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  • The Great Mathematicians

    Unravelling the Mysteries of the Universe

    by Raymond Flood, Robin Wilson ...
    Why did Florence Nightingale introduce pie charts? How did Lewis Carroll regard Pythagoras? Who learned calculus from her nursery wallpaper?Spanning from the ancient world to the modern age, The Great Mathematicians tells fascinating and unusual tales of the men and women who transformed mathematics. We meet the mathematician who knew eight languages by the time he was 11, the one who was sent to ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Mathematicians

    by Raymond Flood, Robin Wilson ...
    Mathematics pervades our daily lives. It is intimately involved whenever one starts a car, switches on the television, flies on a plane, forecasts the weather, books a holiday on the internet, programmes a computer, navigates heavy traffic, analyses statistical data, or seeks a cure for a disease. Our credit cards and the nation's defence secrets are kept secure by encryption methods based on ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Isaac Newton

    Remarkable Lives

    by Robin Wilson, Raymond Flood ...
    Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), mathematician and physicist, is one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time. This fully illustrated, accessible guide to the life and work of Isaac Newton is the perfect introduction to his groundbreaking work on gravity, motion, optics, light, colour and calculus. It also considers his lesser known research into chemistry, theology and alchemy while ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Life 2 the Full

    by Raymond Floodgate ...
    Life 2 the Full is a self-help book that shows the reader how to improve health and well-being by preventing Illness from happening in the first place. This book will guide you through the elements needed to help you live your life to the full. Life 2 the Full covers such subjects as health and well-being, food, exercise for the body, and exercise for the mind. Stress is also covered in this book, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Great Mathematicians

    by Rosie Wilson, Raymond Flood ...
    Series series Great People in History
    The achievements of great mathematical thinkers from ancient times to the modern age are examined through engaging, accessible text. Fascinating profiles of time-measurers like the Mayans and Huygens, arithmeticians like Pythagoras and al-Khwarizmi, logicians like Aristotle and Russell, and many more. Readers can follow along on these thinkers’ quests to explain the patterns in the world around ... Read more

    $27.49 USD

  • As It Is

    by Raymond G Floodgate ...
    Inside the pages of this book you will find what amounts to the meaning of life. It will give you an idea of the enormity of our universe and how small a part we play in it. The discoveries that unfold as you read the pages of this book will keep you engrossed as you find out why you are sent to the Earth, and the reason why you have not one life but many. It will guide you and give you an ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Oxford Figures

    Eight Centuries of the Mathematical Sciences

    Edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood, Robin Wilson ...
    This is the story of the intellectual and social life of a community, and of its interactions with the wider world. For eight centuries mathematics has been researched and studied at Oxford, and the subject and its teaching have undergone profound changes during that time. This highly readable and beautifully illustrated book reveals the richness and influence of Oxford's mathematical tradition ... Read more

    $81.89 USD

  • Mathematics in Victorian Britain

    by Foreword by Dr Adam Hart-Davis, Writer, photographer and broadcaster ...
    During the Victorian era, industrial and economic growth led to a phenomenal rise in productivity and invention. That spirit of creativity and ingenuity was reflected in the massive expansion in scope and complexity of many scientific disciplines during this time, with subjects evolving rapidly and the creation of many new disciplines. The subject of mathematics was no exception and many of the ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • James Clerk Maxwell

    Perspectives on his Life and Work

    Edited by Raymond Flood, Mark McCartney, Andrew Whitaker ...
    James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge. His scholarship also ranged wide - covering all the major aspects of Victorian natural philosophy. He was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time, coming only after Newton and Einstein. In ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Sport and the Media

    Recent Economic, Legal, and Technological Developments:a Special Double Issue of trends in Communication

    Edited by Raymond Boyle, Peter Flood, Deirdre Kevin ...
    Sport and the Media examines how reliable sportscasting is in the anchor role, reviews the development of sportscasting and specialized sporting services as a response to audience demand, and questions how well the sporting enthusiast--the fan--is being served by later, unanticipated developments. While sport has had a long symbiotic relationship with communication systems, the advent of a digital ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Mathematics at the Meridian

    The History of Mathematics at Greenwich

    Edited by Raymond Flood, Tony Mann, Mary Croarken ...
    Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Series
    Greenwich has been a centre for scientific computing since the foundation of the Royal Observatory in 1675. Early Astronomers Royal gathered astronomical data with the purpose of enabling navigators to compute their longitude at sea. Nevil Maskelyne in the 18th century organised the work of computing tables for the Nautical Almanac, anticipating later methods used in safety-critical computing ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • 4D CAD and Visualization in Construction

    Developments and Applications

    Edited by Raymond Issa, I. Flood, W. O'Brien ...
    The construction enterprise is being transformed by visual modelling. Tools such as 3D/4D CAD and virtual reality are now in widespread use in construction. This book is both a survey of the changes being made in practice and a detailed guide to future directions for research and development. This book features a number of detailed case studies and ... Read more

    $420.00 USD