Mathematicians solve equations, or try to. But sometimes the solutions are not as interesting as the beautiful symmetric patterns that lead to them. Written in a friendly style for a general audience, Fearless Symmetry is the first popular math book to discuss these elegant and mysterious patterns a[...]
"Elliptic Tales" describes the latest developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in contemporary mathematics - the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. The Clay Mathematics Institute is offering a prize of $1 million to anyone who can discover a general s[...]
This guide covers Mathematica Version 6. 0, which is a major upgrade to previous versions of the software. Several interactive features have been incorporated into the user interface (e.g.[...]
Why are poems important? What do people mean when they use the word prosody? How does a poem read and sound? How does a poem's shape--its form--help to create its meaning? "Sound and Form in Modern Poetry" provides useful answers to these questions for readers of poetry. Through careful attention to[...]
Engage your students and get them excited about theatre with the Enhanced Tenth Edition of "The Essential Theatre", International Edition. The combined authorship of an authoritative theatre historian and his former student-an active theatre practitioner and historian himself-makes this book ideal f[...]