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  • CHART
    NADIEH BREMER
    CHART is a guide to unleashing creativity in data visualization. It takes you on a journey along the spectrum from an ordinary chart to data art, packed with ways to bring more creativity into any visualization. It will help to make your visuals more compelling and memorable, long after the numbers have been crunched. Drawing from over a decade of experience, the author shares ...

    $1,040.00

  • THE SECRET WORLD OF FLEXAGONS
    SCOTT SHERMAN / YOSSI ELRAN / ANN SCHWARTZ
    The hexaflexagon is a folded paper strip of colored triangles that has long delighted people with how it “magically” changes its appearance when “flexed”. This hands-on, comprehensive book goes beyond the hexaflexagon, the standard version of this folded puzzle, exponentially expanding the barely explored field of flexagons as it brings new options and fresh insights to light. ...

    $660.00

  • A MATHEMATICAL TOUR
    DENIS BELL / CHRIS BERNHARDT
    A Mathematical Tour introduces readers to a selection of mathematical topics chosen for their centrality, importance, historical significance, and intrinsic appeal and beauty. The book is written to be accessible and interesting to readers with a good grounding in high school level mathematics and a keen sense of intellectual curiosity. Each chapter includes a short history of ...

    $1,260.00

  • MATHEMATICAL MEDITATIONS
    SNEZANA LAWRENCE
    Mathematical Meditations identifies, explores, and celebrates those aspects of mathematics that are good for you and your overall wellbeing. It is necessary for everyone to have a little time to think every so often: to contemplate, meditate, and try to understand where you are and what is going on around you. Mathematics can help you with all of that. The Meditations in this b...

    $540.00

  • THE FOUR CORNERS OF MATHEMATICS
    THOMAS WATERS
    The Four Corners of Mathematics: A Brief History, from Pythagoras to Perelman describes the historical development of the ‘big ideas’ in mathematics in an accessible and intuitive manner. In delivering this bird's-eye view of the history of mathematics, the author uses engaging diagrams and images to communicate complex concepts while also exploring the details of the main resu...

    $580.00

  • A STITCH IN LINE
    KATHERINE SEATON
    A Stitch in Line: Mathematics and One-Stitch Sashiko provides readers with instructions for creating hitomezashi items with minimum outlay. The reader is guided through the practical steps involved in creating each design, and then the mathematics which underpins it is explained in a friendly, accessible way. This is a fantastic book for anyone who is interested in recreational...

    $660.00

  • INTERMEDIATE POKER MATHEMATICS
    MARK BOLLMAN
    Intermediate Poker Mathematics provides a fascinating collection of mathematical questions set in the diverse world of poker. While it is absolutely possible that a poker player will glean some insight that will improve their skill at the table, this book is not intended primarily as a players’ strategy manual, but rather as a means of building up readers understanding of the m...

    $1,320.00

  • PUZZLE AND PROOF
    SAMUEL DITTMER / HIRAM GOLZE / GRANT MOLNAR / CALEB STANFORD
    Puzzle and Proof: A Decade of Problems from the Utah Math Olympiad is a compilation of the problems and solutions for the first 10 years of the Utah Math Olympiad. The problems are challenging but should be understandable at a high school level. Besides putting all problems in one place (70 in total), which have not previously appeared in print, the book provides additional ins...

    $920.00

  • NUMBER THEORY FOR THE MILLENNIUM II
    Building on the tradition of an outstanding series of conferences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the organizers attracted an international group of scholars to open the new Millennium with a conference that reviewed the current state of number theory research and pointed to future directions in the field. The conference was the largest general number theory ...

    $1,540.00

  • MATHEMATICS OF TABLETOP GAMES
    AARON MONTGOMERY
    Mathematics of Tabletop Games provides a bridge between mathematics and hobby tabletop gaming. Instead of focusing on games mathematicians play, such as nim and chomp, this book starts with the tabletop games played by avid gamers and hopes to address the question: which field of mathematics concerns itself with this situation? Readers interested in either mathematics or tablet...

