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It is the 30th of January 1574 and the king's archivist lies dead - burned or strangled or drowned. The paper found in his hand could be from any corner of the Portuguese empire. But whatever it contains is probably a lie. From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling and true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.

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A History of Mathematics, Third Edition, provides students with a solid background in the history of mathematics and focuses on the most important topics for today's elementary, high school, and college curricula. Students will gain a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts in their historical context, and future teachers will find this book a valuable resource in developing lesson plans based on the history of each topic. This book is ideal for a junior or senior level course in the history of mathematics for mathematics majors intending to become teachers.

Wiskunde --- Mathematics --- History. --- Wiskunde. --- History

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Author Anne Rooney weaves together mathematical strands from every age and culture into a fascinating and entertaining narrative, which coincidentally tells the story of how mankind moved on from cave dwelling to the life of today. Great mathematical thinkers covered include Napier, Liu Hui, Aryabhata, Galileo, Newton, Russell, Einstein, Riemann, Euclid, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Charles Babbage, Montmort, Wittgenstein, and many, many more. This book will appeal to a general audience and math enthusiasts as well as to parents who wish to enthuse their children about the subject. It is beautifully illustrated throughout in full color.

Mathematics --- Wiskunde --- History. --- Geschiedenis.

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Design --- Designgeschiedenis. --- History

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Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, yet leisure travel is more than just economically important. It plays a vital role in defining who we are by helping to place us in space and time. In so doing, it has aesthetic, medical, political, cultural and social implications. However, it hasn't always been so. Tourism as we know it is a surprisingly modern thing, both a product of modernity and a force helping to shape it.

Tourism --- Tourisme --- History. --- Histoire. --- Tourism. --- World history --- anno 1800-1999