Uncertainty is everywhere. It lurks in every consideration of the future - the weather, the economy, the sex of an unborn child - even quantities we think that we know such as populations or the transit of the planets contain the possibility of error... Zobraziť viac
Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the formation of the Earth and its Moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universe... Zobraziť viac
Many people think mathematics is useless. They're wrong. In the UK, the 2.8 million people employed in mathematical science occupations contributed £208 billion to the economy in a single year — that's 10 per cent of the workforce contributing... Zobraziť viac
One of the world's great mathematicians explores the origins, history and future of the universe. Ian Stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the earth and the planets to the galaxy ... Zobraziť viac
