Category - Science
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Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons: From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable
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Relativity: A Very Short Introduction
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A First Look at Perturbation Theory
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Mathematical Foundations of Information Theory
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Complexity: A Very Short Introduction
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Organic Chemistry: A Very Short Introduction
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Emmy Noether's Wonderful Theorem
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General Relativity Without Calculus: A Concise Introduction to the Geometry of Relativity
PaperbackOriginal price $54.99 - Original price $54.99Original price $54.99$65.99$65.99 - $65.99Current price $65.99| /“General Relativity Without Calculus” offers a compact but mathematically correct introduction to the general theory of relativity, assuming only...
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Aspects of Symmetry: Selected Erice Lectures
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Geostatistics Explained: An Introductory Guide for Earth Scientists
PaperbackOriginal price $64.99 - Original price $64.99Original price $64.99$72.99$72.99 - $72.99Current price $72.99| /A reader-friendly introduction to geostatistics for students and researchers struggling with statistics. Using simple, clear explanations for int...
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /The companion book to COURSERA(R)'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn" Whether you are a student struggling to fulfi...
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The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilization
HardcoverOriginal price $28.00Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /An illuminating, millennia-spanning history of the impact mathematics has had on the world, and the fascinating people who have mastered its inhere...
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The Primacy of Doubt: From Quantum Physics to Climate Change, How the Science of Uncertainty Can Help Us Understand Our Chaotic World
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /"Quite possibly the best popular science book I've ever read" (Popular Science) shows how the tools that enabled us to overcome the uncertainty of ...
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The Politics of Modelling: Numbers Between Science and Policy
HardcoverOriginal price $110.00 - Original price $110.00Original price $110.00$129.99$129.99 - $129.99Current price $129.99| /Chapter 2, 'Pay no attention to the model behind the curtain', Chapter 4, 'Mind the hubris: Complexity can misfire', and Chapter 8, ' Sensitivity a...
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The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives
PaperbackOriginal price $17.99 - Original price $17.99Original price $17.99$17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Brilliant and entertaining mathematician Kit Yates illuminates seven mathematical concepts that shape our daily lives.From birthdays to birth rat...
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A Scheme of Heaven: The History of Astrology and the Search for our Destiny in Data
HardcoverOriginal price $28.95Original price $28.95 - Original price $28.95Original price $28.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /An illuminating look at the surprising history and science of astrology, civilization’s first system of algorithms, from Babylon to the present d...
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