether you are an ardent believer in alternative medicine, a skeptic, or are simply baffled by the range of services and opinions, this guide lays to rest doubts and contradictions with authority, integrity, and clarity. In this groundbreaking analysis, over ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Profit and Punishment

    How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice

    by Tony Messenger ...
    Narrated by Karen Chilton ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 18 min

    In Profit and Punishment, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist exposes the tragedy of modern-day debtors prisons, and how they destroy the lives of poor Americans swept up in a system designed to penalize the most impoverished.“Intimate, raw, and utterly scathing” — Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water“Crucial evidence that the justice system is broken and has ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    A Lynching at Port Jervis

    Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age

    by Philip Dray ...
    Narrated by Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 4 min

    An account of a lynching that took place in New York in 1892, forcing the North to reckon with its own racismOn June 2, 1892, in the small, idyllic village of Port Jervis, New York, a young Black man named Robert Lewis was lynched by a violent mob. The twenty-eight-year-old victim had been accused of sexually assaulting Lena McMahon, the daughter of one of the town's well-liked Irish American ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Who Owns This Sentence?

    A History of Copyrights and Wrongs

    by David Bellos, Alexandre Montagu ...
    Narrated by David Bellos ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 8 min

    Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging over copyright in the output of artificial intelligence programs. Not only books but wallpaper, computer programs, pop songs, cartoon characters, snapshots, and cuddly toys are now deemed ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook