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Fermat's last theorm
Over three hundred years ago, a freench scholar scribbled a simple theorem in the margin of a book. It would become the worlds most baffling mathematical mystery.# Simple,elegant,and utterly impossibel to prove, Fermat's last theorem captured the imaginations of amateur and professional mathematisians for over three centuries. For some it became a wonderful passion. For other i was an obsession that led to deceit, intrigue, or insanity. In a volume filled with the clues, red herrings, and suspense of a mystery novel, Dr. Amir aczel reveals the previously untold story of the people, the history, and the cultures tha lie behind this scientiic triumph.From formulas devised for the farmers of ancient babylonia to the dramatic proof of fermat's theorem in 1993, this extraordinary work takes us along on an exhilarating intellectual treasure hunt. Revealing the hidden mathematical order of the natural world in everything from stars to sunflowers, fermat's last theorem brilliantly combines philosophy and hard science with investigative journalism. The result: a real lufe detective story of the intellect, at once intriguing, thought-provoking, and impossible to put down Aczel maps the strange, beautiful byways of modern mathematical thought in ways the layperson can grasp." - publishers weekly "Aczel does a superb job... a mathematical bonbon of a book." - The new yorker
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The Hobbit
Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo
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The Songs Of Distant Earth
Just a few islands in a planetwide ocean, Thalassa was a veritable paradise-home to one of the small colonies founded centuries before by robot Mother Ships when the Sun had gone nova and mankind had fled Earth. Mesmerized by the beauty of Thalassa and overwhelmed by its vast resources, the colonists lived an idyllic existence, unaware of the monumental evolutionary event slowly taking place beneath their seas... Then the Magellan arrived in orbit carrying one million refugees from the last, mad days on Earth. And suddenly uncertainty and change had come to the placid paradise that was Thalassa.
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The Road To Oz
The Road to Oz in which dorothy and shaggy man inexplicably find themselves in oz Where they meet polychrome the abandoned daughter of the rainbow and a host of others on their way to ozma's lavish birthday party.
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2010: odyssey two
When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed and delighted millions in the late 1960s the novel was quickly recognized as a classic. Since then, its fame has grown steadily among the multitudes who have read the novel or seen the film based on it. Yet, along with almost universal acclaim, a host of questions has grown more insistent through the years. Who or what transformed Dave Bowman into the Star Child? What purpose by behind the transformation? What would become of the Star Child? What alien purpose lay behind the monoliths on the Moon and out in space? What could drive HAL, a stable intelligent computer, to kill the crew? Was HAL really insane? What happened to HAL and the spaceship Discovery after Dave Bowman disappeared? Would there be a sequel? Now all those question and many more have been answered in this stunning sequel to his international bestseller, Clarke has written what will truly be one of the great books of the 80's Cosmic in sweep eloquent in its depiction of Maris place in the Univer se. and filled with the romance of space this novel is a monumental achievement.
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The Final Odyssey
One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far different from the one he left behind--and just as the Monolith may be stirring once again. . . .
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Demon Lord Of Karanda
CAPTIVES OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY Zandramas had stolen King Garion's infant son and fled to use the child in some ritual that would make the Dark Destiny supreme. Garion and his friends had followed, but now they were captives of Zakath, Emperor of Mallorea, who, while friendly, stubbornly refused to let them leave. Meanwhile, a horde of demons was ravaging the cities through which they must travel. Zandramas was escaping further toward her goal. And the Seeress of Kell revealed that they must be at the ancient palace of Ashaba within a matter of days or Zandramas would win by default. Then a horrible, fatal plague struck the city of Mal Zeth, closing it against all traffic in or out. Here David Eddings continues his bestselling The Malloreon, taking the quest across a strange continent and among stranger peoples struggling over the religion of a dead God. A story of ancient, opposing Destinies, battling for control of all men.
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Childhood's End
The Overlords appeared suddenly over every city--intellectually, technologically, and militarily superior to humankind. Benevolent, they made few demands: unify earth, eliminate poverty, and end war. With little rebellion, humankind agreed, and a golden age began. But at what cost? With the advent of peace, man ceases to strive for creative greatness, and a malaise settles over the human race. To those who resist, it becomes evident that the Overlords have an agenda of their own. As civilization approaches the crossroads, will the Overlords spell the end for humankind . . . or the beginning?
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2061: odyssey three
Only rarely does a novelist weave a tapestry so compelling that it captures the imagination of the entire world. But that is precisely what Arthur C. clarke accomplished with 2001: a space odyssey.It is even more unusual that an author is able to complement so well-received an invention with an equally successful sequel. But Arthur C. Clarke`s 2010: odyssey two enthralled a huge audience worldwide.Now. in 2061: odyssey three. Arthur C. Clarke revisits the most famous future ever imagined. as two expeditions into space are inextricably tangled by human necessity and the immutable laws of physics. And Heywood floyd. Survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monoliths. Must once again confront Dave Bowman-or whatever Bowman has become-a newly independent HAL, and the power of an alien race that has decided Mankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether it wishes to or not.
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Negima!
For ten-year-old teacher Negi Springfield and his all-girl class, it’s time for final exams! If his students managenotto end up with the lowest scores in school, the principal has promised to make Negi anofficialteacher. To prepare for the tests, the class takes a trip to the school’s Library Island. But this is no quiet place of study . . . stone golems, traps, and secret passageways are the norm throughout the enormous library building. With all of these distractions, can Negi’s class hope to climb out of the cellar–both academically and literally? Includes special extras after the