John D. Barrow
“Where else does math become a romp, full of entertaining tricks and turns?”—Bryce Christensen, BooklistMore
Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff
“I am hard pressed to think of another book that can match the combination of practical insights and reading enjoyment.”—Steven LevittMore
Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird
“A profusely illustrated, bemusingly unorthodox introduction to math.”—BooklistMore
Martin Gardner
No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium from America's best-loved mathematical expert.More
Martin Gardner, Dana Richards
Finally collected in one volume, Martin Gardner's immensely popular short puzzles; along with a few new ones from the master.More
Darrell Huff, Carolyn R. Kinsey
An all-in-one compendium of easy techniques for all kinds of calculations, from personal finance to home improvement.More
H. M. Schey
Fourth Edition
This new fourth edition of the acclaimed and bestselling Div, Grad, Curl, and All That has been carefully revised and now includes updated notations and seven new example exercises.More
Dennis E. Shasha
"Dennis Shasha is the absolute best puzzle writer alive."—David Gelernter, professor of computer science, Yale UniversityMore
Jane Gleeson-White
“A timely, topical, readable, and thought-provoking look at the history and legacy of double-entry bookkeeping.”—Elif Batuman, author of The PossessedMore
David Foster Wallace
The best-selling author of Infinite Jest on the two-thousand-year-old quest to understand infinity.
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David Foster Wallace, Neal Stephenson
"A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite."—The New York Times. With a new introduction by Neal Stephenson.More
Robert P. Crease
“Any reader who aspires to be scientifically literate will find this a good starting place.”—Publishers WeeklyMore
Darrell Huff, Irving Geis
Darrell Huff runs the gamut of every popularly used type of statistic,
probes such things as the sample study, the tabulation method, the
interview technique, or the way results are derived from the figures,
and points up the countless number of dodges which are used to fool
rather than to inform.More
Deborah J. Bennett
"The best introduction to logic you will find."—Martin GardnerMore
Malba Tahan, Leslie Clark, Alastair Reid, Et Al.
A collection of famous mathematical puzzles, taken from a popular newspaper column, features the "writings" of the fictional author, Malba Tahan, who describes different mathematical puzzles and solutions applied to real situations.More