World of Books - Find your book here

The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the ...

The Unfinished Game: Pascal, Fermat, and the ...

Keith Devlin

In The Unfinished Game, Keith Devlin masterfully chronicles Pascal and Fermat's mathematical breakthrough, connecting a centuries-old discovery with its remarkable impact on the modern world.
The Millennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved ...

The Millennium Problems: The Seven Greatest Unsolved ...

Keith J. Devlin

In the hands of Devlin, each Millennium Problem becomes a fascinating window onto the deepest questions in the field.
Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten ...

Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten ...

Keith Devlin

Fibonacci helped to revive the West as the cradle of science, technology, and commerce, yet he vanished from the pages of history. This is Devlin's search to find him.
Sets, Functions, and Logic: An Introduction to Abstract ...

Sets, Functions, and Logic: An Introduction to Abstract ...

Keith Devlin

Now in its third edition, Devlin has fully reworked the book to reflect a new generation. The narrative is more lively and less textbook-like. Remarks and asides link the topics presented to the real world of students' experience.
Logic and Information

Logic and Information

Keith Devlin

Classical logic, beginning with the work of Aristotle, has developed into a powerful and rigorous mathematical theory with many applications in mathematics and computer science, but it has proved woefully inadequate in the search for ...
Parts Unknown

Parts Unknown

Rex Burns

Devlin investigates a missing Salvadoran’s gruesome fate Devlin Kirk and his partner Bunchcroft are Denver’s finest industrial security experts, even if Denver doesn’t see it that way.
Life by the Numbers

Life by the Numbers

Keith Devlin

"This wondrous book reveals how, on the brink of the millennium, wizards are using math to bring movie dinosaurs to life, to improve tennis stars' serves, to win sailboat races, and to probe the eeriest corners of the cosmos.
The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory

The Joy of Sets: Fundamentals of Contemporary Set Theory

Keith Devlin

This text covers the parts of contemporary set theory relevant to other areas of pure mathematics.
The Bulletin

The Bulletin

More editions

BRUCE DEVLIN. Age 38. The former golden boy of Australian amateur golf, Devlin took up the sport at the age of 13 after his father, a keen golfer, lost his arm in an accident. He was NSW junior champion, and took the individual honors in the ...
The Computer as Crucible: An Introduction to Experimental ...

The Computer as Crucible: An Introduction to Experimental ...

Jonathan Borwein

Keith Devlin and Jonathan Borwein, two well-known mathematicians with expertise in different mathematical specialties but with a common interest in experimentation in mathematics, have joined forces to create this introduction to ...
The MXF Book: An Introduction to the Material eXchange Format

The MXF Book: An Introduction to the Material eXchange Format

Nick Wells

An Introduction to the Material eXchange Format Nick Wells, Oliver Morgan, Jim Wilkinson, Bruce Devlin ... Bruce Devlin 3 Physical and Logical Structures within an MXF File Bruce Devlin 4 Operational Patterns and Constraining MXF Bruce ...
A Broken Line: Denis Devlin and Irish Poetic Modernism

A Broken Line: Denis Devlin and Irish Poetic Modernism

Alex Davis

Dennis Devlin's (1908-1959) poems have been championed by such Irish admirers as Brian Coffey, Beckett, Kinsella, and Montague, and by such American authors as Tate and Robert Penn Warren.
The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution

The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution

Keith Devlin

The book he created was Liber abbaci, the 'Book of Calculation', and the revolution that followed its publication was enormous.Arithmetic made it possible for ordinary people to buy and sell goods, convert currencies, and keep accurate ...
Constructibility

Constructibility

Keith J. Devlin

If U is transitive, then the rud closure of U is transitive. Proof. Let W be the rud closure of U. We prove by induction on a rud definition off that for any rud function f: V"- V and any x1, ..., x, e W. (*) TC(x1) g W.A ... A TC(x,) c W-> TC(f(x1,..., xn)) G  ...
Report from Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry Into the ...

Report from Her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry Into the ...

