Ian Stewart





Ian Stewart

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September 24, 1945 in The United Kingdom

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Ian Stewart is an Emeritus Professor and Digital Media Fellow in the Mathematics Department at Warwick University, with special responsibility for public awareness of mathematics and science. He is best known for his popular science writing on mathematical themes.
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Average rating: 3.84 · 6,392 ratings · 401 reviews · 78 distinct works
Flatterland: Like Flatland ...
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions
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Letters to a Young Mathemat...
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions
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Does God Play Dice?: The Ne...
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1989 — 13 editions
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Why Beauty Is Truth: The Hi...
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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Nature's Numbers: The Unrea...
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions
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Professor Stewart's Cabinet...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
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Concepts of Modern Mathematics
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions
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From Here to Infinity
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions
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The Mathematics of Life
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions
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The Magical Maze
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 50 ratings7 editions
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“There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary numerals, and those who don't.”
Ian Stewart, Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities

“If our brains were simple enough for us to understand them, we'd be so simple that we couldn't.”
Ian Stewart, The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World

“Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether its conclusions resembe what actually happens.”
Ian Stewart

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