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Darwin's Watch (The Science of Discworld #3) by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: The\Science of Discworld Ser.
Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to ...Show more
Do Dice Play God? The Mathematics of Uncertainty by Ian Stewart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable We would like to believe we can know things for certain. We want to be able to figure out who will win an election, if the stock market will crash, or if a suspect definitely committed a crime. But the odds are not in ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers by Ian Stewart
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Ian Stewart explores the astonishing properties of numbers from 1 to10 to zero and infinity, including one figure that, if you wrote it out, would span the universe. He looks at every kind of number you can think of - real, imaginary, rational, irrational, positive and negative - along with several you ...Show more
Seventeen Equations That Changed the World by Ian Stewart
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
This is a unique history of humanity told through its seventeen defining equations; from Pythagoras to Calculus. From Newton's Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets, equations, are everywhere - and they are fundamental to everyday life. "Seventeen Equations tha ...Show more
The Globe (#2 The Science of Discworld) by Terry Pratchett; Ian Stewart; Jack Cohen
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: The Science of Discworld
The sequel to the bestselling Science of Discworld. The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non- ...Show more
The Great Mathematical Problems by Ian Stewart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
Ian Stewart reveals the really big questions that take us to the limits of mathematics. There are some mathematical problems whose significance goes beyond the ordinary - like Fermat's Last Theorem or Goldbach's Conjecture - they are the enigmas which define mathematics. "The Great Mathematical Problems ...Show more
The Science of Discworld (#1) by Terry Pratchett; Ian Stewart; Jack Cohen
$19.95 AUD
Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Series: The Science of Discworld
Not just another science book and not just another Discworld novella, The Science of Discworld is a creative, mind-bending mash-up of fiction and fact, that offers a wizard's-eye view of our world that will forever change how you look at the universe. Can Unseen University's eccentric wizards and orang ...Show more
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