    $700.00

  • PARABOLIC PROBLEMS
    DAVID ANGELL / THOMAS BRITZ
    Parabola is a mathematics magazine published by UNSW, Sydney. Among other things, each issue of Parabola has contained a collection of puzzles/problems, on various mathematical topics and at a suitable level for younger (but mathematically sophisticated) readers. Parabolic Problems: 60 Years of Mathematical Puzzles in Parabola collects the very best of almost 1800 problems and ...

    $820.00

  • MATHEMATICAL PUZZLES
    PETER WINKLER
    Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. Mathematical Puzzles makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem. This Revised Edit...

    $780.00

  • DATA VISUALIZATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
    NANCY ORGAN
    This enhanced version includes audio content to provide a greater understanding of the text. When it comes to visualizing data, sight isn’t our only sense —we can hear and touch, too—which means that there are other senses that we can use to understand data without seeing a single thing. This version consists of eight audio files by the author to better understand how data can ...

    $699.00

  • PLAYING WITH INFINITY
    HANS ZANTEMA
    This is a book about infinity — specifically the infinity of numbers, and how one kind of infinity is greater than all the rest. Along the way the author will demonstrate how infinity can be made to create beautiful ‘art’, and how this process can help us to understand the fundamental nature of numbers. This book will provide a fascinating read for anyone interested in number t...

    $920.00

  • GAME DESIGN WORKSHOP
    TRACY FULLERTON
    “Create the digital games you love to play.” Discover an exercise-driven, non-technical approach to game design without the need for programming or artistic experience with Game Design Workshop, Fifth Edition. Tracy Fullerton demystifies the creative process with clear and accessible guidance on the formal, dramatic, and dynamic systems of game design. Using examples of classic...

    $1,460.00

  • MATHEMATICIANS PLAYING GAMES
    JON-LARK KIM
    Mathematicians Playing Games explores a wide variety of popular mathematical games, including their historical beginnings and the mathematical theories that underpin them. Its academic level is suitable for high school students and higher, but people of any age or level will find something to entertain them, and something new to learn. It would be a fantastic resource for high ...

    $700.00

  • MIRACLES, MYSTICS, MATHEMATICIANS
    SASHO KALAJDZIEVSKI
    Miracles, Mystics, Mathematicians: Searching for Deep Reality focuses on the lives and writings of some of history’s most influential mathematicians and the impact that their mystical beliefs had on their lives and on their mathematical work. Modern biographers often cleanse the lives of renowned scientists of any hint of mysticism or occultism. Such threads are sometimes regar...

    $1,380.00

  • DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR ORIGAMI TESSELLATIONS
    YOHEI YAMAMOTO / JUN MITANI
    Design Techniques for Origami Tessellations is both a collection of origami tessellations and a manual to design them. This book begins by explaining general design methods, the history and definitions of origami tessellations, and the geometric features of flat origami, before moving on to introduce a brand-new design method: the "twist-based design method." This method genera...

    $700.00

  • THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BLENDER GRAPHICS
    JOHN M. BLAIN
    BlenderTM is a free Open-Source 3D Computer Modeling and Animation Suite incorporating Character Rigging, Particles, Real World Physics Simulation, Sculpting, Video Editing with Motion Tracking and 2D Animation within the 3D Environment. Blender is FREE to download and use by anyone for anything. The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling and Animation, Eighth Ed...

    $1,560.00

  • THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BLENDER GRAPHICS
    JOHN M. BLAIN
    BlenderTM is a free Open-Source 3D Computer Modeling and Animation Suite incorporating Character Rigging, Particles, Real World Physics Simulation, Sculpting, Video Editing with Motion Tracking and 2D Animation within the 3D Environment. Blender is FREE to download and use by anyone for anything. The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling and Animation, Eighth Ed...

