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The Enjoyment of Mathematics
Hans Rademacher
Paperback - $81.95
Requiring no more background than plane geometry and elementary algebra, this book leads the reader into some of the most fundamental ideas of mathematics, the ideas that make the subject exciting and interesting.
Math Fun : A Guide for Pre-College Students and the Parents, Teachers & Mentors of Grade School Children
Norman Santora
Paperback - $28.95
The Arithmetic of Life and Death
George Shaffner
Paperback - $26.95
Whether you realize it or not, numbers are everywhere--and integral to almost every facet of your life . . . from your next raise in pay to the inevitable rise of inflation, your weekly family budget to your end of the national debt. And as George Sh ...
Dr. Ecco Mathematical Detective
Dennis Elliott Shasha
Paperback - $22.95
In this collection of original puzzles, games, and codes, the heroic Dr. Ecco, a mathematical detective and puzzle-solver, takes on his archenemy, Baskerhound, and uncovers a plot that threatens the world. No sophisticated mathematical background is ...
Knots : Mathematics with a Twist
Alexei Sossinsky
Paperback - $29.95
Ornaments and icons, symbols of complexity or evil, aesthetically appealing and endlessly useful in everyday ways, knots are also the object of mathematical theory, used to unravel ideas about the topological nature of space. In recent years knot the ...
Another Fine Math You've Got Me Into...
Ian Stewart
Paperback - $23.95
Populated by curious creatures whose stories unfold with jokes and puns, this mathematical wonderland of puzzles and games also imparts significant mathematical ideas. Ian Stewart--an active popularizer of mathematics, university professor, and forme ...
Game, Set and Math : Enigmas and Conundrums
Ian Stewart
Paperback - $17.95
These pun-studded fables by a popular science writer make complicated mathematical concepts accessible and fun. Twelve essays take a playful approach to mathematics, investigating the topology of a warm blanket, the odds of beating a supe ...
