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Mathematics
John Urschel, mathematician and former offensive lineman for the
Baltimore Ravens--with biographer Louisa Thomas--tells the story of
a life balanced between two passions
For John Urschel, what began as an insatiable appetite for puzzles as a child quickly evolved into mastery of the elegant systems and rules of mathematics.
For John Urschel, what began as an insatiable appetite for puzzles as a child quickly evolved into mastery of the elegant systems and rules of mathematics.
New York Times bestselling author Janice Kaplan examines
the phenomenon of luck--and discovers the exciting ways you can
grab opportunities and make luck for yourself every day.
After spending a year researching and experiencing gratitude for The Gratitude Diaries, Janice Kaplan is back to tackle another big, mysterious influence in all our lives.
After spending a year researching and experiencing gratitude for The Gratitude Diaries, Janice Kaplan is back to tackle another big, mysterious influence in all our lives.
"This is science writing as wonder and as
inspiration." —The Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in.
Wall Street Journal
From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in.
“An engaging voyage into some of the great mysteries and
wonders of our world." --Alan Lightman, author
of Einstein’s Dream and The
Accidental Universe
“No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting.
“No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting.
A sweeping, in-depth history of NSA, whose famous “cult of
silence” has left the agency shrouded in mystery for
decades
The National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory.
The National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory.
The Freakonomics of math—a math-world
superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts
its power in our hands
The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned.
The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned.
An uncommon guide for accomplishing more every day by
engaging the unique skill of forgetting, from the creator of the
award-winning memory training system Brainetics
Is it possible that the answer to becoming a more efficient
and effective thinker is learning how to forget.
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.
"One of the more momentous books of the decade."
-The New York Times Book Review
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger—all by the time he was thirty.
-The New York Times Book Review
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair’s breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger—all by the time he was thirty.
From the acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and
The Advent of the Algorithm, here is a riveting look at
mathematics that reveals a hidden world in some of its most
fundamental concepts.
In his latest foray into mathematics, David Berlinski takes on the
simplest questions that can be asked.
In Scorecasting, University of Chicago behavioral economist Tobias
Moskowitz teams up with veteran Sports Illustrated writer L. Jon
Wertheim to overturn some of the most cherished truisms of sports,
and reveal the hidden forces that shape how basketball, baseball,
football, and hockey games are played, won and lost.
No number has captured the attention and imagination of people
throughout the ages as much as the ratio of a circle's
circumference to its diameter. Pi—or . as it is symbolically
known—is infinite and, in The Joy of pi, it proves to
be infinitely intriguing.
