Math in Your Pocket: Over 2,000 Facts, Figures, and Equations

Mark Frary

Metro_Books

"Freaky Future is your very own pocket time machine, springing you headfirst into the not-so distant future...your ultimate compendium covering all areas of tomorrow's world" ~ from the book's back cover and inner jacket blurbs...Impressive illustrations throughout the book. Small enough for little hands. Your little science-fiction devotee will be fascinated for days, and you'll hear all about your future! ~ SGE

Freaky Future: Over 1,000 Facts and Predictions for Tomorrow's World

Metro

How to apply science to your home life to do things better, faster, and cheaper For most of us, physics and chemistry are but distant memories, part of the hazy days of high school, no more distinct than gym class humiliations or the particulars of calculus-and certainly no more useful in our daily lives. But is that really true? Or could the fundamentals of science and even math actually turn out to be helpful? Not in the way your math teacher might have imagined, but in practical, useful ways that improve your life? In Better Living through Science, learn how science can help you do such things as: -get a piece of furniture around a tight corner -unscrew the top from a difficult jar -remove a red wine stain from a carpet without a fancy cleaning solution -and much more! With charming, full color photographs and illustrations, this book demonstrates how all of the things we learned (or didn't learn) in math and science class will go a long way toward improving life in and around the house.

Better Living Through Science

The Greatest Minds in Science: 50 Ideas That Changed the World

The Greatest Minds in Science: 50 Ideas That Changed the World

Peter Moore

Erna Low, born in Vienna in 1909, was instrumental in starting what has become a multimillion pound industry: the ski holiday business. In 1932, she placed an advert in the Morning Post saying "Austria, fortnight, GBP15 only, including rail and hotel, arranged by young Viennese Graduette for young people leaving Christmas". For her, it was a way to get back home to see her family over Christmas, but the popularity of the trip soon saw it develop into a lucrative business. Erna, an Austrian javelin champion and handball player, soon branched out into parties for the young elite at country houses around Britain, becoming something of a matchmaker for the 20- and 30-somethings who flocked to her events year after year. When war came to Europe, she joined the BBC, listening in on German broadcasts to help the Allied effort. After normality had been restored, she grasped the opportunity offered by rising standards of living and grew her eponymous company into a leading travel company in the market by the 1960s, introducing many holiday destinations and concepts to the British market. A consummate networker, Erna Low introduced herself to the great and the good and became their friend and confidante. She taught royalty, actors and politicians to ski. This illustrated hardback biography examines Erna's life, including interviews with her friends and colleagues and shows how her strength of character and business nous enabled her to succeed in a male-dominated world. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of skiing and travel in Britain, the hundreds of thousands of past and present customers of Erna Low as well as anyone interested in how an independent young Austrian woman from a challenging background became a household name and business success in Britain. A foreword has been written by Roger Lloyd Pack. "2012 is the 80th anniversary of the first Erna Low-organised ski trip. The current chief executive of her company has an amazing archive of material collected by Erna during her life and it was going through this that inspired me to write it,"â says author Mark about Aimingâ High.

Aiming High: The Life of Ski and Travel Pioneer Erna Low

Matador

Codebreaker: The History of Secret Communication

Stephen Pincock

Business & Money

Random House Books

Freaky Science: 1,500 Weird and Wonderful Scientific Facts

A timely reference work in the light of the rise of Wikileaks, GCHQ and recent political hacking activity. Codes win wars, conceal state secrets, protect privacy, secure banks and transmit messages. Through 45 of the world's most influential codes and ciphers, DECIPHER presents a compelling insight into the art and science of cryptography. Structured chronologically, DECIPHER provides practical tools for understanding and using these fascinating codes and ciphers. It features a diverse range of codes, including the Caesar shift cipher, Easter Island's bewildering Rongorongo and the famous Enigma code at Bletchley Park. DECIPHER also includes features on famous codebreakers of history such as Alan Turing, Jonas Nordby and Auguste Kerckhoffs, providing a comprehensive overview to this beguiling, secretive world.

Codes The Science of Ciphers from Caesar Shift to Quantum Cryptography /anglais

Modern Books

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Books by Mark Frary

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Math in Your Pocket: Over 2,000 Facts, Figures, and Equations

Freaky Future: Over 1,000 Facts and Predictions for Tomorrow's World

Better Living Through Science

The Greatest Minds in Science: 50 Ideas That Changed the World

Aiming High: The Life of Ski and Travel Pioneer Erna Low

Codebreaker: The History of Secret Communication

Freaky Science: 1,500 Weird and Wonderful Scientific Facts

Codes The Science of Ciphers from Caesar Shift to Quantum Cryptography /anglais