Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
By: Matt Parker
4.11
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
An international bestseller The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math…
Want to Read $ 9.99"If a new system is implemented, humans can be very resourceful when finding new ways to make mistakes."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
"Even when the data has made it into a database, it is not safe... which brings us, finally, to Microsoft Excel."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
"Now you can safely reply and say that nothing in the Gregorian calendar can happen less frequently than once every four hundred years. JUST FOR FUN."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
"It's times like this when the age of the universe becomes a useful unit of measurement: 64-bit Unix time will last until twenty-one times the age of the universe from now - until (assuming we don't manage another upgrade in the meantime) December 4 in the year 292,277,026,596 CE, when all the computers will go down. On a Sunday."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
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1. We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
By: Jorge Cham , Daniel Whiteson
4.28
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
Prepare to learn everything we still don't know about our strange, mostly mysterious universe. P… read more
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- audiobook
- humor
- nonfiction
- popular science
- science
"Antiwater would look and feel and behave the same way as regular water except that if you drank it you would explode in a blinding flash of light, which, we admit, would be antirefreshing."-Jorge Cham, We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
"A single gram of antiparticles combined with a gram of normal particles would release more than 40 kilotonnes of explosive force, which is more than twice as powerful as the atomic bombs dropped by t…"-Jorge Cham, We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
2. Bad Science
By: Ben Goldacre
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
Full of spleen, this is a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the world of Bad … read more
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- popular science
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- science
3. The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation
By: Hannah Fry
4.20
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In this must-have for anyone who wants to better understand their love life, a mathematician pulls … read more
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- mathematics
- nonfiction
- science
4. The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
By: Steven H. Strogatz
2.70
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A world-class mathematician and regular contributor to the New York Timeshosts a delightful tour of… read more
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- history
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- popular science
- science
5. Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
By: Randall Munroe
3.32
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
In Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words, things are explained in the style of Up Goer… read more
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- engineering
- technology
- humor
- nonfiction
- science
6. 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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- history
- mathematics
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- popular science
- science
7. Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
By: Cathy O'Neil
3.97
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on mathematical modeling--a pervasive new force in socie… read more
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- mathematics
- nonfiction
- science
- technology
8. Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
By: Mark Miodownik
3.92
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
A New York TimesBestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surroun… read more
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- audiobook
- engineering
- history
- nonfiction
- science
9. Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions
By: Brian Christian , Tom Griffiths
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A fascinating exploration of how insights from computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday l… read more
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10. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
By: Jordan Ellenberg
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
The Freakonomics of math--a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world a… read more
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11. 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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- science
- humor
- nonfiction
- popular science
- comedy
- audiobook
"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
12. The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus
By: Hannah Fry , Thomas Oléron Evans
4.00
Format: 201 pages,
How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list? Can you predi… read more
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13. Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
By: Matt Parker
4.11
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
An international bestseller The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math… read more
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- audiobook
- engineering
- science
- history
- mathematics
- humor
- nonfiction
- popular science
- comedy
- technology
"If a new system is implemented, humans can be very resourceful when finding new ways to make mistakes."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
"Even when the data has made it into a database, it is not safe... which brings us, finally, to Microsoft Excel."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
"Now you can safely reply and say that nothing in the Gregorian calendar can happen less frequently than once every four hundred years. JUST FOR FUN."-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
"It's times like this when the age of the universe becomes a useful unit of measurement: 64-bit Unix time will last until twenty-one times the age of the universe from now - until (assuming we don't m…"-Matt Parker, Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
14. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (What If?, #2)
By: Randall Munroe
4.37
Format: 354 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times–bestselling author of What If? and How To provides his best answers yet to th… read more
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- science
- history
- humor
- nonfiction
- popular science
- comedy
- audiobook
15. Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
By: Steven H. Strogatz
4.30
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled … read more
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- audiobook
- science
- history
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- popular science
- technology
"For reasons nobody understands, the universe is deeply mathematical. Maybe God made it that way. Or maybe it’s the only way a universe with us in it could be, because nonmathematical universes can’t …"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
"With the star up above and the blackness of space, I can't avoid feeling awe. How could we, Homo sapiens, an insignificant species on an insignificant planet adrift in a middleweight galaxy, have man…"-Steven H. Strogatz, Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
16. Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
By: Hannah Fry
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize and the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book P… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- technology
"you're not using the product; you are the product"-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
