The Story of 1
A humor-inflected history of the of the number one, covering military applications in ancient Rome, the measurement of distances in India, and the decimal system created by Leibnitz.
The Story of 1
2005
7
How to have a happier life and a better world all thanks to maths, in this witty, mind-expanding guide to the science of success with Hannah Fry. Following in the footsteps of BBC Four's award-winning maths films The Joy of Stats and The Joy of Data, this latest gleefully nerdy adventure sees mathematician Dr Hannah Fry unlock the essential strategies you'll need to get what you want - to win - more of the time. From how to bag a bargain dinner to how best to stop the kids arguing on a long car journey, maths can give you a winning strategy. And the same rules apply to the world's biggest problems - whether it's avoiding nuclear annihilation or tackling climate change.
The Story of 1
2005
7
Magic Money: The Bitcoin Revolution
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Clouds Are Not Spheres
2010
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The Standard Deviants: The Dangerous World of Pre-Calculus, Part 2
1996
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The Standard Deviants: The Candy-Coated World of Calculus, Part 1
1998
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NOVA: The Great Math Mystery
2015
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Achieving the Unachievable
2007
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The Joy of Stats
2010
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Escher: Het oneindige zoeken
2018
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The Genius of George Boole
2015
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The Joy of Logic
2013
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Defeating the Hackers
2013
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Counting from Infinity: Yitang Zhang and the Twin Prime Conjecture
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Grande Pyramide K 2019
2019
8
The Standard Deviants: The Many-Sided World of Geometry, Part 2
1999
0
Miyamoto and the Machine: The Story of KenKen
2020
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The Standard Deviants: The Dangerous World of Pre-Calculus, Part 1
1996
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The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 1
1997
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The Standard Deviants: The Twisted World of Trigonometry, Part 2
1997
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The Joy of Data
2016
6