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Calculating the Cosmos: How Mathematics Unveils the Universe by Ian Stewart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the earth and the planets to the galaxy and the universe. He describes how galaxies, stars and planets form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it's going to end. He considers parallel universes, fine-tuning of the cosmos, wheth ...Show more
Darwin's Watch (The Science of Discworld #3) by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy | Series: The\Science of Discworld Ser.
Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to ...Show more
Judgement Day (#4 The Science of Discworld) by Terry Pratchett; Ian Stewart; Jack Cohen
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy | Series: The Science of Discworld
The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with The Really Big Questions, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring y ...Show more
Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries by Ian Stewart
$29.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
Like its wildly popular predecessors Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities and Hoard of Mathematical Treasures, Professor Stewart's brand-new book is a miscellany of over 150 mathematical curios and conundrums, packed with trademark humour and numerous illustrations. In addition to the fascinating formul ...Show more
Significant Figures: Lives and Works of Trailblazing Mathematicians by Ian Stewart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Popular Science
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 maths from her wallpaper? Ian Stewart presents the extraordinary lives and amazing discoveries of twenty-five of history's greatest mathema ...Show more
Super Earth (DK) by Ian Stewart
$29.99 AUD
Category: Children's Reference | Series: DK
Discover the remarkable power of the world around us with Super Earth. Take a journey through colourful coral reefs, see the drama of a volcanic eruption and discover castle-like ice caves in this thrilling guide packed with incredible facts and stats. Super Earth reveals the wonders of our world as you ...Show more
The Science of Discworld (#1) by Terry Pratchett; Ian Stewart; Jack Cohen
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy | Series: The Science of Discworld
Not just another science book and not just another Discworld novella, The Science of Discworld is a creative, mind-bending mash-up of fiction and fact, that offers a wizard's-eye view of our world that will forever change how you look at the universe. Can Unseen University's eccentric wizards and orang ...Show more
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