When Andrew Wiles of Princeton University announced a solution of Fermat's last theorem in 1993, it electrified the world of mathematics. After a flaw was discovered in the proof, Wiles had to work for another year--he had already labored in solitude for seven years--to establish that he had solved the 350-year-old problem. Simon Singh's book is a lively, comprehensible explanation of Wiles's work and of the star-, trauma-, and wacko-studded history of Fermat's last theorem. Fermat's Enigma contains some problems that offer a taste of the math, but it also includes limericks to give a feeling for the goofy side of mathematicians.
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“One of those books you literally can’t put down . . . makes The Hot Zone virus—far away in a rainforest—look like no big deal.”—Detroit Free Press Five days ago, a homeless man on a subway platform died in agony as startled commuters looked on. Yesterday, a teenager started having violent, uncontrollable spasms in art class. Within minutes, she too was dead. Dr. Alice Austen is a medical pathologist at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. What she knows is that the two deaths are connected. What she fears is that they are only the beginning. . . . “Manages to grab you with the authenticity of its scientific detective work and haunt you with its sheer plausibility.”—Entertainment Weekly
In tutto il mondo si è negli ultimi mesi iniziato a parlare con grande interesse di intelligenza emotiva e di come questa facoltà, opportunamente coltivata, possa permettere a tutti di condurre una vita migliore. A partire da un suo studio che dimostra come i figli di genitori bravi "allenatori emotivi" siano più equilibrati e sereni, più disposti ad apprendere e interagire, in una parola più felici, Gottman distingue quattro tipologie di madri e di padri: e delinea per ciascuna, con ricchezza di esempi, le linee-guida del miglior percorso di educazione emotiva.
Inteligencia emocional
- 493 páginas
- 18 horas de lectura
Este es un libro revolucionario que trastoca profundamente el concepto clásico de "inteligencia". Goleman nos descubre que existen formas distintas de ser inteligente y tiene que ver más con la auto-conciencia, el control de los impulsos, la persistencia, el entusiasmo, la empatía, la auto-motivación o las habilidades sociales que con los coeficientes intelectuales. Best-seller en todo el mundo.