The final week of the Third Reich's existence has begun. Hitler is dead, but the war has still not ended. Everything has both ground to a halt and yet remains agonisingly uncertain. Volker Ullrich's remarkable book takes the reader into a world torn between hope and terror, violence and peace. Ullrich describes how each day unfolds, with Germany now under a new Führer, Admiral ...(展开全部)

The final week of the Third Reich's existence has begun. Hitler is dead, but the war has still not ended. Everything has both ground to a halt and yet remains agonisingly uncertain. Volker Ullrich's remarkable book takes the reader into a world torn between hope and terror, violence and peace. Ullrich describes how each day unfolds, with Germany now under a new Führer, Admiral ...(展开全部)

Proofs play a central role in advanced mathematics and theoretical computer science, and this bestselling texts' third edition will help students transition from solving problems to proving theorems by teaching them the techniques needed to read and write proofs, with a new chapter on number theory and 150+ new exercises.

Proofs play a central role in advanced mathematics and theoretical computer science, and this bestselling texts' third edition will help students transition from solving problems to proving theorems by teaching them the techniques needed to read and write proofs, with a new chapter on number theory and 150+ new exercises.

- The book argues that ignorance, not knowledge, is what drives science - The book provides a fascinating inside-view of the way every-day science is actually done - The book features intriguing case histories of how individual scientists use ignorance to direct their research Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance—...(展开全部)

- The book argues that ignorance, not knowledge, is what drives science - The book provides a fascinating inside-view of the way every-day science is actually done - The book features intriguing case histories of how individual scientists use ignorance to direct their research Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is ignorance—...(展开全部)

Synopsis A raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world, How Late It Was, How Late opens one Sunday morning in Glasgow, Scotland, as Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for shoplifting, awakens in a lane and tries to remember the two-day drinking binge that landed him there. Then, things only get worse. Sammy gets in a fight with some soldiers, lands in jail, and ...(展开全部)

Synopsis A raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world, How Late It Was, How Late opens one Sunday morning in Glasgow, Scotland, as Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for shoplifting, awakens in a lane and tries to remember the two-day drinking binge that landed him there. Then, things only get worse. Sammy gets in a fight with some soldiers, lands in jail, and ...(展开全部)

Mankind now has within its grasp the power to synthesize true artificial life, playing out Dr Frankenstein's dream in both cyberspace and the real world. In this book, Steve Grand, a leading exponent of artificial life, provides the first authoritative and comprehensive tour of the frontiers of this burgeoning new creation. He surveys what has been achieved so far and looks at ...(展开全部)

Mankind now has within its grasp the power to synthesize true artificial life, playing out Dr Frankenstein's dream in both cyberspace and the real world. In this book, Steve Grand, a leading exponent of artificial life, provides the first authoritative and comprehensive tour of the frontiers of this burgeoning new creation. He surveys what has been achieved so far and looks at ...(展开全部)