Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  
  Unlimited access to eBooks
  
  Unlimited access to audiobooks
  
  No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  . No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Get 1 credit every month for the audiobook of your choice

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions

Unlimited access to eBooks

Unlimited access to audiobooks

No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
. No commitment, cancel anytime at kobo.com/account/subscriptions.

Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Skip side bar filters

Clean Design

Wellness for your Lifestyle

by Robin Wilson ...

Designer Robin Wilson shares tips and tricks to detoxify and beautify your interior spaces and to help you create a more stylish and healthy home.Author Robin Wilson, plagued by allergies and asthma since infancy, has become an expert in Clean Design—creating allergen-reduced home environments that comfort and protect families. Using Wilson’s four principles of design—sustainable, reusable, ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Designer Robin Wilson shares tips and tricks to detoxify and beautify your interior spaces and to help you create a more stylish and healthy home.Author Robin Wilson, plagued by allergies and asthma since infancy, has become an expert in Clean Design—creating allergen-reduced home environments that comfort and protect families. Using Wilson’s four principles of design—sustainable, reusable,
... Read more
The Heart of Homestay

Creating Meaningful Connections When Hosting International Students

by Jennifer Robin Wilson ...

Open yourself up to the homestay experience and bring the world to your family.Every year, thousands of students from around the world come to Canada, Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. for an immersive, educational experience. Helping them to get the most of their overseas adventure are the homestay families who open their hearts and homes to these students. But beyond the usual tips on meal ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Also available as: Audiobook

Open yourself up to the homestay experience and bring the world to your family.Every year, thousands of students from around the world come to Canada, Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. for an immersive, educational experience. Helping them to get the most of their overseas adventure are the homestay families who open their hearts and homes to these students. But beyond the usual tips on meal
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Combing Cotton

Transform Your Ancestry into Your Competitive Advantage

by Robin Wilson ...

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. ... Read more

$23.19 CAD

PRE-ORDER

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
... Read more
Four Colors Suffice

How the Map Problem Was Solved - Revised Color Edition

by Robin Wilson ...

Series series Princeton Science Library
On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history--one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for more than a century. This is the amazing story of how the "map problem" was solved.The problem posed in the letter came from a former student: What is the least possible number of ... Read more

$35.19 CAD

On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history--one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for more than a century. This is the amazing story of how the "map problem" was solved.The problem posed in the letter came from a former student: What is the least possible number of
... Read more
Sum Stories

Equations and Their Origins

by Robin Wilson ...

Can one prove that 1 + 1 = 2? How long is the coastline of Britain? Which US president proved Pythagoras' theorem on right-angled triangles? Who originated the quadratic equation we learned at school? In how many ways can you tile your bathroom? Is there a formula for prime numbers? How often are two winning lottery numbers consecutive? Who was the witch of Agnesi? What is 'the most important ... Read more

$26.79 CAD

Also available as: Audiobook

Can one prove that 1 + 1 = 2? How long is the coastline of Britain? Which US president proved Pythagoras' theorem on right-angled triangles? Who originated the quadratic equation we learned at school? In how many ways can you tile your bathroom? Is there a formula for prime numbers? How often are two winning lottery numbers consecutive? Who was the witch of Agnesi? What is 'the most important
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Lewis Carroll in Numberland

His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life

by Robin Wilson ...

Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician.Now his forgotten achievements in the world of numbers are brought to light by acclaimed author and mathematician Robin Wilson. Here he explores the curious imagination of a man whose pioneering work at Oxford University ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician.Now his forgotten achievements in the world of numbers are brought to light by acclaimed author and mathematician Robin Wilson. Here he explores the curious imagination of a man whose pioneering work at Oxford University
... Read more
Euler's Pioneering Equation

The most beautiful theorem in mathematics

by Robin Wilson ...

