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  • Stochastic Communities

    A Mathematical Theory of Biodiversity

    by A. K. Dewdney ...
    Stochastic Communities presents a theory of biodiversity by analyzing the distribution of abundances among species in the context of a community. The basis of this theory is a distribution called the "J distribution." This distribution is a pure hyperbola and mathematically implied by the "stochastic species hypothesis" assigning equal probabilities of birth and death within the population of each ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

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  • Weapons of Math Destruction

    How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

    by Cathy O'Neil ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models that threaten to rip apart our social fabric—with a new afterword“A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.”—Financial TimesNATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Boston Glo... ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • A Devil's Chaplain

    Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love

    by Richard Dawkins ...
    Essays on morality, mortality, and much more from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion.This early collection of essays from renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is an enthusiastic declaration, a testament to the power of rigorous scientific examination to reveal the wonders of the world.In these essays, Dawkins revisits the meme, the unit of ... Read more

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  • Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe

    by Roger Penrose ...
    Nobel Prize–winning physicist Roger Penrose questions some of the most fashionable ideas in physics today, including string theoryWhat can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact, acclaimed physicist and ... Read more

    $23.09 CAD

  • Symmetry

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Ian Stewart ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In the 1800s mathematicians introduced a formal theory of symmetry: group theory. Now a branch of abstract algebra, this subject first arose in the theory of equations. Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences, and its applications range across the entire subject. Symmetry governs the structure of crystals, innumerable types of pattern formation, how ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Number-Crunching

    Taming Unruly Computational Problems from Mathematical Physics to Science Fiction

    by Paul J. Nahin ...
    More stimulating mathematics puzzles from bestselling author Paul NahinHow do technicians repair broken communications cables at the bottom of the ocean without actually seeing them? What's the likelihood of plucking a needle out of a haystack the size of the Earth? And is it possible to use computers to create a universal library of everything ever written or every photo ever taken? These are ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution

    by John N. Thompson ...
    Series series Interspecific Interactions
    Coevolution—reciprocal evolutionary change in interacting species driven by natural selection—is one of the most important ecological and genetic processes organizing the earth's biodiversity: most plants and animals require coevolved interactions with other species to survive and reproduce. The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution analyzes how the biology of species provides the raw material for long ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Heaven on Earth: The Intersection of Science and Religion

    by R. D. Hood ...
    Science is a religion based on trust in the scientific method and is slowly fusing with and assimilating almost all traditional religions. Not only does science meet the primary definitions of religion in many dictionaries it also fills the same functional role of religion. Science and traditional religions share the same genetic base that was created by natural selection. This religion of science ... Read more

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  • Creating Symmetry

    The Artful Mathematics of Wallpaper Patterns

    by Frank A. Farris ...
    A step-by-step illustrated introduction to the astounding mathematics of symmetryThis lavishly illustrated book provides a hands-on, step-by-step introduction to the intriguing mathematics of symmetry. Instead of breaking up patterns into blocks—a sort of potato-stamp method—Frank Farris offers a completely new waveform approach that enables you to create an endless variety of rosettes, friezes, ... Read more

    $38.49 CAD

  • The Hunt for FOXP5

    A Genomic Mystery Novel

    by Wallace Kaufman, David Deamer ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight year old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant.As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown into the middle of a quickly thickening plot, where the legacy of Genghis Khan meets the hunt for FOXP5, a genetic ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

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  • Counting

    by Eng Guan Tay, Khee-meng Koh ...
    This book is a useful, attractive introduction to basic counting techniques for upper secondary and junior college students, as well as teachers. Younger students and lay people who appreciate mathematics, not to mention avid puzzle solvers, will also find the book interesting. The various problems and applications here are good for building up proficiency in counting. They are also useful for ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Elliptic Boundary Value Problems of Second Order in Piecewise Smooth Domains

    by Michail Borsuk, Vladimir Kondratiev ...
    Series Book 69 - North-Holland Mathematical Library
    The book contains a systematic treatment of the qualitative theory of elliptic boundary value problems for linear and quasilinear second order equations in non-smooth domains. The authors concentrate on the following fundamental results: sharp estimates for strong and weak solutions, solvability of the boundary value problems, regularity assertions for solutions near singular points.Key features:* ... Read more

    $211.99 CAD