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Carlo Capararo

    Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life
    The Music of the Primes
    It's All About the Bike
    Le dernier théorème de Fermat
    • "The author of Straw Dogs, famous for his provocative critiques of scientific hubris and the delusions of progress and humanism, turns his attention to cats-and what they reveal about humans' torturous relationship to the world and to themselves"-- Provided by publisher

      Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life2022
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    • It's All About the Bike

      In Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels

      • 224pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      Robert Penn's It's All About the The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels is a paean to the humble bike; it's the story of why we ride, and why this simple machine holds the power to transport us all. Robert Penn has ridden a bike most days of his life. He rides to get to work, to bathe in air and sunshine, to stay sane and to feel free. This is the story of his love affair with cycling and the journey to build his dream bike; a freewheeling pilgrimage taking him from Californian mountain bike inventors to British artisan frame builders, and from perfect components to the path of true happiness. 'A gem of a book ... a joy' Economist 'Infectious, exhilarating, highly engaging' Independent 'Be swept along by Penn's enthusiasm, humour and refreshing candour' Sunday Telegraph 'Enriches your enjoyment of a ride' Sunday Times 'As a depiction of a world you might vote for, Penn's does not sound bad at all' Observer Robert Penn writes for the Financial Times, Observer and Condé Nast Traveller, as well as a host of cycling publications. He is the author of The Wrong Kind of Snow. Robert lives in the Black Mountains, South Wales with his wife and three children and commutes to work across a heather moor on a mountain bike.

      It's All About the Bike2011
      4,0
    • The Music of the Primes

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Recounts the history of prime numbers, (numbers divisible only by one and themselves), which has implications beyond pure mathematics. Euclid, Ramanujan, Odlyzko, and the formation of RSA encryption are discussed, as well as the state of contemporary research on the topic. Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 2003.

      The Music of the Primes2005
      4,0
    • Le dernier théorème de Fermat

      • 334pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Perre de Fermat, l'un des plus grands mathématiciens français du XVIIe siècle, s'était contenté de porter dans la marge de son cahier de travail : " xn+yn=zn impossible si n>2. J'ai trouvé une solution merveilleuse, mais la place me manque ici pour la développer ". Ce théorème allait devenir, pour les trois cent cinquante années à venir, le Graal du monde des mathématiques. Les plus puissants esprits de tous les siècles et de toutes les nations tentèrent de venir à bout de cette équation. Leonhard Euler, génie du XVIIIe, dut admettre sa défaite. Sophie Germain, au XIXe, prit l'identité d'un homme pour se lancer dans des études jusque-là interdites aux femmes. Evariste Galois, la veille de sa mort, jeta sur quelques feuilles une théorie qui allait révolutionner la science. Yutaka Taniyama se suicida par dépit alors que Paul Wolfskeht trouva dans cette énigme une raison de vivre. Et en 1993, un jeune Anglais, Andrew Wiles, professeur à Princeton, put enfin régler, après sept années de recherche solitaire et quelques mois de doutes, le sort de ce fantastique problème devant la communauté scientifique émerveillée. Le Dernier Théorème de Fermat est le récit de cette quête. Une véritable épopée qui met en scène, à travers l'histoire des mathématiques, les intelligences les plus brillantes et la fantastique détermination d'un homme.

      Le dernier théorème de Fermat1999
      4,4