    $1,560.00

  • LATERAL SOLUTIONS TO MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS
    DESMOND MACHALE
    Lateral Solutions to Mathematical Problems offers a fresh approach to mathematical problem solving via lateral thinking. Lateral thinking has long been used informally by good mathematics teachers and lecturers to spice up their material and interest their students in the more artistic aspects of mathematical problem solving. In this book, the author attempts to carry out this ...

    $820.00

  • BASIC GAMBLING MATHEMATICS
    MARK BOLLMAN
    Basic Gambling Mathematics: The Numbers Behind the Neon, Second Edition explains the mathematics involved in analyzing games of chance, including casino games, horse racing and other sports, and lotteries. The book helps readers understand the mathematical reasons why some gambling games are better for the player than others. It is also suitable as a textbook for an introductor...

    $1,480.00

  • PERSONAL ROBOTICS
    RICHARD RAUCCI
    Many companies are now offering robots that are geared to the casual electronics hobbyist, both in kit form and as fully assembled models. This book gives an overview of available robot products, ranging from the simple to the complex. Interested readers will be able to find the robot kit that matches their skill level and pocketbook. Beginners may want to try a robot that is a...

    $1,040.00

  • MATHEMATICAL CONUNDRUMS
    BARRY R. CLARKE
    Want to sharpen your mathematical wits? If so, then Mathematical Conundrums is for you. Daily Telegraph enigmatologist, Barry R. Clarke, presents over 120 fiendish problems that will test both your ingenuity and persistence. Between these covers are puzzles in geometry, arithmetic, and algebra (there is even a section for computer programmers). And, for the smartest readers who...

    $700.00

  • FREE RESOLUTIONS IN COMMUTATIVE ALGEBRA AND ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY
    DAVID EISENBUD
    The selected contributions in this volume originated at the Sundance conference, which was devoted to discussions of current work in the area of free resolutions. The papers include new research, not otherwise published, and expositions that develop current problems likely to influence future developments in the field. ...

    $1,800.00

  • THE BASEBALL MYSTERIES
    JERRY BUTTERS / JIM HENLE
    The Baseball Mysteries: Challenging Puzzles for Logical Detectives is a book of baseball puzzles, logical baseball puzzles. To jump in, all you need is logic and a casual fan’s knowledge of the game. The puzzles are solved by reasoning from the rules of the game and a few facts. The logic in the puzzles is like legal reasoning. A solution must argue from evidence (the facts) an...

    $700.00

  • NUMBER THEORY FOR THE MILLENNIUM III
    Building on the tradition of an outstanding series of conferences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the organizers attracted an international group of scholars to open the new Millennium with a conference that reviewed the current state of number theory research and pointed to future directions in the field. The conference was the largest general number theory ...

    $1,600.00

  • MATHEMATICAL PUZZLE TALES FROM MOUNT OLYMPUS
    ANDY LIU
    Mathematical Puzzle Tales from Mount Olympus uses fascinating tales from Greek Mythology as the background for introducing mathematics puzzles to the general public. A background in high school mathematics will be ample preparation for using this book, and it should appeal to anyone who enjoys puzzles and recreational mathematics. Features: Combines the arts and science, and em...

    $560.00

  • JOYFUL INFOGRAPHICS
    NIGEL HOLMES
    In Joyful Infographics: A Friendly, Human Approach to Data, one of the leading graphic designers of recent times shows how a judicious use of humor can make infographics more understandable. Written in non-academic, easy-to-understand language, and with historical and contemporary visual examples presented throughout, this small book provides a short history of light-hearted gr...

    $680.00

  • BUILDING SCIENCE GRAPHICS
    JEN CHRISTIANSEN
    Building Science Graphics: An illustrated guide to communicating science through diagrams and visualizations is a practical guide for anyone—regardless of previous design experience and preferred drawing tools—interested in creating science-centric illustrated explanatory diagrams. Starting with a clear introduction to the concept of information graphics and their role in conte...

    $1,120.00