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  • Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know Brain Shot

    par John D. Barrow ...
    'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.' John von NeumannMathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining Brain Shot answers a few essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Mathletics

    par John D. Barrow ...
    * How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without running any faster?* Why do high-jumpers use the Fosbury Flop?* What's the best strategy for taking penalties in football?* What statistical advantage do left-handed boxers have over their right-handed opponents?* And did you know that gymnasts can experience stronger g-forces than roller-coaster designers are allowed to cr... ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know

    par John D. Barrow ...
    'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.' John von NeumannMathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining Brain Shot answers a few essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • 1 + 1 non fa (sempre) 2

    Una lezione di matematica

    par John D. Barrow ...
    Collections series Intersezioni
    Tutti i sistemi di numerazione del mondo, insieme a molte altre straordinarie costruzioni scientifiche e tecniche, poggiano su quello che comincia addizionando uno a uno. 1+1 = 2, che cosa c'è di più semplice? Si tratta della prima formula che tutti incontriamo a scuola, ma anche del primo paradosso della mente: quanto fa una pera più una mela? A che cosa è uguale? In una carrellata fantastica, ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Book of Universes

    par John D. Barrow ...
    This is a book about universes. It tells a story that revolves around a single extraordinary fact: that Albert Einstein's famous theory of relativity describes a series of entire universes. Not many solutions to Einstein's tantalising universe equations have ever been found, but those that have are all remarkable. Some describe universes that expand in size, while others contract. Some rotate like ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport

    par John D. Barrow ...
    What can maths tell us about sports?100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport sheds light on the mysteries of running, jumping, swimming and points scoring across the whole sporting spectrum. Whether you are a competitor striving to go faster or higher, or an armchair enthusiast wanting to understand more, this is a fascinating read with one hundred short pieces that range ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Infinite Book

    A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

    par John D. Barrow ...
    ‘A delight. Popular science doesn’t come much better than this’ IndependentEverything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever had. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Can you do an infinite number of things in a ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Constants Of Nature

    par John D. Barrow ...
    The constants of nature are the numbers that define the essence of the Universe. They tell us how strong its forces are, and what its fundamental laws can do: the strength of gravity, of magnetism, the speed of light, and the masses of the smallest particles of matter. They encode the deepest secrets of the Universe and express at once our greatest knowledge and our greatest ignorance about the ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Origin Of The Universe

    Science Masters Series

    par John D Barrow ...
    There is no more profound, enduring or fascinating question in all of science than that of how time, space, and matter began. Now John Barrow, who has been at the cutting edge of research in this area and has written extensively about it, guides us on a journey to the beginning of time, into a world of temperatures and densities so high that we cannot recreate them in a laboratory. With new ... En savoir plus

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Philosophy of Cosmology

    Modifié par Khalil Chamcham, Joseph Silk, John D. Barrow, Simon Saunders ...
    Following a long-term international collaboration between leaders in cosmology and the philosophy of science, this volume addresses foundational questions at the limit of science across these disciplines, questions raised by observational and theoretical progress in modern cosmology. Space missions have mapped the Universe up to its early instants, opening up questions on what came before the Big ... En savoir plus

    $80.99 CAD

  • Cosmic Imagery

    Key Images in the History of Science

    par John D. Barrow ...
    * Certain key images embody our understanding of life and the universe we inhabit. Some, like Robert Hooke's first microscopic views of the natural world, or the stunning images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, were made possible by our new technical capabilities.* Others, like the first graph, were breathtakingly simple but perennially useful. Vesalius's haunting pictures of the human anatomy ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Maths and the Arts

    par John D. Barrow ...
    What can maths tell us about art and design?Professor John D. Barrow has all the answers. In 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Maths and the Arts, he shows us that mathematics and the arts are not so far removed from each other. He takes us on a 100-step tour, guiding us through art forms as various as sculpture, literature, architecture and dance, and reveals what maths ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD