The Wall Street Crash, Chernobyl, Martin Luther King Jr’s famous speech – there are some events in history’s infinite stream of moments that truly stand out as turning points. These landmarks changed the course of politics, civil rights, countries and continents. In short, they are the events that shaped our world. We explore these in detail here, from the inauguration of George Washington, first president of the USA, in 1789, to the first atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 causing unfathomable devastation, and beyond.
When first published in 1932, this memoir was an immediate classic, both as a unique eyewitness account of Revolutionary Russia and as one man's story of struggle, and tragedy set against the background of great events.;Aged 25, Lockhart became the British Vice-Consul to Moscow in 1912. With revolution in the air, it was dangerous, decadent posting.
How does mathematics impact everyday events? The purpose of this book is to show a range of examples where mathematics can be seen at work in everyday life. From money (APR, mortgage repayments, personal finance), simple first and second order ODEs, sport and games (tennis, rugby, athletics, darts, tournament design, soccer, snooker), business (stock control, linear programming, check digits, promotion policies, investment), the social sciences (voting methods, Simpson’s Paradox, drug testing, measurements of inequality) to TV game shows and even gambling (lotteries, roulette, poker, horse racing), the mathematics behind commonplace events is explored.
There’s a song the surf sings…but even though Dakota Trask lives on the shore of the Pacific, she’s just discovering how to hear it. One poor choice, made the summer before her senior year in high school, set in motion events that have haunted her ever since. But she’s only now learning how far the consequences spread, and how many people have been impacted.
A monthly mag full of amazing stories about cool science, technology, nature, history, world events and soggy lions! Discover something new every month in World of Knowledge, a general interest magazine crammed with fascinating, easy-to-follow stories on history, nature, science, the human body, world events and technology. Whether investigating the most important moments of World War II, solving the puzzles of the universe, uncovering a whale’s most breathtaking secrets or revealing the wonders of the human mind, every member of the family will be entertained.
