Seduced by Logic
This is the fascinating story of two women who lives were guided by a passion for mathematics and an insatiable curiosity to know and understand the world around them -- the beautiful, outrageous Émilie du Châtelet and the charmingly subversive Ma...
Thomas Harriot
Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) was a pioneer in both the figurative and literal sense. Navigational adviser and loyal friend to Sir Walter Ralegh, Harriot took part in the first expedition to colonize Virginia. Not only was he responsible for getting ...
Vector
A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions-sparking both controversy and discovery.¿ ¿ The stars of this book, vectors and tensors, are unlikely celebrities. If you ever took a physics course,...
Einstein's Heroes
Imagine you are fluent in a magical language of prophecy, a language so powerful it can accurately describe things you cannot see or even imagine. Einstein's Heroes takes you on a journey of discovery about just such a miraculous language--the lan...
Skype: Bodies, Screens, Space
Despite the popularity of Skype with video many of us are still figuring out how to 'do' it. Interviews reveal that we can now run the programme but we are less certain about how to 'perform' in front of the webcam. Seeing ourselves in the box on ...
Rembrandts son
Titus van Rijns mamma dör när han är ett år gammal, och pappa Rembrandts tålmodiga trolovade, tjänsteflickan Geertje, blir hans älskade nya mamma. Men det förblir inte alltid så. I ett atmosfärrikt tecknat Amsterdam, där ljud och dofter slår...