Ian Stewart

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born

September 24, 1945 in The United Kingdom

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male

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http://freespace.virgin.net/ianstewart.joat/ind...

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Mathematics, Science, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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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.
--from the author's website

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Books by Ian Stewart

Average rating: 3.84 · 6,392 ratings · 401 reviews · 78 distinct works

	Flatterland: Like Flatland Only More So 3.55 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Letters to a Young Mathematician 3.75 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos 3.78 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1989 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Why Beauty Is Truth: The History of Symmetry 3.60 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality Of Mathematics 3.61 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1995 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities 3.88 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Concepts of Modern Mathematics by Ian Stewart, Paul Stewart 3.59 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	My rating:
	From Here to Infinity 3.77 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Mathematics of Life 3.51 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Magical Maze 3.70 avg rating — 50 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Ian Stewart

“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

tags: binary-code , computers , humor

14 people liked it

“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

tags: complexity , science

12 people liked it

“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

5 people liked it

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