Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, "The Theory That Would Not Die" is the riveting account of how a seemingly simple theorem ignited one of the greatest scientific controversies of all time. Bay...

With firm foundations dating only from the 1950s, algebraic topology is a relatively young area of mathematics. There are very few textbooks that treat fundamental topics beyond a first course, and many topics now essential to the field are not treat...

Math's infinite mysteries and beauty unfold in this brand-new paperback edition of the bestselling "The Math Book". Beginning millions of years ago with ancient "ant odometers" and moving through time to our modern-day quest for new dimensions, proli...