Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465029730
In "In Pursuit of the Unknown," celebrated mathematician Ian Stewart uses a handful of mathematical equations to explore the vitally important connections between math and human progress. We often overlook the historical link between mathematics and technological advances...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780412138409
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780733312847
When armed rebels entered Sierra Leone's besieged capital, Freetown, in 1999, journalist Ian Stewart and two of his Associated Press colleagues were ambushed while driving down the street...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780486431819
Populated by curious creatures whose stories unfold with jokes, this mathematical wonderland of puzzles and games was written by a columnist for "Pour la Science...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780748782932
AQA English Literature A is the only set of resources to have been developed with, and exclusively endorsed by, AQA, making them the first choice to support the new AQA specification for AS and A2....
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780711034303
The city of Glasgow lays claim to a rich road transport heritage which is both fascinating and unique. Home to one of the UK's largest tramway networks...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780521245135
This is a very successful textbook for undergraduate students of pure mathematics. Students often find the subject of complex analysis very difficult. Here the authors...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780774813419
Selecting a leader is a momentous and defining choice for a political party. Leaders symbolize their party and are a primary factor in election outcomes. This work examines twenty-five different leadership elections...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780199562077
Following on the success of his books Math Hysteria and How to Cut a Cake, Ian Stewart is back with more stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780803979024
This is an excellent book. Whilst specifically aimed at the "newer counsellor," this book contains much that will be of interest to experienced practitioners both within and outside of TA...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780140256024
Since the dramatic discovery of the mathematical concept of chaos in 1989, the controversy of its contents has settled down. This revised edition of "Does God Play Dice?" takes a fresh look at its achievements and potential. With a new preface and three completely new chapters...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780486477589
From the shapes of clouds to dewdrops on a spider's web, this accessible book employs the mathematical concepts of symmetry to portray fascinating facets of the physical and biological world...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780521663830
Is the universe around us a figment of our imagination? Or are our minds figments of reality? In this refreshing new look at the evolution of mind and culture...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780521571555
Peppered with wit and controversial topics, this is a refreshing new look at the co-evolution of mind and culture. Bestselling authors Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen (The Collapse of Chaos...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780330393775
In 1884, Edwin A. Abbott published a brilliant novel about mathematics and philosophy that charmed and fascinated all of England. As both a witty satire of Victorian society and a means by which to explore the fourth dimension...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780333783122
This text follows the adventures of Victoria Line, the great-great granddaughter of A. Square, the hero of "Flatland". Through Victoria's travels we meet various characters and encounter different mathematical problems. This book provides an accessible guide to mathematics and our understanding of the shape and origins of the Universe...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781458716545
first there was Edwin A. Abbott's remarkable Flatland, published in 1884, and one of the all-time classics of popular mathematics. Now, from mathematician and accomplished science writer Ian Stewart...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781584883937
Ian Stewart's Galois Theory has been in print for 30 years. Resoundingly popular, it still serves its purpose exceedingly well. Yet mathematics education has changed considerably since 1973...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780412345401
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780486458847
These pun-studded fables by a popular science writer make complicated mathematical concepts accessible and fun. Twelve essays take a playful approach to mathematics...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465022403
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780446611039
A collaborative novel from two scientists turned writers that pits two different protagonists against the background of old cosmic disunity....
