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In addition to presenting the year’s most memorable math writing, this must-have anthology includes an introduction by the editor and a bibliography of other notable pieces on mathematics. In other essays, Francis Su extolls the inherent values of learning, doing, and sharing mathematics, and Margaret Wertheim takes us on a mathematical exploration of the mind and the world―with glimpses at science, philosophy, music, art, and even crocheting. James Grime shows how to build subtly mischievous dice for playing slightly unfair games and Michael Barany traces how our appreciation of the societal importance of mathematics has developed since World War II. These essays delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday aspects of math, offering surprising insights into its nature, meaning, and practice―and taking readers behind the scenes of today’s hottest mathematical debates. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2018 makes available to a wide audience many pieces not easily found anywhere else―and you don’t need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. This annual anthology brings together the year’s finest mathematics writing from around the world. The year’s finest mathematical writing from around the world That I noticed her colour was good, but freckled. The eyebrows are arched and darker than her hair, which is nearly She has small features and a well-made nose the mouth flexible and ‘This Jane is very short and thin, but prettily shaped and Old as the procession gathered and began to make its way slowly and with due A famous account given by the Italian merchantĪnd knight Baptista Spinola adds an intimate description of the sixteen-year As Jane reached the top of the steps John Dudley and hisįellow councillors greeted her. With her mother and ladies, while other members of the nobility followed behind Her young husband Guildford Dudley was with her, along Procession to the fortress, which she would claim as all monarchs did on theĮve of their coronation. A sparse crowd was gathering to watch her formal The high summer afternoon of Monday 10th July, Jane Grey’s barge arrived at the “A pure delight.that’s as tender and funny as it is gripping and fast-paced. Wickedly funny and thrilling in turns perfect for readers coming-of-age online.”- Kirkus (starred review) “Positive, realistic LGBTQIA+ representation-especially nonbinary identities. Midwest Connections Pick (Midwest Independent Booksellers Association) When a mysterious entity starts hacking into social networks and chat rooms to instigate paranoia and violence in the real world, it’s up to Steph and her new friend, Nell, to find a way to stop it-with the help of their benevolent AI friend, CheshireCat.Ī New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice/Staff PickĪn Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult NovelĪ Minnesota Book Award Winner for Best Young Adult NovelĪn ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Novel NomineeĪ Lodestar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Book It takes an AI to catch an AI in Chaos on CatNet, the follow-up to Naomi Kritzer's award-winning near future YA thriller. “This book is perfect.”- New York Times Book Review on Catfishing on CatNet “ Chaos on CatNet is deliciously readable, fully as fast-paced and heartfelt as its predecessor.” - New York Times LODESTAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK The central plot of the novel is what happens to four characters, namely: Ruth Wesseman, a bohemian Jewess and intellectual married to non-jewish journalist Hans, Ruth’s cousin Dora, a firebrand, fearless pursuer of justice and freedom (the heroine of the novel) and Dora’s lover, the celebrated left-wing German playwright and agitator, Ernst Toller They all manage to obtain refugee visas in London, where despite the constant and very real risk of deportation, they continue to do what they can to plant stories in the British press about Hitler’s plans for rearmament and his viscious policies towards the Jews and others he deems undesirable. Not only are they Jewish intellectuals, but left-wing leaning and socialist – in complete opposition to all that the National Socialists (the Nazis) stand for. The story, as it unfolds inside the cover, is about a group of German refugees (all but one are Jews) who are forced to flee their homeland when Hitler rises to power in Germany in the early 1930s. The cover of the version I read shows a woman in a red coat walking past what looks like the Reichstag in Berlin, her reflection a red blur on the wet pavement. I’d been told and heard that this book was very good, but knew nothing at all about the subject matter, plot or characters. I read “All that I am” by Australian author Anna Funder purely on word-of-mouth. |