Mathematics:

The Drunkard's Walk
How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Written by Leonard Mlodinow

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $24.95

In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in... Read more >

Secrets of Mental Math
The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks
Written by Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 8, 2006
Price: $12.95

These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers.

Secrets of Mental Math will have you thinking like a math genius in no time. Get ready to amaze your friends—and yourself—with incredible calculations you never thought you could master, as renowned “mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin... Read more >

The Golden Ratio
The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number
Written by Mario Livio

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2003
Price: $14.95

Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered... Read more >

Mathematics Made Simple
Sixth Edition
Written by Thomas Cusick

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2003
Price: $12.95

Brushing up on math has never been easier!

Just about everyone can use some extra help improving or remembering basic math skills. Finally, all the information you need to master the basics, once and for all, is at your fingertips. Featuring several overviews of a multitude of mathematical concepts, as well...

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Fermat's Enigma
The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem
Written by Simon Singh
Foreword by John Lynch

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 8, 1998
Price: $14.95

xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution

"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."

With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations.  What came to be known as... Read more >

A Tour of the Calculus

Written by David Berlinski

Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: January 28, 1997
Price: $14.95

Were it not for the calculus, mathematicians would have no way to describe the acceleration of a motorcycle or the effect of gravity on thrown balls and distant planets, or to prove that a man could cross a room and eventually touch the opposite wall. Just how calculus makes these things... Read more >

Beyond Numeracy

Written by John Allen Paulos

Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 7, 1992
Price: $14.95

From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration and explanation of mathematical concepts from algebra to zero in easily accessible alphabetical entries. "Paulos . . . does for mathematics what The Joy of Sex did for the boudoir. . . ."--Washington Post Book World. First time in paperback... Read more >

Arithmetic Made Simple

Written by Robert Belge

Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: November 7, 1988
Price: $12.95

For almost four decades, Made Simple books have set the standard for continuing education and home study. In answer to the changing needsof today's marketplace, the Made Simple series for the '90s presents a thoroughly up-to-the-minute portfolio of skills, information, and experience, with revised and updated editions of bestselling titles, plus... Read more >

Meta Math!
The Quest for Omega
Written by Gregory Chaitin

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 14, 2006
Price: $14.95

Gregory Chaitin, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians, leads us on a spellbinding journey, illuminating the process by which he arrived at his groundbreaking theory.

Chaitin’s revolutionary discovery, the Omega number, is an exquisitely complex representation of unknowability in mathematics. His investigations shed light on what we can ultimately know about the... Read more >

Infinite Ascent
A Short History of Mathematics
Written by David Berlinski

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $14.00

In Infinite Ascent, David Berlinski, the acclaimed author of The Advent of the Algorithm, A Tour of the Calculus, and Newton’s Gift, tells the story of mathematics, bringing to life with wit, elegance, and deep insight a 2,500-year-long intellectual adventure.

Berlinski focuses on the ten most important breakthroughs in mathematical history–and the... Read more >