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780887557118
On June 23, 1990, Aboriginal leader and Manitoba politician Elijah Harper voted against the Meech Lake Accord. His single, dramatic vote effectively killed the federal-provincial agreement that would have changed Canada's federal structure...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780803984677
Ian Stewart has done an outstanding job of presenting a comprehensive overview of Eric Berne, his life, his philosophy and his significant contributions to the fields of personality and psychotherapy...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465082315
The first scientific entry in the acclaimed Art of Mentoring series from Basic Books, "Letters to a Young Mathematician" tells readers what Ian Stewart wishes he had known when he was a student and young faculty member. Subjects ranging from the philosophical to the practical--what mathematics is and why it's worth doing...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465082322
This is an astute and lively exploration of what it's really like to do mathematics, by well-known mathematician and writer Ian Stewart. The first scientific entry in Basic Books' renowned "Art of Mentoring" series...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780140258769
Until the middle of this century, it was completely unclear whether life had any kind of inorganic basis. The discovery of the first secret of life...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780713991611
Until the middle of this century, it was completely unclear whether life had any kind of inorganic basis. The discovery of the first secret of life...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465072743
"It appears to us that the universe is structured in a deeply mathematical way. Falling bodies fall with predictable accelerations. Eclipses can be accurately forecast centuries in advance. Nuclear power plants generate electricity according to well-known formulas. But those examples are the tip of the iceberg. In Nature's Numbers...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781857996487
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780753805305
Why do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have spots? Mathematics is to nature as Sherlock Holmes is to evidence...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781846680649
This is a book of mathematical oddities: games, puzzles, facts, numbers and delightful mathematical nibbles for the curious and adventurous mind.School maths is not the interesting part. The real fun is elsewhere. Like a magpie...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465013029
Knowing that the most exciting math is "not" taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical games...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465017751
Opening another drawer in his Cabinet of Curiosities, renowned mathematics professor Ian Stewart presents a new medley of games, paradoxes, and riddles in "Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures." With wit and aplomb...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781846685316
A unique history of humanity told through its seventeen defining equations; from Pythagoras and Calculus....
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780906812075
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781847240170
Written to provide captivating historic narrative for the non-mathematician, this book is packed with fascinating nuggets and quirky asides, and contains over 100 historic documents and full color diagrams to illuminate and aid understanding of a subject many dread...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781847241818
From ancient Babylon to the last great unsolved problems, Ian Stewart brings us his definitive history of mathematics. In his famous straightforward style...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780753805145
A brilliant exploration of the beauty and power of mathematics Ian Stewart has carved out of a niche for himself as by far the leading populariser of maths in this country in a series of successful books...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780297819929
Structured on the image of a maze representing the network of connected mathematical ideas that have proved so powerful and effective in understanding the natural world...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780471350651
"Welcome to the maze.
A logical maze, a magical maze. A maze of the mind.
The maze is mathematics. The mind is yours. Let's see what happens when we put them together.
What is mathematics? What do mathematicians do?
What is a mathematician? Someone who does mathematics?
Not exactly. That's too easy an answer...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781865089775
For more than 20 years, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir has ruled with a firm hand, clinging tenaciously to power while other leaders in the region have been swept aside. But Dr Mahathir...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781459623187
A wonderful and engaging introduction to the role of mathematics in life sciences, from cellular organization to the behavior and evolution of entire organisms.......
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465022380
Biologists have long dismissed mathematics as being unable to meaningfully contribute to our understanding of living beings. Within the past ten years...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781412934954
Transactional Analysis Counselling in Action, Third Edition meets a demand from counselors and therapists in practice and in training, and from training institutes...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9781412934947
Transactional Analysis Counselling in Action, Third Edition meets a demand from counselors and therapists in practice and in training, and from training institutes...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780857026767
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780297607236
Think of the stripes of a zebra and the complexities of a spider's web. Think of a snowflake... These are natural patterns that have been recognized for centuries...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780743429023
Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - internationally popular scientists - present a richly-imagined novel of high adventure and earthshaking concepts...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465082360
Leading mathematician and author Ian Stewart explores a concept both simple and complex, both multi-disciplinary and unifying - symmetry. There is no more important concept in the history of mathematics and physics than symmetry. It lies at the heart of relativity theory...
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Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780465082377
Leading mathematician and author Ian Stewart explores a concept both simple and complex, both multi-disciplinary and unifying -symmetry.There is no more important concept in the history of mathematics and physics than symmetry. It lies at the heart of relativity theory...
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Ian Stewart & David Tall Ian Stewart & David Tall
ISBN:9781568811192
One of the latest mathematical discoveries was the proof, by Andrew Wiles, of Fermat's last theorum, a 300-year old conjecture that had eluded professional mathematicians as well as serious amateurs...
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A W F Edwards;Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780801874345
Used today in spheres of life as diverse as business strategy, creative writing, medicine, computer science, and theoretical physics, Venn diagrams possess fascinating properties...
