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Everything Is Predictable - How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World

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A First Step to Mathematical Olympiad Problems

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Counting - Humans, History and the Infinite Lives of Numbers

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The Secret Lives of Numbers - A Global History of Mathematics & Its Unsung Trailblazers

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' ...

Mapmatics - How We Navigate the World Through Numbers

A gripping exploration of how cartography shapes the world we see and the role of mathematics in completing the picture.

Millions, Billions, Zillions - Defending Yourself in a World of Too Many Numbers

Numbers are often intimidating, confusing, and even deliberately deceptive--especially when they are really big. The media loves to repor...

Simply Maths

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Making Numbers Count - The art and science of communicating numbers

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Why Machines Learn - The Elegant Maths Behind Modern AI

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Math in Drag

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Escape from Model Land - How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It

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Journey to the Edge of Reason - The Life of Kurt Gödel

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The Art of Uncertainty - How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

From the UK's 'statistical national treasure', a clever and data-driven guide to how we can live with risk and uncertaintyLife is uncerta...

How to Solve It - A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

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