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Today, economics is everywhere, and it s never been more popular as bestselling books such as Freakonomics attest. But what is economics really about? What do the great economists think, and what can economics do for us today? David Orrell explains all in Introducing s trademark intelligent style, accompanied by brilliant illustrations from Borin van Loon.

David Orrell is a Canadian mathematician who lives in Oxford, the university from which he received his doctorate. His previous book was Economyths (Icon, 2010).

Borin Van Loon has worked on...

Hey Millennials Your time has come Your generation is now entering leadership roles in the workforce (and, yes, an entry-level position is a leadership role ). Plus, the current generation and population trends are, and will be, requiring many organizations to move your generation into leadership roles sooner than generations before you did. That's great news for your career growth, but are you ready to assume a leadership role at work...and do it effectively? Regardless of your current position, even if you're still in school, the time...

In this sweeping book, applied mathematician and popular author David Orrell questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance have inspired--and have sometimes misled--scientists attempting to understand nature.

Orrell shows how the ancient Greeks constructed a concept of the world based on musical harmony; later thinkers replaced this model with a program, based on Newton's "rational mechanics," to reduce the universe to a few simple equations. He then turns to current physical theories, such as supersymmetric string...

The Evolution of Money illuminates this fascinating reality, focusing...

The Money Formula takes you inside the engine room of the global economy to explore the little-understood world of quantitative finance, and show how the future of our economy rests on the backs of this all-but-impenetrable industry. Written not from a post-crisis perspective - but from a preventative point of view - this book traces the development of financial derivatives from bonds to credit default swaps, and shows how mathematical formulas went beyond pricing to expand their use to the point where they...