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Ian Stewart

About the Author

Ian Stewart is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He is the accessible and successful (and prolific) author of numerous Basic books on mathematics including, most recently, Calculating the Cosmos. Stewart is also a regular research visitor at the University of Houston, the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications in Minneapolis, and the Santa Fe Institute. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001. His writing has appeared in New Scientist, Discover, Scientific American, and many newspapers in the U.K. and U.S. He lives in Coventry, England.

What's the Use?

What's the Use?

Do Dice Play God?

Do Dice Play God?

Calculating the Cosmos

Calculating the Cosmos

Significant Figures

Significant Figures

Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers

Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers

Visions of Infinity

Visions of Infinity

Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries

Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries

In Pursuit of the Unknown

In Pursuit of the Unknown

The Mathematics of Life

The Mathematics of Life

Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures

Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures

Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

The Annotated Flatland

The Annotated Flatland

Text by Ian Stewart

Why Beauty Is Truth

Why Beauty Is Truth

Letters to a Young Mathematician

Letters to a Young Mathematician

Nature's Numbers

Nature's Numbers