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| View Poll Results: Are you going to buy the new Harry Potter book? | |||
| Of course! I'm on my way now. The little kids ace with all his spells, his glasses and owl! |    | 7 | 58.33% |
| No way! He can get lost on his little sweeping brush! I much prefer that "King of the Ring!" trilogy |    | 5 | 41.67% |
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__________________ Just what is going off out there? |
17-07-2005, 03:54 PM
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| I've recently read two books since finishing university. One is called "Fermat's Last Theorem" by a guy named Simon Singh, and the other is the well-known "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, courtesy of Mongoose's library. Fermat's last theorem by Simon Singh This is a popular science book describing the efforts of mathematicians, over centuries, to solve a problem set by the 17/18th (I can't remember exactly) century French Mathematician, Fermat. Apparently Fermat had a solution but failed to disclose it. Singh describes the relevent methods and approaches to solutions and eventually we gather how an English mathematician Andrew Wiles, working in pretty much secrecy, submits a 100-page proof to the theorem using some extremely modern mathematical techniques. The conclusion on Fermat is pretty much that he did not have a solution and made a mistake to say he had, or just lied. On the whole the book is interesting and is accessible to all (their are more mathematical appendices for the daring). Singh can get bogged down describing the more historical aspects of mathematicians' lives and these situations may be found to be tedious. Overall I give it a three-star rating: *** The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown When three leaders of one of the world's most secret organisations are killed and the fourth and final member is left for dead, he must leave his granddaughter and a world expert a series of codes so that the secret of the location of the holy grail can live on without falling into the hands of evil forces. The race between good and evil is now on! This is a really good book, which I enjoyed immensely. It's full of wonderful twists and turns, danger and stories of trust and mistrust. I would recommend it to everybody. One problem I had was that Brown gives the reader alot of rumours and facts about great historical figures and their work. All of which I'm not sure is true or not! A great read and thoroughly deserving of a four-star rating: ****
__________________ Whatever your difficulties in mathematics, I can assure you mine are far greater! Albert Einstein, 1879-1955 |
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| I finally finished 'The Other Woman' by Jane Green...it was predicatable to the bitter end I'm afraid. Only rates ** at best (only because I'm a generous person). Last edited by Kirsty Harris : 17-07-2005 at 05:12 PM. |
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17-07-2005, 05:02 PM
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17-07-2005, 05:10 PM
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| I finished it at lunchtime. I had a sneaking suspicion who the death would be, but the circumstances shocked me more! Last edited by Moss : 17-07-2005 at 05:18 PM. |
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17-07-2005, 05:13 PM
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