A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existed for all time; a skeptical scientist dubbed the maverick theory the Big Bang. In this amazingly comprehensible history of the universe, Simon Singh decodes the mystery behind the Big Bang theory, lading us through the development of one of the most extraordinary, important, and awe-inspiring theories in science.
A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existe...
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain." With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon...
xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution "I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin ...
In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy. Throughout the text are clear...
In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and...
Der Satz des Pythagoras: a-Quadrat + b-Quadrat = c-Quadrat steht im Zentrum des Rätsels, um das es hier geht. Diese "Urformel" gilt immer und überall, aber nur in der Zweier-Potenz, mit keiner anderen ganzen Zahl. In den Notizen des französischen Mathematikers Pierre Fermat, der im 17. Jahrhundert lebte, gibt es einen Hinweis, dass er den Beweis für dieses Phänomen gefunden hat. Doch der Beweis selbst ist verschollen.§350 Jahre lang versuchten nun die Mathematiker der nachfolgenden Generationen, diesen Beweis zu führen. Keinem wollte es gelingen, manche trieb das Problem sogar in den...
Der Satz des Pythagoras: a-Quadrat + b-Quadrat = c-Quadrat steht im Zentrum des Rätsels, um das es hier geht. Diese "Urformel" gilt immer und überal...
Geheimsprachen verhindern, dass wichtige Informationen von den falschen Personen aufgeschnappt werden. Da diese Botschaften jedoch immer wieder entschlsselt werden konnten, wurden die Geheimsprachen im Laufe der Jahrhunderte immer komplizierter. Von einfachen mechanischen Vorrichtungen ber mathematische Operationen bis zu komplizierten Computerprogrammen bietet Simon Singh einen spannenden Einblick in die 2000-jhrige Geschichte der Verschlsselung.
Geheimsprachen verhindern, dass wichtige Informationen von den falschen Personen aufgeschnappt werden. Da diese Botschaften jedoch immer wieder entsch...
Simon Singh, author of the bestsellers "Fermat's Enigma," "The Code Book," and "Big Bang," offers fascinating new insights into the celebrated television series "The Simpsons" That the show drip-feeds morsels of number theory into the minds of its viewers indeed, that there are so many mathematical references in the show, and in its sister program, "Futurama," that they could form the basis of an entire university course.
Recounting memorable episodes from "Bart the Genius" to "Homer3," Singh brings alive intriguing and meaningful mathematical concepts ranging from the mathematics of pi...
Simon Singh, author of the bestsellers "Fermat's Enigma," "The Code Book," and "Big Bang," offers fascinating new insights into the celebrated tele...
