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The Joy of Pi
by David Blatner
Price: Audio Download ($15.05)
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
Price: Audio Download ($26.67) | 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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Measuring the World
by Daniel Kehlmann
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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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A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
by Sylvia Nasar
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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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A Beautiful Mind
by Sylvia Nasar
Price: Audio Download | Audio CD ($128.00) | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages? the visitor from Harvard asked...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory
by George Musser
Price: Audio Download | Audio CD ($26.96) | 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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Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up
by John Allen Paulos
Price: Audio Download | Audio CD ($22.49) | MP3 CD ($17.99)
Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? Mathematician and best-selling author John Allen Paulos thinks not.
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Super Crunchers
by Ian Ayres
Price: Audio Download | Audio CD ($29.95)
Why would a casino try and stop you from losing? How can a mathematical formula find your future spouse? Would you know if a statistical analysis blackballed you from a job you wanted?
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The Numerati
by Stephen Baker
Price: Audio Download | Audio CD ($26.96) | Audio Cassette ($44.95) | MP3 CD
Every day, we produce loads of data about ourselves just by living in the modern world. Now, a group of mathematicians is sifting through this data to profile us and manipulate our behavior without our even realizing it.
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