The definitive account of the Everests of mathematics--the seven unsolved problems that define the state of the art in contemporary math. In 2000, the Clay Foundation announced a historic competition: whoever could solve any of seven extraordinarily difficult mathematical problems, and have the solution acknowledged as correct by the experts, would receive $1 million in prize ...(展开全部)

The twentieth century was a time of unprecedented development in mathematics, as well as in all sciences: more theorems were proved and results found in a hundred years than in all of previous history. In "The Mathematical Century", Piergiorgio Odifreddi distills this unwieldy mass of knowledge into a fascinating and authoritative overview of the subject. He concentrates on thi...(展开全部)

Only an elementary knowledge of math is needed to enjoy this entertaining compilation of brain-teasers. It includes a mixture of old and new riddles covering a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles and more. Carefully explained solutions follow each problem. 65 black-and-white illustrations.

A marvelously varied assortment of brain teasers! Regarded as the outstanding puzzle collection in the history of Russian mathematics, The Moscow Puzzles offers stimulating entertainment that will challenge your problem-solving skills! This is, quite simply, the best and most popular puzzle book ever published in the Soviet Union. Since its first appearance in 1956 there have b...(展开全部)

Her topics range from the neurotic need for affection, to guilt feelings and the quest for power, prestige and possession.

At a time when music is increasingly being downloaded and uploaded, the art of packaging music is being lost. For the past five decades musicians have displayed their work inside packages that were often as integral as the music itself. This book brings together 250 of the greatest album covers of all time and is arranged chronologically, beginning in 1956. There is a 50-strong...(展开全部)

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LP chart, this superb and visually awesome book brings you the very best rock, pop, rap, reggae, soul, and punk album covers ever created. At a time when listeners increasingly download or upload songs, creating personal playlists on MP3 players and I-Pods, the art of packaging music seems to be fading away. But for the past 50 years, m...(展开全部)

Since 1859, when the shy German mathematician Bernhard Riemann wrote an eight-page article giving a possible answer to a problem that had tormented mathematical minds for centuries, the world's greatest mathematicians have been fascinated, infuriated, and obsessed with proving the Riemann hypothesis. They speak of it in awed terms and consider it to be an even more difficult pr...(展开全部)

作者|马丁·卡帕罗斯 Martín Caparrós 西班牙语世界最杰出和最有影响力的作家之一。他出版了15本获奖图书，目前在康奈尔大学任教授。他还定期为《纽约时报》西班牙版撰写专栏。代表作《饥饿》已在全球25个国家出版。2023年，卡帕罗斯获得了西语新闻界大奖奥尔特加·加塞特职业生涯奖，被誉为“全才记者和拉丁美洲最佳历史纪实者之一”。 译者|侯健 文学博士，西安外国语大学欧洲学院西班牙语系副教授，拉丁美洲研究中心负责人，硕士生导师，中国翻译协会专家会员，2022豆瓣年度译者。译有《从马尔克斯到略萨》《普林斯顿文学课》《五个街角》《略萨谈博尔赫斯》《艰辛时刻》《两种孤独》《科幻精神》《萨拉米斯的士兵》《终了之前》《沙漠中的战斗》《33场革命》等书。 译者|夏婷婷 上海大学外国语学院西班牙语教师，上海大学全球问题研究院研究员，主要研究方向为拉丁美洲史，...(展开全部)

作者|马丁·卡帕罗斯 Martín Caparrós 西班牙语世界最杰出和最有影响力的作家之一。他出版了15本获奖图书，目前在康奈尔大学任教授。他还定期为《纽约时报》西班牙版撰写专栏。代表作《饥饿》已在全球25个国家出版。2023年，卡帕罗斯获得了西语新闻界大奖奥尔特加·加塞特职业生涯奖，被誉为“全才记者和拉丁美洲最佳历史纪实者之一”。 译者|侯健 文学博士，西安外国语大学欧洲学院西班牙语系副教授，拉丁美洲研究中心负责人，硕士生导师，中国翻译协会专家会员，2022豆瓣年度译者。译有《从马尔克斯到略萨》《普林斯顿文学课》《五个街角》《略萨谈博尔赫斯》《艰辛时刻》《两种孤独》《科幻精神》《萨拉米斯的士兵》《终了之前》《沙漠中的战斗》《33场革命》等书。 译者|夏婷婷 上海大学外国语学院西班牙语教师，上海大学全球问题研究院研究员，主要研究方向为拉丁美洲史，...(展开全部)