IAN STEWART is professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick and is well known for his writing and broadcasting about mathematics for nonspecialists. He has written more than 160 research papers on such subjects as symmetry in dynamics, pattern formation, chaos, and mathematical biology, as well as numerous popular books, including LETTERS TO A YOUNG MATHEMATICIAN, DOES GOD PLAY DICE?, WHAT SHAPE IS A SNOWFLAKE?, NATURE’S NUMBERS (shortlisted for the 1996 Rhône-Poulenc Prize), THE ANNOTATED FLATLAND and FLATTERLAND. In 1995 he was awarded the Royal Society’s Michael Faraday Medal for furthering the public understanding of science. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001. He lives in Coventry, England.

WHY BEAUTY IS TRUTH, Ian Stewart's most recent book, was shortlisted for the 2008 Royal Society Science Book Prize

THE MATHEMATICS OF LIFE

One of mathematics’ most gifted expositors – NEW SCIENTIST

A popular account of the role of mathematics in modelling and understanding plant and animal morphology, microbiological processes, the role of genes, evolution, inheritance, life cycles, the probability of life itself, and other related subjects.

Publisher: Profile (UK)
Delivery: 31 January 2010
Pub date: Autumn 2011
Length: 80,000 words

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THE GREAT MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS

A highly gifted communicator… Inspirational – TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT

A popular survey of the histories, in mathematical and human terms, of some of the great problems that mathematicians have wrestled with over the centuries. These include the seven ‘millennium problems’ set by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000. Where the problems have been solved, the book also looks at the consequences.

Publisher: Profile (UK)
Delivery: 31 May 2011
Pub date: Spring 2012
Length: 80,000 words

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For international rights contact Andrew Franklin at Profile