Ellenberg, Jordan
Summary: "In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us that math isn't confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do--the whole world is shot through with it. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It's a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument....
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Penguin Press 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 ELLSchwartz, David M.
Summary: Explains the meaning of mathematical terms which begin with the different letters of the alphabet from abacus, binary, and cubit to zillion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tricyle Press 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 510 SCHFrenkel, Edward
Summary: "Love and Math tells the two intertwined stories of mathematics and the adventure of one man in learning it. The result is a story about how he became one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians, working on one of the biggest ideas to come out of mathematics in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. As Frenkel proves, a mathematical formula can be as elegant and beautiful as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Books Group 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 FRERutherford, Adam
Summary: "The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts). Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what's happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged) tells the story of how we came to suppress our monkey minds and perceive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 RUTPask, Colin
Summary: Science is based not only on observation and experiment, but on theory as well. As Einstein said, “Theory tells us what to measure.” And theories are often crystallized into succinct calculations, like those made using Einstein's famous E = mc2. This book looks at fifty such great calculations, exploring how and why they were developed and assessing their impact on the history of science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 PASFishman, Seth
Summary: Did you know that the earth is covered in three trillion trees? And that seven billion people weigh about the same as ten quadrillion ants? Our world is full of constantly changing numbers, from a hundred billion trillion stars in space to thirty-seven billion rabbits on Earth. Can you imagine that many of anything? The playful illustrations from New York Times'bestselling artist Isabel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018
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Summary: Answers to unusual questions, using mathematics. First two questions, as examples: How many birds would it take to pick you up and fly with you?; and, How many bees does it take to make one jar of honey?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513 OVECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 513 OVEContents: Sacred number / Miranda Lundy -- Sacred geometry / Miranda Lundy -- Platonic & Archimedean solids / Daud Sutton -- Harmonograph / Anthony Ashton -- The Elements of music / Jason Martineau -- A little book of coincidence / John Martineau.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Math LundyFishman, Seth
Summary: "A look at the numbers that surround us, big and small, on earth and in outer space."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FISBurger, Edward B.
Summary: An explanation of challenging puzzles within the world of mathematics considers such topics as the link between a pineapple's spirals and the famous Fibonacci numbers, and the shape of the universe as reflected by a twisted strip of paper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 BURPosamentier, Alfred S.
Summary: "Requiring no more than high-school-level math competency, this playful excursion through the nuances of math will give you a better grasp of this fundamental, all-important science"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Seife, Charles.
Summary: The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 SEIStewart, Ian
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