Archimedes' Revenge is an extremely accessible, lighthearted account of a number of mathematical topics, many with modern interest, such as complexity theory. Hoffman quotes living mathematicians extensively, giving the reader a feel for the nature of the mathematical community and insight into how this community attempts to resolve open questions. This book is low in mathemati...(展开全部)

Archimedes' Revenge is an extremely accessible, lighthearted account of a number of mathematical topics, many with modern interest, such as complexity theory. Hoffman quotes living mathematicians extensively, giving the reader a feel for the nature of the mathematical community and insight into how this community attempts to resolve open questions. This book is low in mathemati...(展开全部)

Archimedes lived in the third century BC, and died in the siege of Syracuse. Together with Euclid and Apollonius, he was one of the three great mathematicians of the ancient world, credited with astonishing breadth of thought and brilliance of insight. His practical inventions included the water-screw for irrigation, catapults and grappling devices for military defence on land ...(展开全部)

Complete works of ancient geometer in highly accessible translation by distinguished scholar. Topics include the famous problems of the ratio of the areas of a cylinder and an inscribed sphere; the measurement of a circle; the properties of conoids, spheroids, and spirals; and the quadrature of the parabola. Informative introduction and 52-page supplement.

巴勃罗·卡萨尔斯 (1876-1973)，西班牙大提琴家、指挥家、作曲家。他以惊人的演奏和表现才能，提高了大提琴作为独奏乐器的地位。其许多作品的录音都成为以后几代演奏家们公认的楷模。 卡萨尔斯发现并率先演奏了巴赫的6首大提琴独奏组曲《Suites for solo C ello》，这是他一生中最大的功绩。卡萨尔斯说，他在巴赫的作品中，看见上帝的存在。他把自己的一生都献给了巴赫的音乐，并于1958年被提名诺贝尔和平奖 。 艾伯特·E.卡恩 (Albert E.Kahn)，出生于英国伦敦，毕业于达特茅斯学院，是位多才多艺的作家。大学时即是优秀的运动员，也获得克劳弗坎贝尔文学奖学金。以撰写政治事件文稿闻名。此外，他的《和乌拉诺娃共度的日子》被誉为芭蕾舞界的重要著作。他拍摄许多著名芭蕾舞女演员的照片，被纽约公共图书馆的表演艺术图书馆和博物馆收藏。 译者 姬...(展开全部)

An introduction to writing proofs, presented through compelling mathematical statements with interesting elementary proofs. This book offers an introduction to the art and craft of proof-writing. The author, a leading research mathematician, presents a series of engaging and compelling mathematical statements with interesting elementary proofs. These proofs capture a wide range...(展开全部)

Many of the great minds of the past used mathematics to explore and then define the principal laws of nature. In this way

Many of the great minds of the past used mathematics to explore and then define the principal laws of nature. In this way

An introduction to writing proofs, presented through compelling mathematical statements with interesting elementary proofs. This book offers an introduction to the art and craft of proof-writing. The author, a leading research mathematician, presents a series of engaging and compelling mathematical statements with interesting elementary proofs. These proofs capture a wide range...(展开全部)

The first two years of the Obama administration have led to expectations, both in the United States and abroad, that in the coming years America will increasingly promote the international rule of law - a position that many believe is both ethically necessary and in the nation's best interests. With "The Perils of Global Legalism", Eric A. Posner explains that such views demons...(展开全部)