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Focusing on the resolution of quadratic and cubic equations, this book serves as a valuable resource for historians of science, mathematics educators, and mathematicians. It delves into the methods and historical context surrounding these fundamental equations, making it a significant addition to the literature on mathematical problem-solving.

Deals with the solution of quadratic and cubic equations. This book is suitable for historians of science, teachers of mathematics and mathematicians.

When Edward Fitzgerald first published his translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam in 1859 it had little impact on the literary world. But a chance find in a bookshop by a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites led to it being taken up by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, and from then on its popularity grew. Since then, it has become one of the most popular poems. In turn, it has influenced writers such as Matthew Arnold and Thomas Hardy, not to mention many musicians and film-makers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Desať storočí staré a predsa súčasné štvorveršia najväčšieho zo súhvezdia novoperzských básnikov sú nádhernou oslavou pozemského života a prítomného okamihu v ňom. Súbor 300 štvorverší, ktoré podľa rôznych jazykových interpretácií do slovenčiny preložil Ľubomír Feldek, predstavuje Chajjáma ako zbožného kacíra, ospevujúceho lásku a milovanie, víno a pitie, ako básnika, ktorý nám so zdvihnutým prstom pripomína tiaž nášho osudového bytia a zároveň nás s veselým smiechom pozýva k plnému prežitiu našich denných pominuteľných radostí. Knihu ilustrujú kresby a maľby Mareka Ormandíka.