Найти книгу: "A Mathematician's Lament"

The author's mission is to make math exciting and seductive for those who thought they hated or just couldn't do it. Demonstrates the engaging, playful nature of Math. The text includes his persuasively written analysis of how math should NOT be taught along with some thought provoking methods for how to make the subject more enriching and fun, including sample problems and a fascinating philosophical history for the math layman. Lockhart is considered a brilliant mathematician and somewhat of a star in the field. This is a rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor with a new, potentially “hot” author. Author's style is lively and entertaining.

Полный вариант заголовка: «A brief account of some of the most important proceedings in Parlament, relative to the defects in the administration of justice in the Court of Chancery, the House of Lords, and the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupt : together with the opinions of different statesmen and lawyers, as to the remedies to be applied / by C. P. Cooper».

Представляет собой учебное пособие по специальностям «Математика / Научно-педагогическая деятельность» и «Математика / Информационные технологии». Содержит 4 контрольные работы в трех вариантах, тексты для ознакомительного чтения и тексты для перевода со словарем, а также приложение. Предназначено для студентов I и II курсов механико-математического факультета заочной формы обучения.

Building on ethnographic fieldwork and extensive historical evidence, Crying Shame analyzes lament across thousands of years and nearly every continent. Explores the enduring power of lament: expressing grief through crying songs, often in a collective ritual context Draws on the author’s extensive ethnographic fieldwork, and unique long-term engagement and participation in the phenomenon Offers a startling new perspective on the nature of modernity and postmodernity An important addition to growing literature on cultural globalization

Covering a rich landscape of literary, theological and cultural creativity, the authors explore the astonishing variety of interpretations inspired by Lamentations, one of the shortest books in the Bible. Features a wealth of reactions – covering two and a half millennia – to this ancient text's influential and unflinching account of the devastation wreaked by war Explores a kaleidoscope of examples ranging from the Dead Sea Scrolls; Yehudah Halevy; John Calvin; and composer, Thomas Tallis; through to the startling interpretations of Marc Chagall; contemporary novelist, Cynthia Ozick; and Zimbabwean junk sculpture Deploys «reception exegesis», a new genre of commentary that creatively blends reception history and biblical exegesis Offers sensitive treatment of challenging theological and psychological responses to one of the most disturbing books of the Hebrew Bible Widely relevant, with nuanced reflections – both religious and secular – on human suffering and the disasters of war