Quanta Magazine's stories of mathematical explorations show that "inspiration strikes willy-nilly," revealing surprising solutions and exciting discoveries. These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating the productive tension between conjecture and proof, theory and intuition....(展开全部)

Quanta Magazine's stories of mathematical explorations show that "inspiration strikes willy-nilly," revealing surprising solutions and exciting discoveries. These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing readers how cutting-edge research is done, while illuminating the productive tension between conjecture and proof, theory and intuition....(展开全部)

The weird and wonderful quest for unfathomably large numbers From cells in our bodies to measuring the universe, big numbers are everywhere We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend your life counting and never reach the end of the line, so there can’t be such a thing as a ‘biggest number’. Or can there? To find out, David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee embark o...(展开全部)

Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors.

Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors.

Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors. "Some of his best pictures supplement the story . . . An outstanding book in every way".--The Horn Book. Caldecott Medal Book.

在线阅读本书 Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors.

Johnny Orchard brings home a playful bear cub that soon becomes huge and a nuisance to the neighbors.

'though a great many men and not a few women knew Ferdinand Lopez very well, none of them knew whence he had come' Despite his mysterious antecedents, Ferdinand Lopez aspires to join the ranks of British society. An unscrupulous financial speculator, he determines to marry into respectability and wealth, much against the wishes of his prospective father-in-law. One of the nin...(展开全部)

Much against his will, the Duke of Omnium consents to lead a coalition government. The Duchess quickly becomes a social figure of great power striving to consolidate his support. Together they make their way to the centre of society and, like Phineas Finn before them, they find it hollow. The novel is haunted by the mysterious Ferdinand Lopez whose pernicious influence the Duk...(展开全部)