Browsing: Mathematics

In this New York Times bestseller, a renowned statistician and his collaborators explain how cognitive patterns warp our perspectives — and why we have reason to be optimistic about the future. “One of the most important books I’ve ever read… Indispensable” (Bill Gates).

“My new favorite book of all time” (Bill Gates): This New York Times bestseller argues that the values championed by the Enlightenment are essential for our future. “Pinker’s sober, lucid, and meticulously researched vision of human progress is heartening and important” (Publishers Weekly).

A Publishers Weekly Top Science Book of 2017: This “vivid” PEN/E. O. Wilson Award winner (NPR) explores surgery during the 19th century — and details the work of Joseph Lister, the visionary surgeon who merged medicine and science. With over 2,000 five-star Goodreads ratings!

Discover the simple, universal laws that govern everything from the human life span to the growth of cities in a theoretical physicist’s “illuminating and entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) exploration of scale! With over 1,400 five-star Goodreads ratings, this is “an enchanting intellectual odyssey… Provocative and fascinating” (The New York Times).

The bestselling Joy of Cooking—the book Julia Child called “a fundamental resource for any American cook”—now in a revised and…

This fascinating read traces how certain well-known medical procedures and discoveries — including contact lenses, anticoagulants, and penicillin — came about by chance.

Over the last few decades there has been a disconcerting increase in the number of forged paintings. In retaliation, there…

This New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of the Year explores the life of famed lobotomy patient Henry Molaison — and the controversial work of the doctors and researchers who studied him. “Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King… Mesmerizing” (Kirkus Reviews starred review).

The #1 New York Times bestseller that inspired the feature film: Immerse yourself in the lives and work of the extraordinary Black women whose mathematical advances made space missions possible. This “tender account of genuine transcendence and camaraderie” (The New York Times) is top-rated on BookBub.

A “superb” national bestseller (Carl Sagan) with more than 3,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads: From black holes to wormholes, our universe is filled with bizarre and mind-bending mysteries! “Deeply satisfying… [An] engrossing blend of theory, history, and anecdote” (The Wall Street Journal).