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Here's Looking at Euclid

A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math

By: Alex Bellos

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Here's Looking at Euclid

A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math

By: Alex Bellos

Too often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, "math can be inspiring and brilliantly creative. Mathematical thought is one of the great achievements of the human race, and arguably the foundation of all human progress. The world of mathematics is a remarkable place." Bellos has traveled all around the globe and has plunged into history to uncover fascinating stories of mathematical achievement, from the breakthroughs of Euclid, the greatest mathematician of all time, to the creations of the Zen master of origami, one of the hottest areas of mathematical work today. Taking us into the wilds of the Amazon, he tells the story of a tribe there who can count only to five and reports on the latest findings about the math instinct—including the revelation that ants can actually count how many steps they’ve taken. Journeying to the Bay of Bengal, he interviews a Hindu sage about the brilliant mathematical insights of the Buddha, while in Japan he visits the godfather of Sudoku and introduces the brainteasing delights of mathematical games. Exploring the mysteries of randomness, he explains why it is impossible for our iPods to truly randomly select songs. In probing the many intrigues of that most beloved of numbers, pi, he visits with two brothers so obsessed with the elusive number that they built a supercomputer in their Manhattan apartment to study it. Throughout, the journey is enhanced with a wealth of intriguing illustrations, such as of the clever puzzles known as tangrams and the crochet creation of an American math professor who suddenly realized one day that she could knit a representation of higher dimensional space that no one had been able to visualize. Whether writing about how algebra solved Swedish traffic problems, visiting the Mental Calculation World Cup to disclose the secrets of lightning calculation, or exploring the links between pineapples and beautiful teeth, Bellos is a wonderfully engaging guide who never fails to delight even as he edifies. Here’s Looking at Euclid is a rare gem that brings the beauty of math to life.

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327

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Simon and Schuster

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1416596348

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9781416596349

Alex's Adventures in Numberland

By: Alex Bellos

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Alex's Adventures in Numberland

By: Alex Bellos

The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face it, boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks. Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from the surprising geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino. In search of weird and wonderful mathematical phenomena, Alex Bellos travels across the globe and meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany and a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan. Packed with fascinating, eye-opening anecdotes, Alex's Adventures in Numberland is an exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs that will leave you awestruck.

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450

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A&C Black

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1408809591

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9781408809594

Love Bound

By: Selena Kitt,Elliott Mabeuse,J. E. Taylor,Dakota Trace,Jack Osprey

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Love Bound

By: Selena Kitt,Elliott Mabeuse,J. E. Taylor,Dakota Trace,Jack Osprey

Get ready to be tied up in knots-or cuffs or chains or ball-gags for that matter! Let Excessica's authors hypnotize, command and hogtie your senses with our first BDSM anthology. Surrender to these stories and they will dominate you-body, mind and soul. This anthology contains fourteen painfully pleasurable tales by Elliott Mabeuse, J.E. Taylor, Dakota Trace, Jack Osprey, Selena Kitt, J.M. Snyder, Alex Jordaine, Jennifer Campbell, Candace Blevins, Giselle Renarde, Bekki Lynn, Colin, Penelope Street, Erin O'Riordan.From Office Games by J.E. Taylor: I was driving him crazy and I paused to smile, grazing him with my eyes as I reached for the syrup. Ah the belly button, an inny, so much more fun to drizzle with chocolate. I poured, letting it overflow so thin streams ran from the bounty. I licked each wayward path back to the source, sucking the last traces from his belly button, slowly rolling my tongue to get it all.He tilted his head back and whispered, "Heidi."I moved lower, taking his hard member in my mouth, licking the tip. Warm chocolate rained over his hard cock, streams running down his ample length. I licked slowly. "Yummy." I heard the deeper tone of my voice, this slow seduction driving me as mad as it was driving him.I moved lower and his smile of ecstasy faded. I grazed his hips with my lips and then ran my bare teeth in miniscule bites up the inside of his thigh. I could see him straining against the hand cuffs."Relax."He let out a small laugh at my request. "Yeah, right."I offered him a laugh of my own."Suck me."I kissed his thigh. "Beg." My hair fanned out over his hard shaft as I moved my way down the inside of his leg with my mouth. I wanted to taste every damn inch. When I reached one ankle, I started my way up the other leg. Not really listening to his plea between the grumble in his chest."Please, I want your mouth. I want to cum in your mouth." His voice no more than a hoarse whisper, blocked by the well of passion building."Not yet." I licked the tip of his hard cock and then moved up his body again.He tilted his head back. "Please. You're driving me insane."I kissed him, putting my full weight on his body and running my hands up his arms, feeling them quiver under my touch. "Tell me." I said against his lips. He opened his mouth, welcoming my tongue, slow at first and then increasing speed until I pulled away, out of breath. God, he certainly knew how to kiss. I pushed the blind fold up for a moment.His deep blue eyes looked back. 'Tell you what?""Tell me what I want to hear and I'll give you what you want."His smile faltered. "What do you want to hear?" He stalled.I put the blindfold back in place and grazed his lips with mine, continuing the mad exploration of his body with my lips and chocolate, giving him physical previews of what he wanted, but not the full commitment."Untie me," he said as I worked my way back to his lips again. A light sheen of sweat covered him, salty and sweet mixed with the chocolate, wetting my appetite further. I knew he was getting impatient, I knew exactly what he wanted. Me, I just wanted three little words that I already knew were in his heart."No." I whispered. I began to lick small patches of skin on his chest and blow, watching as he alternated between goose bumps and flush as I worked my way down his chest."God, you're driving me crazy!"I chuckled. "I don't ever want you to forget this."His baritone laugh, rich and shaky filled the room. "Like that's ever going to happen.

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1453800719

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Here's Looking at Euclid

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