Around the World in 80 Games
Author | : Marcus Du Sautoy |
Publisher | : Fourth Estate |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-09-12 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780008525958 |
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Author | : Marcus Du Sautoy |
Publisher | : Fourth Estate |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-09-12 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780008525958 |
Author | : David Damrosch |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2021-11-04 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0141981504 |
'Restlessly curious, insightful, and quirky, David Damrosch is the perfect guide to a round-the-world adventure in reading' Stephen Greenblatt A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, told through eighty classic and modern books 'It is always a pleasure to talk about books with David Damrosch, who has read all of them, and he is so eloquent and understanding about them all' Orhan Pamuk Inspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard's Department of Comparative Literature and founder of Harvard's Institute for World Literature, set out to counter a pandemic's restrictions on travel by exploring eighty exceptional books from around the globe. Following a literary itinerary from London to Venice, Tehran and points beyond, and via authors from Woolf and Dante to Nobel prizewinners Orhan Pamuk, Wole Soyinka, Mo Yan and Olga Tokarczuk, he explores how these works have shaped our idea of the world, and the ways the world bleeds into literature. To chart the expansive landscape of world literature today, Damrosch explores how writers live in two very different worlds: the world of their personal experience, and the world of books that have enabled great writers to give shape and meaning to their lives. In his literary cartography, Damrosch includes compelling contemporary works as well as perennial classics, hard-bitten crime fiction as well as haunting works of fantasy, and the formative tales that introduce us as children to the world we're entering. Taken together, these eighty titles offer us fresh perspective on perennial problems, from the social consequences of epidemics to the rising inequality that Thomas More designed Utopia to combat and the patriarchal structures within and against which many of these books' heroines have to struggle, from the work of Murasaki Shikibu a millennium ago to that of Margaret Atwood today. Around the World in 80 Books is a global invitation to look beyond ourselves and our surroundings, and to see our world and its literature in new ways.
Author | : Jules Verne |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781402736896 |
In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.
Author | : Marcus du Sautoy |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2023-11-07 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1541601297 |
A “fun” and “unexpected” (The Economist) global tour of the world’s greatest games and the mathematics that underlies them Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Monopoly? And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors? Spanning millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures, Around the World in Eighty Games gleefully explores how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined. Renowned mathematician Marcus du Sautoy investigates how games provided the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the world, how understanding math can help us play games better, and how both math and games are integral to human psychology and culture. For as long as there have been people, there have been games, and for nearly as long, we have been exploring and discovering mathematics. A grand adventure, Around the World in Eighty Games teaches us not just how games are won, but how they, and their math, shape who we are.
Author | : DK |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2018-11-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1465485090 |
A fascinating and engaging picture book exploring 80 exciting ways to travel, both past and present - from the obvious, to the crazy! Travel around the world by yacht, tram, train, unicycle, jetpack, camel... any way you can imagine, in this non-fiction children's book. Every mode of transport is part of a charming scene. See how astronauts travel around space, watch surfers ride the waves at the beach, and race to an emergency with the firefighters. Illustrator Katy Halford's beautiful drawings brings the scenes to life and fun complementary facts will prompt discussion and laughter between readers. How would you choose to travel? Donkey, pedalo, moon buggy? From the small to the big, the familiar to obscure, take your pick from the amazing 80 shown in DK's Around the Way in 80 Ways!
Author | : Aleksandra Artymowska |
Publisher | : Aleksandra Artymowska Puzzles |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2017-04-27 |
Genre | : Maze puzzles |
ISBN | : 9781783707652 |
Inspired by Jules Verne's iconic novel, this stunning puzzle book is a treat for readers of all ages. Aleksandra Artymowska's imagining of the classic tale is packed with steamships, airships, railways, penny-farthings and any other kind of transport you can imagine - and it will take you on a voyage like no other. Each intricate puzzle, from labyrinthine mazes to missing-object hunts, is guaranteed to fascinate, puzzle and inspire.
Author | : James Berry |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 106 |
Release | : 2002-07 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780811835060 |
A collection of eighty poems from more than fifty different countries.
Author | : Michael Palin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Voyages around the world |
ISBN | : |
In the autumn of 1988, Michael Palin sets out from the Reform Club to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier.
Author | : Jules Verne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 1874 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Saviour Pirotta |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-09-19 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0753479850 |
A stunning storytelling journey across six continents with beautifully illustrated tales from 80 different cultures.