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  • The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. The Golden Ticket provides a nontechnical introduction to P-NP, its rich history, and its…
    The Golden Ticket

    The Golden Ticket - P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible

    By Lance Fortnow rating of short cover   ( 12 customer ratings) Princeton University Press, March 2013 ISBN: 9781400846610 Mathematics, Linear Programming Language:  English
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  • Circles Disturbed brings together important thinkers in mathematics, history, and philosophy to explore the relationship between mathematics and narrative. The book's title recalls the last words of…
    Circles Disturbed

    Circles Disturbed - The Interplay of Mathematics and Narrative

    rating of short cover   ( 2 customer ratings) Princeton University Press, March 2012 ISBN: 9781400842681 Mathematics, History Language:  English
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  • "Steve Baker puts his finger on perhaps the most important cultural trend today: the explosion of data about every aspect of our world and the rise of applied math gurus who know how to use it…
    The Numerati

    The Numerati

    By Stephen Baker rating of short cover   ( 756 customer ratings) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, September 2009 ISBN: 9780547416557 Mathematics, History Language:  English
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  • Code 19 provides a powerful evidence for God's existence, as expected, envisioned or demanded by some philosophers and scientists, such as Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Gottfried Leibniz, David Hume…
    19 NINETEEN: God's Signature in Nature and Scripture

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    19 NINETEEN: God's Signature in Nature and Scripture

    By Yuksel, Edip Brainbow Press, March 2012 ISBN: 9780982586754 Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy Language:  English
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  • The updated new edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the history of mathematicsFor more than forty years, A History of Mathematics has been the reference of choice for those looking to…
    A History of Mathematics

    A History of Mathematics

    By Carl B. Boyer, Uta C. Merzbach rating of short cover   ( 225 customer ratings) Wiley, January 2011 ISBN: 9780470630563 Mathematics, History Language:  English
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  • For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately, the traditional…
    What Is Mathematics?:An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

    What Is Mathematics?:An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

    By Herbert Robbins, Ian Stewart, Richard… rating of short cover   ( 279 customer ratings) Oxford University Press, USA, May 1996 ISBN: 9780199754878 Mathematics, History Language:  English
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  • The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Now it threatens the foundations of modern physics. For centuries the power of…
    Zero

    Zero - The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

    By Charles Seife rating of short cover   ( 3372 customer ratings) Penguin Group US, September 2000 ISBN: 9781101199602 Mathematics, History Language:  English
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  • I used to think math was no fun'Cause I couldn't see how it was doneNow Euler's my heroFor I now see why zeroEquals e[pi] i+1--Paul Nahin, electrical engineer In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born…
    Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula

    Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula - Cures Many Mathematical Ills (New in Paper)

    By Paul J. Nahin rating of short cover   ( 58 customer ratings) Princeton University Press, April 2011 ISBN: 9781400838479 Mathematics, History Language:  English
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  • Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) was one of the twentieth century's most important mathematicians, as well as a seminal figure in the development of quantum physics and general relativity. He was also an…
    Mind and Nature

    Mind and Nature - Selected Writings on Philosophy, Mathematics, and Physics

    By Hermann Weyl rating of short cover   ( 3 customer ratings) Princeton University Press, March 2009 ISBN: 9781400833320 Other Sciences, Philosophy & Social Aspects Language:  English
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  • The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been…
    The Irrationals

    The Irrationals - A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On

    By Julian Havil rating of short cover   ( 11 customer ratings) Princeton University Press, July 2012 ISBN: 9781400841707 Science & Nature, Mathematics Language:  English
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