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The Joy of Pi
by David Blatner
Available on: Audio Download ($14.35)
No number has captured the attention and imagination of people throughout the ages as much as...
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Super Crunchers
by Ian Ayres
Available on: Audio Download ($26.60) | Audio CD
Economist Ian Ayres has spent the better part of his career examining the power in numbers. Decisions used to be made by traditional experts based on experience, intuition, and trial and error.
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory
by George Musser
Available on: Audio Download ($19.95) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
We’re living in the midst of a scientific revolution that’s captured the general public’s attention and imagination.
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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
by Sylvia Nasar
Available on: Audio Download ($15.95) | Audio CD
In this dramatic and moving biography, Sylvia Nasar recreates the life of a mathematical genius whose brilliant career was cut short by schizophrenia…
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Measuring the World
by Daniel Kehlmann
Available on: Audio Download ($20.96)
The young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann conjures a brilliant and gently comic novel from the lives of two geniuses of the Enlightenment.
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The Mystery of the Aleph
by Amir Aczel
Available on: Audio Download ($16.57)
Toward the end of the 19th century, one of the most brilliant mathematicians in history languished in an asylum...
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The Riddle of the Compass
by Amir Aczel
Available on: Audio Download ($16.57)
The secrets of science meet the drama of the high seas. Amir D. Aczel, the distinguished science writer, turns detective as he uncovers the fascinating story...
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The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
by Robert Kanigal
Available on: Audio Download ($27.95) | Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
In 1913, a young, unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging that pre-eminent English mathematician’s opinion on several ideas he had about numbers.
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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow
Available on: Audio Download ($23.99) | Audio CD
In this irreverent and illuminating audiobook, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, chance, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback.
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The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It
by Scott Patterson
Available on: Audio Download ($21.28) | Audio CD
In March 2006, the world's richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with -million-dollar stakes. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, who managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT.
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