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Ian Stewart;David Orme Tall David OTall
ISBN:9780521287630
This is a very successful textbook for undergraduate students of pure mathematics. Students often find the subject of complex analysis very difficult. Here the authors...
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Ian Stewart;Paul Stewart
ISBN:9780486284248
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Ian Stewart;David K Stewart
ISBN:9780774813426
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Stewart;Ian Stewart
ISBN:9780471296515
"Stewart writes with such compelling clarity that general readers can share in the intellectual daring of his perspective."—Booklist An invitation to a hidden world In Life’s Other Secret...
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Mark Roberts;Ian Stewart
ISBN:9783540537366
A workshop on Singularities, Bifuraction and Dynamics was held at Warwick in July 1989, as part of a year-long symposium on Singularity Theory and its applications. The proceedings fall into two halves: Volume I mainly on connections with algebraic geometry and volume II on connections with dynamical systems theory...
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Ian Stewart;David Tall
ISBN:9780198531654
"There are many textbooks available for a so-called transition course from calculus to abstract mathematics. I have taught this course several times and always find it problematic...
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Ian Stewart;Stewart
ISBN:9780471192978
"Welcome to the maze.
A logical maze, a magical maze. A maze of the mind.
The maze is mathematics. The mind is yours. Let's see what happens when we put them together.
What is mathematics? What do mathematicians do?
What is a mathematician? Someone who does mathematics?
Not exactly. That's too easy an answer...
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Martin Golubitsky;Ian Stewart
ISBN:9783764321710
Pattern formation in physical systems is one of the major research frontiers of mathematics. A central theme of this book is that many instances of pattern formation can be understood within a single framework: symmetry. This book applies symmetry methods to increasingly complex kinds of dynamic behavior: equilibria...
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Tim Poston;T Stewart IanPoston
ISBN:9780486692715
First integrated treatment of main ideas behind Rene Thom's theory of catastrophes stresses detailed applications in the physical sciences. Mathematics of theory explained with a minimum of technicalities. Over 200 illustrations clarify text designed for researchers and postgraduate students in engineering...
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David Greenaway;Michael Stewart IanBleaney
ISBN:9780415026123
"Companion to Contemporary Economic Thought" presents its reader with a comprehensive picture of current economic theory and applied economics. Its forty-one constituent articles are arranged under four broad themes: "Methodological Perspectives...
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K H Becker;I Stewart IanStewart
ISBN:9780521369107
This study of chaos, fractals and complex dynamics is intended for anyone familiar with computers. While keeping the mathematics to a simple level with few formulas...
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Ian M Stewart
ISBN:9781452068558
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Stewart Ian
ISBN:9781846681981
A new partnership of biologists and mathematicians is picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw fresh light on the behaviour of entire organisms...
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Stewart Ian
ISBN:9781843544753
In this small (but perfectly formed) hardback book, Ian Stewart introduces some of the most devilishly difficult mathematical brainteasers human beings have ever devised. Along the way...
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Martin Carter;Stewart MacDonald IanBrown
ISBN:9781405069472
As a young socialist in the colony of British Guiana, Martin Carter wrote strong, vigorous poems that connect powerfully with the reader, that fire the spirit...
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Stewart Ian
ISBN:9781846683459
School maths is not the interesting part. The real fun is elsewhere. Like a magpie, Ian Stewart has collected the most enlightening, entertaining and vexing 'curiosities' of maths over the years ... Now...
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Stewart Ian
ISBN:9781846682926
Ian Stewart, author of the bestselling Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, presents a new and magical mix of games, puzzles...
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Stewart Ian
ISBN:9781846683466
Ian Stewart, author of the bestselling Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, presents a new and magical mix of games, puzzles...
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Stewart Ian
ISBN:9781847247681
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Ian S Evison;Don S Van Leeuwen Mary StewartBrowning
ISBN:9780664256906
This encyclopedic volume brings clarity and focus to a multitude of family issues. The expert contributors deal with practical and important questions...
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Ian McDonald;Stewart McDonald AanBrown
ISBN:9780435988173
West Indians, as Ian McDonald comments, "write poetry as well as they play cricket" and Heinemann's anthology is the most comprehensive and up-to-date selection of contemporary Caribbean poetry...
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