13 Top nonfiction books like The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by D.K. Publishing

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The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

By: D.K. Publishing

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Discover more than 85 of the most important mathematical ideas, theorems, and proofs ever devised, …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by D.K. Publishing , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Poor Richard's Almanack

By: Benjamin Franklin

4.00

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

A collection of Ben Franklin's timeless maxims, rules, and aphorisms. read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
Cover of Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem by Simon Singh

2. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem

By: Simon Singh

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demon… read more

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  • mathematics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
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3. The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 5: Four Swords

By: Akira Himekawa

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda! The Legend of Zel… read more

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4. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

By: Richard Dawkins

3.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

***30th Anniversary Edition*** Cover note: Each copy of the anniversary edition of The Blind Watchm… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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5. Alex's Adventures in Numberland

By: Alex Bellos

3.57

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaki… read more

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  • mathematics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science

6. Linear Algebra Done Right

By: Sheldon Axler

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

This text for a second course in linear algebra is aimed at math majors and graduate students. The … read more

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  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • science

7. The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages

By: Akira Himekawa

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

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8. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

By: Randall Munroe

4.14

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD 'a web comic of romance, … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • education
  • science
"A darkened Sun would liberate us from the parsnip threat."

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

"So Yoda sounds like our best bet as an energy source. But with world electricity consumption pushing 2 terawatts, it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands. All things considered, swi…"

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

"But what about gender and sexual orientation? And culture? And language? We could keep using demographics to try to narrow things down further, but we would be drifting away from the idea of a random…"

-Randall Munroe, What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

9. The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 3: Majora's Mask/A Link to the Past

By: Akira Himekawa

2.83

Format: None pages, Paperback

Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda! The Legend of Zel… read more

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10. In Patagonia

By: Bruce Chatwin , Nicholas Shakespeare

3.67

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

An exhilarating look at a place that still retains the exotic mystery of a far-off, unseen land, Br… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"Albatrosses and penguins are the last birds I'd want to murder."

-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia

"You're saying that man "makes" his territory by naming the "things" in it?"

-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia

"The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory. Pompey Romanov, Emilio Rommel, Crespina D.Z. de Rose, Ladislao Radziwil, and Elizabeta Marta Callman de Rothschild - five names take…"

-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia

"I climbed a path and from the top looked up-stream towards Chile. I could see the river, glinting and sliding through the bone-white cliffs with strips of emerald cultivation either side. Away from t…"

-Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia

11. The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 4: The Minish Cap/Phantom Hourglass

By: Akira Himekawa

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda! The Legend of Zel… read more

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12. The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 1: Ocarina of Time Parts 1 & 2

By: Akira Himekawa

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

A young boy named Link must defeat evil at every turn on his long, perilous quest to find the Trifo… read more

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13. I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

By: Grant Snider

3.74

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A look at the culture and fanaticism of book lovers, from the beloved New York Times illustrator … read more

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  • nonfiction
"A book closed is just a block of paper."

-Grant Snider, I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf

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14. The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

By: Joshua Robinson

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Club is the previously untold inside story of how English soccer’s Premier League became the wi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The rise of the English Premier League is a story about the sports world's wildest gold rush. In the span of twenty-five years, the league's twenty clubs have increased their combined value by 10,000…"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

"I'm not saying that we're Disney, but if you think about it, it's not that dissimilar, Berrada said. We have characters - which are players - that our fans relate to; we put on a show every three or …"

-Joshua Robinson, The Club: How the English Premier League Became the Wildest, Richest, Most Disruptive Force in Sports

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15. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

By: Kevin Kelly

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Kelly's Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier book and D.K. Publishing's The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

  • nonfiction
"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

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16. The Bittlemores

By: Jann Arden

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more

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17. Slothilda: Living the Sloth Life

By: Dante Fabiero

3.73

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Are you a fan of doughnuts, the internet, and naps? Slothilda is your kindred spirit! This colorful… read more

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18. Westport

By: James Comey

4.08

Format: 351 pages, Hardcover

In this follow-up to Central Park West , former FBI director James Comey takes readers into the wor… read more

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19. A Sloth's Guide to Mindfulness

By: Ton Mak

4.18

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated book of mindfulness that will help readers discover the path to a peacefu… read more

Similar categories in Ton Mak's A Sloth's Guide to Mindfulness book and D.K. Publishing's The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by D.K. Publishing

20. The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

By: D.K. Publishing

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Discover more than 85 of the most important mathematical ideas, theorems, and proofs ever devised, … read more

Similar categories in D.K. Publishing's The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained book and D.K. Publishing's The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

  • engineering
  • history
  • childrens
  • mathematics
  • nonfiction
  • reference
  • textbooks
  • education
  • science
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21. Introducing Stephen Hawking

By: J.P. McEvoy

3.84

Format: 174 pages, Paperback

A graphic introduction to the best-known physicist alive today. read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science

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