This monumental book was specially designed to make mathematics more accessible to the inexperienced. It comprises nontechnical essays on every aspect of the vast subject, including articles by and about scores of eminent mathematicians, as well as literary figures, economists, biologists, and many other eminent thinkers. This unique compendium includes the work of Archimedes, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Gregor Mendel, John Maynard Keynes, Lewis Carroll, Bertrand Russell, John von Neumann, and many others.
The only honest biography of a guy who managed to pack 10 lives into one.
As many diverse roles as Paul Newman played on the silver screen, he occupied nearly as many roles in his real life. Levy, in this for-the-record biography, shows us Newman as the hungry New York actor, the guilt-ridden divorcé, the matinee idol, the grieving father, the business philanthropist—and many more. Newman thought of himself as essentially two people: the public actor and the private man.
This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Spanish thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text.
From Wikipedia:
The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876–1877 and then as a book in 1877. The novel is an uneasy combination of social comedy and melodrama concerning the adventures and misadventures of Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman on his first tour of Europe. Newman is looking for a world different from the simple, harsh realities of 19th century American business. He encounters both the beauty and the ugliness of Europe, and learns not to take either for granted. The core of the novel concerns Newman's courtship of a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family.
The Arabic/English Thematic Lexicon by Daniel Newman
The Arabic / English Thematic Lexicon is an invaluable resource for all learners of Arabic.
It contains some 8,000 entries, arranged into themes, including flora
and fauna, food and drink, the human body, health care, the family,
housing, clothing, education, IT, sports, politics, economics and
commerce, the law, media, language, geography, travel, religion, arts,
science and natural resources. Three appendices cover the names of Arab
and selected non-Arab regions, countries and capitals, and
international organizations.
The entries in the Lexicon have been drawn from an extensive corpus of
contemporary Standard Arabic vocabulary, based on authentic sources. In
addition to verbs, nouns and adjectives, the Lexicon includes phrases
and commonly used collocations, providing users with the necessary
vocabulary in order to communicate effectively and confidently in both
written and spoken Standard Arabic.
The Lexicon provides an indispensable complement to Arabic grammar
instruction and also serves as a useful reference guide for all Arabic
language users.
Daniel Newman is Reader in Arabic and Course Director of the MA in Arabic/English Translation at the University of Durham.
