Marcus du Sautoy, Author . HarperCollins $25.95 (376p) ISBN 978-0-06-078940-4
When most of us think of symmetry, we think of looking into a mirror or playing patty-cake with a child. As Oxford don du Sautoy (The Music of the Primes
) tells readers, this is only the tip of the triangle in the mathematical realms of symmetry,...
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Marcus du Sautoy, Author HarperCollins $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-06-621070-4
The quest to bring advanced math to the masses continues with this engaging but quixotic treatise. The mystery in question is the Riemann Hypothesis, named for the hypochondriac German mathematician Bernard Reimann (1826-66), which ties together...
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Marcus du Sautoy. Viking, $30 (464p) ISBN 978-0-7352-2180-2
With uncommon grace, this work illuminates the strides and limitations of humans’ quest to understand nature via math and science. Du Sautoy (The Music of the Primes), Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, takes...
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Marcus du Sautoy. Basic, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-1-54160-036-2
“Laziness is our saving grace,” writes mathematician Du Sautoy (The Creativity Code) in this accessible look at thousands of years of mathematical shortcuts. Focusing on 10 different shortcuts, Du Sautoy sets out to prove that finding the quickest...
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Marcus Du Sautoy. Basic, $32.50 (384p) ISBN 978-1-541-60128-4
Mathematician Du Sautoy (Thinking Better) contends in this entertaining study that such classic games as pick-up sticks, Scrabble, and Dungeons & Dragons all have one thing in common: they center around complex math. Du Sautoy tours the globe,...
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