Books for the Week

Books to read this week[break]

God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed the History Edited with Commentary

By Stephen Hawking

Rs 958

Bestselling author and physicist Stephen Hawking explores the “masterpieces” of mathematics, 25 landmarks spanning 2,500 years and representing the work of 15 mathematicians, including Augustin Cauchy, Bernard Riemann, and Alan Turing.

This extensive anthology allows readers to peer into the mind of genius by providing them with excerpts from the original mathematical proofs and results. It also helps them understand the progression of mathematical thought, and the very foundations of our present-day technologies.

Each chapter begins with a biography of the featured mathematician, clearly explaining the significance of the result, followed by the full proof of the work, reproduced from the original publication.

Secret: The Power

By Rhonda Byrne

Rs 1180

The Secret revealed the law of attraction. Now Rhonda Byrne reveals the greatest power in the universe -- The Power to have anything you want. In this book you will come to understand that all it takes is just one thing to change your relationships, money, health, happiness, career, and your entire life.

Every discovery, invention, and human creation comes from The Power. Perfect health, incredible relationships, a career you love, a life filled with happiness, and the money you need to be, do, and have everything you want, all come from The Power.

The life of your dreams has always been closer to you than you realized, because The Power -- to have everything good in your life -- is inside you. To create anything, to change anything, all it takes is just one thing…The power.

Understanding CPI ( M): Will the Indian Left Survive ?

By Diptendra Raychaudhuri.

Rs 952

The book is about the history of the CPI [M]. The left is facing its severest political test in the country. It lost the 2009 elections and doubts are being cast on whether it would be able to survive the West Bengal assembly polls in 2011. This book brings together for the first time a selection from the many contemporaneous notes and opinions on crucial issues involving interpretation of key concepts and provisions of the constitution.

These were written in response to the controversies raised or difficult conflict situations then prevailing. This book would be useful for all those who are interested in understanding the mechanisms of the constitution and its functioning.

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