In 1988 The Mathematical Intelligencer, a quarterly mathematics journal, carried out a poll to find the most beautiful theorem in mathematics. Twenty-four theorems were listed and readers were invited to award each a 'score for beauty'. While there were many worthy competitors, the winner was 'Euler's equation'. In 2004 Physics World carried out a similar poll of 'greatest equations', and found ... Read more

$11.89 CAD

In 1988 The Mathematical Intelligencer, a quarterly mathematics journal, carried out a poll to find the most beautiful theorem in mathematics. Twenty-four theorems were listed and readers were invited to award each a 'score for beauty'. While there were many worthy competitors, the winner was 'Euler's equation'. In 2004 Physics World carried out a similar poll of 'greatest equations', and found
... Read more
Number Theory

A Very Short Introduction

by Robin Wilson ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Number theory is the branch of mathematics that is primarily concerned with the counting numbers. Of particular importance are the prime numbers, the 'building blocks' of our number system. The subject is an old one, dating back over two millennia to the ancient Greeks, and for many years has been studied for its intrinsic beauty and elegance, not least because several of its challenges are so ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Also available as: Audiobook

Number theory is the branch of mathematics that is primarily concerned with the counting numbers. Of particular importance are the prime numbers, the 'building blocks' of our number system. The subject is an old one, dating back over two millennia to the ancient Greeks, and for many years has been studied for its intrinsic beauty and elegance, not least because several of its challenges are so
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Cari and Cairo’s Hunt for the Impundulu Bird

by Robin Wilson ...

Fraternal twins, Cari, and Cairo, join their father Calvin on a birdwatching adventure to Snake Mountain. They enjoy being in the wild outdoors as Cari wonders if she will get to see the bird of her dreams. ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

Fraternal twins, Cari, and Cairo, join their father Calvin on a birdwatching adventure to Snake Mountain. They enjoy being in the wild outdoors as Cari wonders if she will get to see the bird of her dreams.
... Read more
Combinatorics

A Very Short Introduction

by Robin Wilson ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
How many possible sudoku puzzles are there? In the lottery, what is the chance that two winning balls have consecutive numbers? Who invented Pascal's triangle? (it was not Pascal) Combinatorics, the branch of mathematics concerned with selecting, arranging, and listing or counting collections of objects, works to answer all these questions. Dating back some 3000 years, and initially consisting ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

How many possible sudoku puzzles are there? In the lottery, what is the chance that two winning balls have consecutive numbers? Who invented Pascal's triangle? (it was not Pascal) Combinatorics, the branch of mathematics concerned with selecting, arranging, and listing or counting collections of objects, works to answer all these questions. Dating back some 3000 years, and initially consisting
... Read more
Combinatorics

A Very Short Introduction

by Robin Wilson ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
How many possible sudoku puzzles are there? In the lottery, what is the chance that two winning balls have consecutive numbers? Who invented Pascal's triangle? (it was not Pascal) Combinatorics, the branch of mathematics concerned with selecting, arranging, and listing or counting collections of objects, works to answer all these questions. Dating back some 3000 years, and initially consisting ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

How many possible sudoku puzzles are there? In the lottery, what is the chance that two winning balls have consecutive numbers? Who invented Pascal's triangle? (it was not Pascal) Combinatorics, the branch of mathematics concerned with selecting, arranging, and listing or counting collections of objects, works to answer all these questions. Dating back some 3000 years, and initially consisting
... Read more
Isaac Newton

Remarkable Lives

by Robin Wilson, Raymond Flood ...

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), mathematician and physicist, is one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time. This fully illustrated, accessible guide to the life and work of Isaac Newton is the perfect introduction to his groundbreaking work on gravity, motion, optics, light, colour and calculus. It also considers his lesser known research into chemistry, theology and alchemy while ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), mathematician and physicist, is one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time. This fully illustrated, accessible guide to the life and work of Isaac Newton is the perfect introduction to his groundbreaking work on gravity, motion, optics, light, colour and calculus. It also considers his lesser known research into chemistry, theology and alchemy while
... Read more

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Very Short Introductions

Best American

Princeton Science Library

Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications

Studies in American Constitutional Heritage

Engineering (R0)

Collins Cambridge IGCSE™

Clean Design

The Heart of Homestay

Combing Cotton

Four Colors Suffice

Sum Stories

Lewis Carroll in Numberland

Euler's Pioneering Equation

Number Theory

Cari and Cairo’s Hunt for the Impundulu Bird

Combinatorics

Combinatorics

Isaac Newton

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

Top Series in Canada

Very Short Introductions

Best American

Princeton Science Library

Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications

Studies in American Constitutional Heritage

Engineering (R0)

Collins Cambridge IGCSE™

Show: