Reaching for the Extreme
how the quest for the biggest, fewest and weirdest makes maths
$44.00
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2026
Summary
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PROFESSOR STEWART’S CABINET OF MATHEMATICAL CURIOSITIES
‘Britain’s most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths’ ALEX BELLOS
What is the maximum land you can enclose inside a given border? What is the minimum number of colours you can use to colour in a map so that no region shares a shade? And how do you calculate the shortest route between two cities?
These questions may not sound related, but they have this in common: they all expl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805221593 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1805221590 |
| Author: | Professor Ian Stewart, Ian Stewart |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 557g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 154mm x 34mm |
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Critics Review
PRAISE FOR IAN STEWART: ‘Stewart has a genius for explanation * New Scientist *A testament to the versatility of maths and how it is shaping our understanding of the world * Guardian *Ian Stewart shows us how maths makes the world - and the rest of the universe - go round – Professor Steven Strogatz, Cornell University
About The Author
Professor Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. He is the author of the bestseller Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, as well as What’s the Use?, Do Dice Play God?, Significant Figures, Incredible Numbers, Seventeen Equations that Changed the World, Professor Stewart’s Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries and Calculating the Cosmos. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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