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1	Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number more books like this by Mario Livio The first book for the layperson on a mathematical relationship that has obsessed mathematicians, philosophers, scientists, and artists since ancient Greece--an omnipresent number considered to be "divine." see all copies from $4.90! new only from $8.59! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea more books like this by Charles Seife Born in Babylonia, the Zero has donned many different hats--accountant, god, devil, infinity--and has elicited as many different responses from people across the ages. Seife's scientific yet accessible text explores the biography of this enigmatic number. Winner of the 2001 PEN Award for First Non-Fiction. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $8.34! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Princeton Review Cracking the SAT more books like this by Adam Robinson, John Katzman, Princeton Review The Princeton Review recognizes that acing the SAT is very different from earning straight AUs in school, and this guide addresses only the techniques and information needed to maximize test scores. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	How to Prepare for the SAT more books like this by Sharon Weiner Green, Ira K Wolf, PH.D. This brand-new edition of Barron's SAT test preparation manual presents one diagnostic test and six full-length practice SAT's, all of which reflect the new SAT in length, question types, and degree of difficulty. Students can purchase the book with an optional CD-ROM that reproduces all of the manual's tests so that they can be taken and scored ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00!
5	Nature of Mathematics more books like this by Karl J Smith Experience mathematics and hone your problem-solving skills with THE NATURE OF MATHEMATICS and its accompanying online learning tools. The author introduces you to Polya's problem-solving techniques and then shows you how to use these techniques to solve unfamiliar problems. You'll also find coverage of historical topics, and exercise sets that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.01! \| first editions \| SVS
6	A history of mathematics more books like this by Carl B Boyer "Boyer and Merzbach distill thousands of years of mathematics into this fascinating chronicle. From the Greeks to Godel, the mathematics is brilliant; the cast of characters is distinguished; the ebb and flow of ideas is everywhere evident. And, while tracing the development of European mathematics, the authors do not overlook the contributions of ... see all copies from $4.25! new only from $17.39! \| first editions \| SVS
7	God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History more books like this by Stephen Hawking (Editor) Bestselling author and physicist Stephen Hawking explores the "masterpieces" of mathematics God Created the Integers is an extensive anthology which allows the reader to peer into the mind of genius by providing them with excerpts from original mathematical proofs and results. It also helps them understand the progression of mathematical thought, ... see all copies from $3.80! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics more books like this by Michael Guillen, PH.D. This text explores the mathematical origins of the five most important scientific achievements, that have permanently altered our everyday lives. The book enables easy comprehension of the meaning of the equations, without having to settle for a non-mathematical translation. The private and public lives of the scientists who discovered them are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace more books like this by Leonard Mlodinow Through "Euclid's Window" Leonard Mlodinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace. Here is an altogether new, refreshing, alternative history of math revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space -- in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.64! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Mathematics: Its Power and Utility more books like this by Karl J Smith This text explores the power of mathematics and shows how mathematics has revolutionized the world. The main theme throughout this book is problem solving. In the first part of the book, "The Power of Mathematics," Smith begins by discussing math anxiety and how to formulate the problem. Students develop confidence and then learn problem solving ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.92! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash more books like this by Sylvia Nasar How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?" the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. "Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did," came the answer. "So I took them seriously." Thus begins ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Men of Mathematics more books like this by Eric Temple Bell Here is the classic, much-read introduction to the craft and history of mathematics by E.T. Bell, a leading figure in mathematics in America for half a century. "Men of Mathematics" accessibly explains the major mathematics, from the geometry of the Greeks through Newton's calculus and on to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $6.65! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Joy of Pi more books like this by David Blatner No number has captured the attention and imagination of number fanatics and nerds throughout the ages as much as "pi"--the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius. "The Joy of Pi" offers a rare treat for those number fetishists, telling the story of pi and man's fascination with it, from Archimedes to da Vinci to the modern-day Chudnovsky ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $4.00! \| SVS
