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Ian Stewart, presents a mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. He mingles these with ancient and modern mathematical thought, mathematical jokes, and enquiries into the great...

Ian Stewart explores the astonishing properties of numbers from zero and infinity, marvels at the insights of the ancient mathematicians and shows how numbers evolve throughout time.

Through dozens of interactive puzzles, IQ tests, quizzes, jokes, puns and visual illusions, Ben Ambridge guides us through this wealth of research, showing us how we can better understand ourselves.

Debunking...

All science begins with questions...- Why is the night sky black, even though it's full of stars? - How do pebbles skim on water? - Why doesn't your own snoring wake you up? - And why is the Large Hadron Collider so...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Which mathematician elaborated a crucial concept the night before he died in a duel? Who funded his maths and medical career through gambling and chess? Who learned...

Using everyday news stories and ideas, the author provides insight into making sense of numbers and what they show, covering subjects such as public spending, health, environmental disasters and...

This is a book full of immediate, impactful stories, containing both warnings (such as in the tale of India's vultures, killed off by drugs given to cattle, leading to an epidemic of rabies) but also the positive (...

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of...