"And how biased is too biased? At what point do you prioritize the victims of preventable crimes over the victims of the algorithm?"-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
"He realized that – when whetted in the right way – people’s voracious appetite for an expert’s assessment of themselves could over-ride their desire for privacy. What’s more, they were often willing …"-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
"Gary Marx, professor of sociology at MIT, put the dilemma well in an interview he gave to the Guardian: ‘The Soviet Union had remarkably little street crime when they were at their worst of their tot…"-Hannah Fry, Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
17. How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers
By: Tim Harford
4.12
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
When was the last time you read a grand statement, accompanied by a large number, and wondered whet… read more
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- history
- mathematics
- nonfiction
- popular science
- audiobook
18. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
By: Kelly Weinersmith
4.06
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more
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- science
- history
- humor
- nonfiction
- technology
"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
19. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
By: Randall Munroe
4.16
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildl… read more
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- science
- humor
- nonfiction
- popular science
- comedy
- audiobook
"It turns out that if you accelerate at 1 G for several years, you can reach almost any destination in the universe. After a few years have passed [traveling at that rate], the effects of relativity r…"-Randall Munroe, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
20. Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It
By: Adam Savage
4.18
Format: 320 pages, ebook
In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—… read more
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"When we say we need to teach kids how to “fail,"-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It
"The completeness in me would not let this [missing of the lunchbox] stand. Once I caught the bug to fill out the frame of the 2001 Heywood Floyd tabloid that I have in my head, I couldn't shake off m…"-Adam Savage, Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It
21. Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
By: Mark Miodownik
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This fascinating new book by the bestselling scientist and engineer Mark Miodownik is an expert tou… read more
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- science
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- popular science
- technology
22. How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
By: Ryan North
4.14
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
What would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. . . and then broke… read more
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- audiobook
- engineering
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- humor
- nonfiction
- technology
"Specialization gives the people in your civilization the opportunity to go further in any direction of study than any other human has gone before. It unlocks doctors who can devote their entire lives…"-Ryan North, How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
23. Math with Bad Drawings
By: Ben Orlin
4.22
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Smart, hilarious, and engaging, MATH WITH BAD DRAWINGS is a delightful re-education in math that em… read more
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- mathematics
- humor
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"Reality is a lovely starting point, but the coolest destinations lie far beyond it."-Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings
"There are two kinds of people in life: those who like crude dualities and those who do not."-Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings
"It is a funny paradox of design: utility breeds beauty. There is elegance in efficiency, a visual pleasure in things that just barely work."-Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings
"Science has never been defined by infallibility or superhuman perfection. It has always been about healthy skepticism, about putting every hypothesis to the test."-Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings
24. Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games―And Why They Matter
By: Ben Orlin
4.55
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author and worst-drawing artist Ben Orlin expands his oeuvre with this interactive coll… read more
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- mathematics
- humor
- nonfiction
- science
"Why are mathematical games so universal? I truly don't know. But perhaps it's because the universe is so mathematical."-Ben Orlin, Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games―And Why They Matter
"The secret to our brilliance is that we never stop learning, and the secret to our learning is that we never stop playing."-Ben Orlin, Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games―And Why They Matter
"Filling a mind with facts is not like filling a vessel with water. For anyone with a worldview—that is, anyone with a pulse—assimilation is an active process."-Ben Orlin, Math Games with Bad Drawings: 75 1/4 Simple, Challenging, Go-Anywhere Games―And Why They Matter
25. 7 cząsteczek, czyli historie o tym jak chemia kształtowała, kształtuje i będzie kształtować świat wokół nas
By: Dawid Myśliwiec
4.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Może się wydawać, że nasz świat kształtują politycy, deweloperzy czy biznesmeni. Jednak zdecydowani… read more
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- nonfiction
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26. Change is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World
By: Ben Orlin
4.31
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of the intersection between calculus and daily life, complete with Orlin's humor and… read more
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- mathematics
- humor
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- popular science
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"Psychology: it's sociology for sociopaths."-Ben Orlin, Change is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World
"History is the sum of the people living it."-Ben Orlin, Change is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World
"Paradox is the grain of sand that helps form the pearl of theory."-Ben Orlin, Change is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World
"All the world's a differential equation, and the men and women are merely variables."-Ben Orlin, Change is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World
27. Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything
By: Rob Eastaway
3.76
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
How many cats are there in the world? What's the chance of winning the lottery twice? And jus… read more
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- humor
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- popular science
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28. Weird Math: A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life
By: David Darling
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematics Everyo… read more
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- popular science
- nonfiction
29. Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work
By: Kandi Wiens
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An essential guide everyone needs to protect themselves from burnout by learning to develop and mas… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty
By: Ian Stewart
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable We would … read more
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- mathematics
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