14 view cover	A Beautiful Mind more books like this by Sylvia Nasar In this dramatic and moving biography, Sylvia Nasar re-creates the life of a mathematical genius whose brilliant career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with a Nobel Prize. "A Beautiful Mind" traces the meteoric rise of John Forbes Nash, Jr., from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book Is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity's Greatest Scientist more books like this by Reviel Netz, William Noel At a Christie's auction in October 1998, a battered medieval manuscript sold for two million dollars to an anonymous bidder, who then turned it over to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore for further study. The manuscript was a palimpsest-a book made from an earlier codex whose script had been scraped off and the pages used again. Behind the ... see all copies from $3.58! new only from $3.58! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Analytic Trigonometry with Applications more books like this by Raymond A Barnett Learning trigonometry concepts can be a difficult and frustrating process. The tenth edition of this successful book helps readers gain a strong understanding of these concepts by discovering how trigonometry is relevant in their lives through rich applications. It follows a right triangle-first approach and is graphing optional. Readers will find ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.58! \| SVS
17 view cover	Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra more books like this by John Derbyshire Written for those who are unencumbered by a fear of formulae, this volume presents a history of algebra that is intellectually satisfying and pleasantly challenging. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.92! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	What is Mathematics? An elementary approach to ideas and methods more books like this by Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately, the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, ... see all copies from $5.65! new only from $13.81! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer more books like this by Georges Ifrah "Monumental [and] dazzling. A wonderful gift."--Kirkus Reviews"Georges Ifrah is the man, and this book, quite simply, rules...It is outstanding ...a mind--boggling and enriching experience."--Guardian (London)"Monumental ...a fascinating journey taking us through many different cultures."--The Times (London)"Ifrah's book amazes and fascinates by ... see all copies from $6.78! new only from $7.16! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking more books like this by Edward B Burger The power and attractiveness of the subject of mathematics is often hidden from students who are in introductory courses. In this new, innovative overview textbook, the authors put special emphasis on the deep ideas of mathematics, and present the subject through lively and entertaining examples, anecdotes, challenges and illustrations, all of ... see all copies from $19.45! new only from $47.34!
21 view cover	Why Beauty Is Truth: A History of Symmetry more books like this by Ian Stewart Leading mathematician and author Ian Stewart explores a concept both simple and complex, both multi-disciplinary and unifying - symmetry. There is no more important concept in the history of mathematics and physics than symmetry. It lies at the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory and much of modern cosmology. In "Why ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.06! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer more books like this by David Leavitt The story of the persecuted genius who helped create the modern computer. To solve one of the great mathematical problems of his day, Alan Turing proposed an imaginary programmable calculating machine. But the idea of actually producing a "Turing machine" did not crystallize until he and his brilliant Bletchley Park colleagues built devices to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century more books like this by David Salsburg At a summer tea party in Cambridge, England, a lady states that tea poured into milk tastes differently than that of milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down by the scientific minds of the group. But one guest, by the name Ronald Aylmer Fisher, proposes to scientifically test the lady's hypothesis. In this book, readers encounter not only ... see all copies from $4.44! new only from $10.23! \| SVS
24 view cover	Alan Turing: The Enigma more books like this by Andrew Hodges Andrew Hodges's biography of Alan Turing, the brilliant Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma code and indeed was the the father of the modern computer, was regarded as 'the paperback buy of the season' (Sunday Times) when it was first published. It is now reissued in Vintage with a new preface. see all copies from $3.49! new only from $18.94! \| first editions
25 view cover	The nothing that is : a natural history of zero more books like this by Robert Kaplan In this text, Robert Kaplan explores the peculiar course that the notion of "nothing" or its mathematical representative, zero, has taken throughout history. Forced into our awareness 4000 years ago by the need to count ever larger multitudes, zero drifted in and out of focus, disappeared for centuries, then swept from the East into the medieval ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.46! \| first editions \| SVS

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