Stewart, Ian
Summary: In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of twenty-five great mathematicians, Stewart examines the roles they played in creating, inventing, and discovering the mathematics we use today. Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics from Archimedes to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2017
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Summary: "An esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the world, from technology to health care and beyond"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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Summary: Bestselling author Professor Ian Stewart explores the history and mathematics of uncertainty. Touching on gambling, probability, statistics, financial and weather forecasts, censuses, medical studies, chaos, quantum physics, and climate, he makes one thing clear: a reasonable probability is the only certainty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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Contents: Why do math? -- How I almost became a lawyer -- The breadth of mathematics -- Hasn't it all been done? -- Surrounded by math -- How mathematicians think -- How to learn math -- Fear of proofs -- Can't computers solve everything? -- Mathematical storytelling -- Going for the jugular -- Blockbusters -- Impossible problems -- The career ladder -- Pure or applied? -- Where do you get those crazy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group 2006
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Summary: Hidden in the heart of the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, string theory, and modern cosmology lies one concept: symmetry." "Symmetry has been a key idea for artists, architects and musicians for centuries, but within mathematics it remained, until very recently, an arcane pursuit. In the twentieth century, however, symmetry emerged as central to the most fundamental ideas in physics...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 539.7 STEMott the Hoople
Summary: "The Ballad of Mott the Hoople is a feature length documentary that tells the story of one of England's most cherished rock 'n' roll bands, Mott the Hoople..."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Start Productions 2011
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Summary: The first-ever annotated edition of the beloved classic is beautifully illustrated and brilliantly brought to life for a new generation of readers. Published in 1884 by an English clergyman and headmaster, it is a fanciful tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being visiting a three-dimensional world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Pub. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 ABBMorrin, Cheyenne/ Swany, Cole/ Homan, Danny/ Stewart, Pete
Summary: "An oversized, full-color hardcover art book collecting concept art and creator commentary from the next chapter in Cal Kestis' thrilling saga. Cal and his friends continue to evade the Empire's clutches in the dark times following Order 66, but just as ahidden hope reveals itself, new dangers emerge and threaten to destroy everything that the young Jedi has fought to preserve. Explore the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chronicles the beginnings of professor Xavier's super-powered X-students. The battle focuses on their primary sinister foe, Magneto, who has his mutant minions at his side. A George Wallace-like senator launchs a campaign against mutantkind which, of course, only complicates things for our heroes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003