Weirder Maths: At the Edge of the Possible by David Darling Agnijo Banerjee
$22.99 AUD
Category: Mathematics
From centuries-old conundrums to eccentric geniuses like ƒvariste Galois (he failed the entrance exams at ƒcole Polytechnique twice because he couldn't explain how he'd arrived at his correct answers) to how the strangest math connects to the everyday, Darling and Banerjee transform the bewildering into ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Numberland by Adam Spencer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Mathematics
Australia's funniest mathematician returns in 2019 with more rollicking romps through the world of science, technology, numbers and all things nerdy. This terrific new fully illustrated title follows on from Adam's bestselling Big Book of Numbers (2014); World of Numbers (2015), Time Machine (2016), The ...Show more
Speed Mathematics by Bill Handley
$22.95 AUD
Category: Mathematics
This new, revised edition of the bestselling Speed Mathematics features new chapters on memorising numbers and general information, calculating statistics and compound interest, square roots, logarithms and easy trig calculations. Written so anyone can understand, this book teaches simple strategies tha ...Show more
Mensa Brain Games Pack - Mind-Bending Games and Puzzles to Challenge Yourself by Mensa Mensa Ltd
$49.99 AUD
Category: Mathematics
Designed by some of Mensa's most cunning minds, this is a brain-training interactive puzzle pack crammed full of games and conundrums of many varieties, certain to challenge your linguistic and numerical abilities. The Mensa Brain Games Packcontains a range of different activities, including eight sepa ...Show more
Mathematics for Technicians by Blair Alldis, Vincent Kelly
$89.95 AUD
Category: Mathematics
Mathematics for Technicians 6th Edition remains the leading Australian text for students studying Mathematics, including Engineering Maths A and Engineering Maths B. This edition uses a building block approach with worked examples, banks of exercises for each section, and self-test questions ideal for r ...Show more
50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know by Tony Crilly
$19.99 AUD
Category: Mathematics | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a butterfly's wings really cause a storm on the far side of the world?In 50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concep ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Maths 101: The Curly Questions Your Primary School Kids Will Ask You (With the Answers!) by Adam Spencer
$35.00 AUD
Category: Mathematics
Adam Spencer’s Maths 101 is the reassuring maths book companion for parents and their children tackling primary school level maths. If you’ve ever been challenged mathematically (and who hasn't?), then Adam Spencer is here with this crucial refresher to help you confidently assist your kids learning mat ...Show more
Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have that Machines Don't by Junaid Mubeen
$45.00 AUD
Category: Mathematics
A fascinating exploration of a surprising advantage that humans have over our incoming robot masters: we're actually good at maths. There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to our robot overlords now. But Junaid Mubeen isn' ...Show more
Ruler and Compass: Practical Geometric Constructions by Andrew Sutton
$14.95 AUD
Category: Mathematics
Sutton guides the reader through the once treasured principles of ruler and compass constructions, used for centuries by architects, carpenters, stonemasons and master craftsmen. Instruction is given on how to draw heptograms, heptakaidecagons, circles inside triangles and many more artistic geometric s ...Show more
The Mathematics of Everyday Life by Alfred S. Posamentier; Christian Spreitzer
$44.99 AUD
Category: Mathematics
If you think of mathematics as a series of pointless classroom exercises without much relevance to real life, this book will change your mind. As the authors show, math is deeply embedded in almost every aspect of daily life--from managing your personal finances, making consumer purchases, and sharpenin ...Show more
The Mathematics of Secrets - Cryptography from Caesar Ciphers to Digital Encryption by Joshua Holden
$44.99 AUD
Category: Mathematics
The Mathematics of Secrets takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematics behind cryptography--the science of sending secret messages. Using a wide range of historical anecdotes and real-world examples, Joshua Holden shows how mathematical principles underpin the ways that different codes and ci ...Show more
The Story of Mathematics in 24 Equations by Dana Mackenzie
$29.99 AUD
Category: Mathematics
The progress of humanity has often rested on proof, a law or a simple equation . It is literally a language without words, yet one that crosses cultures and spans centuries. Equations are the lifeblood of modern science and mathematics. Yet outside the realm s of science and mathematics the rest of the ...Show more