Set in an era witness to some of the most avant-garde and scintillating scientific discoveries and artistic creations of the last century, this novel takes readers behind the scenes and into the lives of many of history's most fascinating and revolutionary minds, all while posing the question - could a mathematical discovery be so controversial and threatening as to drive one t...(展开全部)

By any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous statement in all of mathematics. In this book, Eli Maor reveals the full story of this ubiquitous geometric theorem. Maor shows that the theorem, although attributed to Pythagoras, was known to the Babylonians more than a thousand years earlier. Pythagoras may have been the first to prove it, but his proof - if indeed h...(展开全部)

Leith Hathout 一位多才多艺的年轻数学天才，并且是一位解题迷，写这本书时他还是加州的一名中学生。他9岁就开始参加美国全国数学竞赛，获得过多种国家级奖项，并在加州 数学联赛中取得了满分的优异成绩。学习之余，他擅长玩SET®游戏，还是一名国家级花剑运动员。

皮埃尔•布瓦洛（Pierre Boileau，1906-1989），1906年生于巴黎，自早年开始进行创作。1938年他凭借《酒神的休息》（Le repos de Bacchus）一书斩获惊险小说大奖，自此确立了推理小说写作的职业道路。他专注刻画一位无往不胜的侦探安德烈•布吕奈尔解决密室难题和“英式”谜案。1948年，他结识托马•纳尔瑟加克（Thomas Narcejac），后者刚凭借《死亡是一场旅行》（La mort est du voyage）赢得惊险小说大奖。布瓦洛－纳尔瑟加克就此开始了强强联合，成为法国推理文学界最优秀的搭档之一。

保罗•霍尔特（1956－ ） 法国推理文坛的异数，当前最出色的“不可能犯罪”作家。其作品充满了时下流行的暗黑氛围、连环杀人魔、荒郊野外等元素……若不是对密室题材那种执著的信念，就绝对没有他今日的盛名远播！推理小说的黄金时代得以延续，一方面固因读者们的忠心耿耿，另一方面更因有保罗•霍尔特这样坚持不懈的旗手，年复一年对抗着寂寞。

保罗•霍尔特（1956－ ） 法国推理文坛的异数，当前最出色的“不可能犯罪”作家。其作品充满了时下流行的暗黑氛围、连环杀人魔、荒郊野外等元素……若不是对密室题材那种执著的信念，就绝对没有他今日的盛名远播！推理小说的黄金时代得以延续，一方面固因读者们的忠心耿耿，另一方面更因有保罗•霍尔特这样坚持不懈的旗手，年复一年对抗着寂寞。

皮埃尔•布瓦洛（Pierre Boileau，1906-1989），1906年生于巴黎，自早年开始进行创作。1938年他凭借《酒神的休息》（Le repos de Bacchus）一书斩获惊险小说大奖，自此确立了推理小说写作的职业道路。他专注刻画一位无往不胜的侦探安德烈•布吕奈尔解决密室难题和“英式”谜案。1948年，他结识托马•纳尔瑟加克（Thomas Narcejac），后者刚凭借《死亡是一场旅行》（La mort est du voyage）赢得惊险小说大奖。布瓦洛－纳尔瑟加克就此开始了强强联合，成为法国推理文学界最优秀的搭档之一。

What do sleigh rides, snowmen, and slaughter have in common? The author of The Author is Dead welcomes you to a traditional country-house Christmas – snowed-in with a murderer and a miracle problem to solve. The murder at Whitefell Chimneys had an unimpeachable witness – with unbelievable testimony. The victim’s young daughter was adamant that Father Christmas had come down the...(展开全部)

Do killers, artists, and terrorists need one another? In "Crimes of Art and Terror," Frank Lentricchia and Jody McAuliffe explore the disturbing adjacency of literary creativity to violence and even political terror. Lentricchia and McAuliffe begin by anchoring their penetrating discussions in the events of 9/11 and the scandal provoked by composer Karlheinz Stockhausen's refer...(展开全部)

A perfect mix between Chinese versions of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Silence of the Lambs. Three young women are found dead one after another in Jiangbin City, each horribly murdered and disemboweled in her home. Police investigations reveal that the killer is a monster who likes to mix milk together with human blood—and then drink it. Is he some kind of immortal vampi...(展开全部)