Read

HUGH DEVLIN, his >4 mark. WE, the undersigned, having met as arbitrators between Hugh Devlin and Susanna. Hagan, the legatees mentioned in the annexed, do agree and decide that Susanna Hagan is to receive the sum of £13 33. 2~l_ ...
Keith Richards on Keith Richards

Keith Richards on Keith Richards

Keith Richards

This must-have collection of 50 years of quotes from rock's ultimate survivor, Keith Richards, makes a compelling companion piece to his recent autobiography.
Oral and Cranial Implants: Recent Research Developments

Oral and Cranial Implants: Recent Research Developments

Preview

The Peri-implant Diseases Hugh Devlin and Kumar C. Shah DOI 10.1007/978-3- 642-34225-7_1, © Springer-Verlag Berlin ... School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, Higher Cambridge St, M156FH, Manchester, UK e-mail: hugh.devlin  ...
On the Trail of Scotland's History

On the Trail of Scotland's History

David R. Ross

On the Trail of Mary Queen of Scots J. Keith Cheetham On the Trail of The Pilgrim Fathers J. Keith Cheetham On the Trail of John Wesley J. Keith Cheetham On the Trail of William Shakespeare J. Keith Cheetham On the Trail of Robert Burns ...
Joycean Cultures, Culturing Joyces

Joycean Cultures, Culturing Joyces

Preview

Vincent John Cheng, Kimberly J. Devlin, Margot Norris ... In June 1993, that year's Joyce conference — "Joyce and Culture" — was organized in California by Margot Norris, Vincent J. Cheng, and Kimberly J. Devlin, and jointly sponsored by  ...
A Nest On Lifandoy

A Nest On Lifandoy

George B. Hill

Yours, Keith Potts.' I sat up straight. Keith's news bad sobered me more than coffee. I reached for the phone and tapped out a number. 'William? I've just had a letter from Keith Potts. He says oh, you've had the same information. Listen, their  ...
The Bloodied Ivy

The Bloodied Ivy

Robert Goldsborough

For one, Keith Potter.” He eyed me as if expecting a reaction. “Well, of course,” I said. “Why didn't I think of him myself? Okay—I give up. Who's Keith Potter?” Cortland looked at me as if I'd just jumped out of a spaceship nude. “Keith Potter is ...
Financial Implications of the Accident at Three Mile Island: ...

Financial Implications of the Accident at Three Mile Island: ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment

Prepared statement of J. Hugh Devlin, managing director 762 2. Letter from J. Hugh Devlin to Hon. James Weaver, member, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, dated May 13, 1981, concerning electric utility investors 772 3. Letter from J.
Ralph Macchio

Ralph Macchio

Keith Elliot Greenberg

... Aid by Nathan Aaseng Heavy Metal by Keith Elliot Greenberg This Is Michael Jackson by D.E. Mabery Cyndi Lauper by Keith Elliot Greenberg Julian Lennon by D.L. Mabery George Lucas by D.L. Mabery Madonna by Keith Elliot Greenberg Kddie Murphy by Teresa Koenig & Rivian Bell Prince by D.L. Mabery Steven Spielberg by D.L. Mabery Bruce Springsteen by Keith Elliot Greenberg Tina Turner by D.L. Mabery I/ / Lcrner Publications Company l*\ I irst Avenue North. Minneapolis.
Keith Waterhouse: Collected Plays

Keith Waterhouse: Collected Plays

Keith Waterhouse

Keith Waterhouse is one of Britain’s most popular writers in nearly every field. This collection brings together for the first time his most celebrated plays from a career spanning more than forty years.
Too Many Cooks

Too Many Cooks

Rex Stout

For one, Keith Potter." He eyed me as if expecting a reaction. “Well, of course,” I said. “Why didn't I think of him myself? Okay—I give up. Who's Keith Potter?" Cortland looked at me as if I'd just jumped out of a spaceship nude. “Keith Potter is ...
The architects of golf: a survey of golf course design from ...

The architects of golf: a survey of golf course design from ...

Geoffrey S. Cornish

... Billy Martindale [Thel Woodlands C Falmouth, Maine Jim Fazio Woodlands CC (East Course) Tamarac, Florida Robert von Hagge, Bruce Devlin Woodlands CC (West Cse Tamarac, Florida Robert von Hagge, Bruce Devlin Woodlands CC ...
Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

Keith Elliot Greenberg

Front cover photo by Geoffrey Croft/ Retna Ltd. Back cover photo by Fotos International Read more about the entertainment world in This Is Michael Jackson by D.L. Mabery Prince by D. L. Mabery Eddie Murphy by Teresa Koenig & Rivian Bell Cyndi Lauper by Keith Elliot Greenberg Break Dancing by Jim Haskins Bruce Springsteen by Keith Elliot Greenberg Madonna by Keith Elliot Greenberg Julian Lennon by D.L. Mabery Tina Turner by D.L. Mabery Heavy Metal by Keith Elliot ...

who called from an unknown number?