dimanche 27 janvier 2013

vendredi 25 janvier 2013

Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
James Gleick (Auteur)
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jeudi 24 janvier 2013

Rosy is my Relative

Rosy is
Rosy is my Relative
Gerald Durrell (Auteur)

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mardi 22 janvier 2013

The Principia

The Principia
The Principia
Sir Isaac Newton (Auteur), Andrew Motte (Traduction)

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mercredi 16 janvier 2013

Marie Curie: A Life

Marie Curie
Marie Curie: A Life
Susan Quinn (Auteur)

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Secrets of the Modern World: Thomas Malthus

Secrets of the Modern World
Secrets of the Modern World: Thomas Malthus
Alan Macfarlane (Auteur)

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lundi 14 janvier 2013

Traces of Peter Rice

Traces of
Traces of Peter Rice
Kevin (ed) Barry (Auteur), Kevin Barry (Sous la direction de)

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jeudi 10 janvier 2013

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Fant (Auteur)

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mercredi 9 janvier 2013

Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children

Dear Professor Einstein
Dear Professor Einstein: Albert Einstein's Letters to and from Children
Alice Calaprice (Sous la direction de), Evelyn Einstein (Introduction), Robert Schulmann (Avec la contribution de)

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Description du produit

"What holds the sun and planets in space?" "I want to know what is beyond the sky. My mother said you can tell me." "One question I would like to ask is if you make any mistakes?" We are often amazed by the wide-eyed innocence and boundless curiosity of children and the questions they ask. And letters to and from children are always appealing, especially so when they are written to someone famous. In DEAR PROFESSOR EINSTEIN, Alice Calaprice has gathered a delightful and charming collection of more than sixty letters, most never published before, from children to perhaps the greatest scientist of all time. Obviously, Einstein could not respond to every letter written to him, but the responses he did find the time to write reveal the intimate human side of the great public persona, a man who, though he spent his days contemplating mathematics and physics, was very fond of children and enjoyed being in their company. Whether the children wrote to Einstein for class projects, out of curiosity, or because of prodding from a parent, their letters are amusing, touching, and sometimes quite precocious. Enhancing this correspondence are numerous splendid photographs showing Einstein amid children, wearing an Indian headdress, carrying a puppet of himself, and donning fuzzy slippers, among many other wonderful pictures, many published for the first time in this book. Complete with a foreword by Einstein's granddaughter Evelyn, a biography and chronology of Einstein's life, and an essay by Einstein scholar Robert Schulmann on the great scientist's educational philosophy, this wonderful compilation will be welcomed by teachers, parents, and all the young, budding scientists in their lives.

mardi 1 janvier 2013

Symmetry and the Monster : One of the greatest quests of mathematics

Symmetry and the Monster
Symmetry and the Monster : One of the greatest quests of mathematics
Mark Ronan (Auteur)
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Description du produit

Mathematics is being driven forward by the quest to solve a small number of major problems - generating excitement in the mathematical world and beyond. Four famous challenges have been Fermat's Last Theorem, the Riemann Hypothesis, Poincaré's Conjecture, and, now, the quest for the 'Monster' of Symmetry. It is this latter that forms the topic of this book. Although its roots go back much further, the quest to understand symmetry really begins with the tragic young genius Evariste Galois, who died at the age of 20 in a duel. He used symmetry to understand algebraic equations, and he discovered that there were building blocks or 'atoms of symmetry'. Most fit into a table, rather like the periodic table of elements, but there are 26 exceptions. The biggest of these was dubbed 'the Monster' - a giant snowflake in 196,884 dimensions. At first the Monster was only dimly seen. Did it really exist, or was it a mirage? Many mathematicians became involved. The Monster became clearer, and it was no longer monstrous but a beautiful form that pointed out deep connections between symmetry, string theory, and the very fabric and form of the universe. The story of the discovery involves some extraordinary characters, and Mark Ronan brings these people to life, and recreates in accessible language the growing excitement of what became the biggest joint project ever in the field of mathematics - the hunt for the Monster.