Topic: Book Reviews
isnare | 2009-08-30 14:08:30
One of the holy grails of education is making math fun, without reducing its rigor. Many people attempt this task, but few succeed. I believe that Jannet Beissinger and Vera Pless are among the rare success stories with their book The Cryptoclub, Using Mathematics to Make and Break Secret Codes. This book follows a group of fictional middle-school children who ...
Reuters Life! Online Report | 2009-07-15 12:43:16
<div><p>GIJON, Spain (Reuters Life!) - U.S. novelist Jonathan Rabb chose the Spanish Civil War to round off a trilogy of novels in which the turbulent interwar years of the 20th century have buffeted Berlin detective Nikolai Hoffner.</p><p>Rabb's new novel does not have a title yet as ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-06-24 23:00:18
<div><p>The editor-in-chief of technology magazine Wired apologized on Wednesday for failing to cite online encyclopedia Wikipedia in passages in his new book, the ironically titled "Free."</p><p>"This is entirely my own screwup, and will be corrected in the ebook and digital forms before publication," Chris Anderson said in ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-06-04 13:00:49
<div><p>US author Marilynne Robinson was Wednesday awarded the 30,000-pound (50,000-dollar, 35,000-euro) Orange Prize for Fiction, which honours work by female writers from around the world.</p><p>At a ceremony in London, the judges described the Pulitzer-prize winner's latest novel "Home" as "exquisitely crafted."</p ...
