- The Equations
- Sander Bais
- In this beautifully designed book, the equations that govern our world unfold in all their formal grace--and their deeper meaning as core symbols of our civilization. The renowned Dutch physicist Sander Bais has produced a book that delves into the details of seventeen equations that form the very basis of what we know of the universe today.
- Hardcover 2005
- Randomness
- Deborah J. Bennett
- From the ancients' first readings of the innards of birds to your neighbor's last bout with the state lottery, humankind has put itself into the hands of chance. This book is aimed at the trouble with trying to learn about probability. A story of the misconceptions and difficulties civilization overcame in progressing toward probabilistic thinking, Randomness is also a skillful account of what makes the science of probability so daunting in our own day.
- Hardcover 1998 / Paperback 1999