This book has been on my radar for years now. He is a great proponent of going back to first principles when approaching problems also. He is determined to tackle large questions and finds that his understanding of mathematics and logic can be applied to aspects of the universe around him, especially in areas that people would deem too messy and without any logic. He is a quiet and shy man, but one who mainly gets along with his colleagues. His suicide in 1954 remains one of the many enigmas in an astonishing life story. In 1952 he revealed his homosexuality and was forced to participate in a humiliating treatment program, and was ever after regarded as a security risk. But Turing's true goal was the scientific understanding of the mind, brought out in the drama and wit of the famous "Turing test" for machine intelligence and in his prophecy for the twenty-first century.ĭrawn in to the cockpit of world events and the forefront of technological innovation, Alan Turing was also an innocent and unpretentious gay man trying to live in a society that criminalized him. In 1945 he was a pioneer of electronic computer design. Already in the 1930s he had defined the concept of the universal machine, which underpins the computer revolution. But Turing's vision went far beyond the desperate wartime struggle. His breaking of the German U-boat Enigma cipher in World War II ensured Allied-American control of the Atlantic. Alan Turing (1912-54) was a British mathematician who made history.
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Each has been a major bestseller, and some have stirred controversy for their decidedly ironic and unillusioned view of the realities of American power and of the men and women who have exercised that power. In his six previous narratives of the American empire - Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire, Hollywood, and Washington, D.C.-he has created a fictional portrait of our nation from its founding that is unmatched in our literature for its scope, intimacy, political intelligence, and eloquence. The historical novel is once again in vogue, and Gore Vidal stands as its undisputed American master. The Golden Age is the concluding volume in Gore Vidal's celebrated and bestselling American empire novels - a unique pageant of the national experience from the United States' entry into World War Two to the end of the Korean War. Writer Mark Russell ( God Is Disappointed in You) teams with artists Ben Caldwell (JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND) and Mark Morales ( X-Force, Secret Invasion) to revive and reinvent a classic! Collects PREZ #1-6 and SNEAK PEEK: PREZ #1. But in a world so out of control that the poor are willing to shoot themselves on TV for a chance at a better life, will even the new president have the power needed to overthrow the nation’s true leaders-Boss Smiley and his corporate shadow government? Age restrictions were abolished when corporations gained the right to run for office and voting booths have been replaced by Twitter, making just about anyone eligible for the nation’s top job, including the viral-video-famous Corndog Girl! Oregon teen Beth Ross has just been elected President of the United States of America. Synopsis: One of the YALSA Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens from 2016!Īmerica’s first teenaged president is on the job in this contemporary twist on a DC classic! This was just after commercial boat traffic on the Upper Thames had died out, replaced by the 1880s craze for boating as a leisure activity Book Details The dog, Montmorency, is entirely fictional but, "as Jerome admits, developed out of that area of inner consciousness which, in all Englishmen, contains an element of the dog." The trip is a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff. The three men are based on Jerome himself (the narrator J.) and two real-life friends, George Wingrave (who went on to become a senior manager in Barclays Bank) and Carl Hentschel (the founder of a London printing business, called Harris in the book), with whom he often took boating trips. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers - the jokes seem fresh and witty even today. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. In addition I would have liked Lilac more convincingly presented as a likeable and consistently strong character with steady development in assertiveness and self-determination. Some small issues: In earlier sections of the book I got lost at times and I would have liked the timeframes more effectively signposted or better still, included in total in a prologue or prequel section rather than interchanging with the present only in the first 1/4. The unresolved political tension between the two societies laid some interesting storyline possibilities to look forward to in subsequent books in the series. The listener is swept up in the moment and into the light and shade of their experiences and adventures, and there is a satisfying number of delicious and unexpected twists and turns in Lilac and Garin's journey. Magical powers, sardonic humour, sadness, joy, narrow-minded judgments, wickedness, guilt and redemption are all narrated by Krys Janae with outstanding mastery of each character and their moods. A mysterious wood filled with a plethora of magical creatures termed 'Darklings' keep us on our toes and offers a fresh surprise each new chapter. Disenchanted is a fresh and unique fantasy romance positioned in the real life historical context of the French Renaissance. Favourite Quote: The world is full of reasonable monsters and dastardly humans and vica versa. Just as Nell starts to wonder if she'll ever be able to break free of her fear, she realizes that the island suffers under a terrible curse-one that can only be broken by the descendants of the Three Sisters, the witches who settled the island back in 1692. One careless word, one misplaced confidence, and the new life she's created so carefully could shatter completely. But there is a part of herself she can never reveal to him-for she must continue to guard her secrets if she wants to keep the past at bay. Careful to conceal her true identity, she takes a job as a cook at the local bookstore cafe-and begins to explore her feelings for the island sheriff, Zack Todd. When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband-and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago.īut even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease. It might have benefited from some robust pruning. And why? Because "advertisers are the west's courteous censors". They have done more to bring feminism to the female masses than any feminist periodical, she says, but "the formula must also include an element that contradicts and then undermines the overall pro-woman fare: in diet, skin care, and surgery features, it sells women the deadliest version of the beauty myth money can buy". Wolf argues that women's magazines have played a pivotal role in the selling of the beauty myth. (Men, as Wolf notes with some prescience, would be well advised to listen up: powerful industries have a vested interest in them feeling old and ugly too.) An "anti-ageing" cream, say, or a blouse very little different from the blouses they already have. Then big money makes an entrance, and it all gets nice and clear: women who feel old and ugly will buy things they do not need. Wolf uses the phrase "cultural conspiracy" it's hard to imagine exactly who the conspirators might be. Gerard Genette identifies various devices and conventions that mediate between the text and the reader, including titles and subtitles, forewords, dedications, epigraphs, prefaces, epistles addressed to the reader, notes, epilogues and afterwords. However, in the 17 th century, the front matter of a book indicated to the reader how to engage with and understand the text. Indeed, it is rare to find frontispieces in modern books. Modern readers may be tempted to skip past the front matter of a book, including the frontispiece, title page, dedication, preface, etc., and start their reading – and understanding – from the main part of the text. Over the course of the 17 th century the title page was accompanied by an illustration on the facing page and the form of the word changed to frontispiece – front piece. Subsequently, the term was probably used more generally at first to refer to the front matter in a book, especially early title pages which were often decorated with architectural features such as classical columns and pediments. Its first English usage was as an architectural term for the façade of a building. The word frontispiece derives from the French word frontispice which derives from the Latin word frontispicium – frons meaning ‘forehead’ and specere meaning ‘to look at’. It all made sense, so therefore it's probably scientifically flawed. This novel is time travel for the feeble minded (at least the feebly science-minded). It gives me a headache and I see movies like The Terminator as having an inexcusable plot hole, but really it's just me. Never having taken a Physics class, nor having any interest in it at all, I cannot typically handle the concept of time travel, as it requires me to think of time in a non-linear way. I couldn't WAIT to find out what was going to happen next! I don't usually get THIS enthralled with the young adult novels I read, but this was just darn good. I knew that this entered the "4 star" category when I drove across town to pick up the book from where I left it, after a fitful night of kicking myself for leaving it there. The text is a good level for Nursery-year six (probably) the idea is brilliant, but I disagree with some of the nutritional information. I wanted it for 3-4yr olds and with some adaptations this will be suitable. This book has some really good information and is a good level for primary age children. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. 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