pi (1998)

The First Edition of the book is a collection of articles, all by the author, on the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan as well as on some of the greatest mathematicians in history whose life and works have things in common with Ramanujan.

Bernward Koch is a German composer, pianist and keyboardist. Additionally he plays percussion, bass, and guitar. His music mainly evokes a soothing and calming style, with a clearly recognizable melody from the piano, enriched with keyboards, flute, guitar,and percussion. His first release, 1989's Flowing, was successful, especially in the USA (and Asia),and achieved top positions on the Billboard New Age Chart. His tracks contributed to several US-Aids-benefit compilations among others together with Sting, Bonnie Raitt, Al Jarreau, Ottmar Liebert, Dave Grusin, Dave Stewart.

Dr. Jeff Duran suffers from severe panic attacks when he ventures too far outside his home office. At times, he remembers phrases of a foreign language he has never learned. And there are curious memories he cannot explain—of distinct smells, music, the spray of ocean sailing. But no sooner do these sensations and images begin to surface than they disappear.
Then, after a patient commits suicide, Duran’s life spirals out of control. The victim’s half-sister, Adrienne Cope, blames Duran for filling her sister’s head with “recovered” memories of horrific childhood abuse. But Adrienne soon discovers some shocking facts about him—facts that even he is unaware of.” “The stakes are raised when unknown assassins burst into Duran’s office and bloodshed ensues. But who is their target: Adrienne or Duran? Running for their very lives, forced to trust each other, they must now work together to unlock the reason why one or both of them is marked for death. For beneath the intrigue lies a dark conspiracy that stretches halfway around the world—and a sinister plot that could change the course of history.

Type: Research Application
Format: iSO
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Date: 08/01/2006

By John Barnes
Washington Apple Pi Journal, March/April 1999, pp. 36-38, reprint information
A certain fascination with the National Geographic magazine has its roots in my childhood. The pages of the yellow volumes made for fine reading in the waiting room of many a dentist, doctor, veterinarian etc. There are any number of newspaper stories featuring eccentric recluses who died surrounded by complete collections of the magazine. The magazine seemed to be a particular thing for pack rats.

The Ring Theory Conference (University of Miskolc, Hungary) successfully accomplished its two goals: 1) to reflect contemporary trends in the subject area and 2) to offer a meeting place for a large number of Eastern European algebraists and their colleagues from around the world.

Composer Clint Mansell launched his film scoring career in 1998 with Pi and with over 25 soundtracks to his name since he is firmly established as of one of the UK's leading composers in film. Career highlights include Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain, Moon and Black Swan. His composition Lux Aeterna from Requiem For A Dream has become a musical touchstone for its wide usage on TV, sports event and film trailers (most notably a reworking for The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers). His High- Rise score has already received critical accolades from The Hollywood Reporter, "the sultry score invites us languidly into the fun and games" and The Telegraph, "the lustrous retro-classical score bursts with ironic good cheer".

From addition and subtraction to plane and space geometry, simultaneous linear equations, and probability, this book explains middle school math with problems that kids want to solve: “Seventy-five employees of a company buy a lotto ticket together and win $22.5 million.

Born of Hungarian parents, but living in London, twentyish out-of-work actress FRAN VARADY walks that fine line between amateur sleuth (albeit, with attitude) and private eye. Yes, she does stumble into an inordinate amount of crime, but she also accepts money to investigate them. As Christine M. Garvey puts it in Crime Time, "a welcome addition to the ever-growing stable of British female PI's."