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This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

Winner of the 2010 Royal Society Prize for science books, powerful new research methods are providing fresh and vivid insights into the makeup of life. Comparing gene sequences, examining the atomic structure of...

Meet Norm. He's 31, 5'9", just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week. He likes a drink, doesn't do enough exercise and occasionally treats himself to a bar of chocolate (milk). 

Together with...

This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes the latest publications from UK educational publishers.

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Professor Stewart presents in this book mathematical problems and stories, such as games, puzzles, jokes and facts, card tricks and things to make and do.

Ian Stewart, presents a mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. He mingles these with ancient and modern mathematical thought, mathematical jokes, and enquiries into the great...

Ian Stewart explores the astonishing properties of numbers from zero and infinity, marvels at the insights of the ancient mathematicians and shows how numbers evolve throughout time.

All science begins with questions...- Why is the night sky black, even though it's full of stars? - How do pebbles skim on water? - Why doesn't your own snoring wake you up? - And why is the Large Hadron Collider so...