In 2013, a little known mathematician in his late 50s stunned the mathematical community with a breakthrough on an age-old problem about prime numbers. Since then, there has been further dramatic progress on the problem, thanks to the efforts of a large-scale online collaborative effort of a type that would have been unthinkable in mathematics a couple of decades ago, and the insight and creativity of a young mathematician at the start of his career. Prime numbers have intrigued, inspired ...

Considering studying mathematics at university? Wondering whether a mathematics degree will get you a good job, and what you might earn? Want to know what it's actually like to study mathematics at degree level? This book tells you what you need to know. Studying any subject at degree level is an investment in the future that involves significant cost. Now more than ever, students and their parents need to weigh up the potential benefits of university courses. That's where the Why Study se...

Following a visit to a cemetery and an eerie monument, Lisa begins experiencing something very unusual - a hideous clown appears whenever she is upset with someone and kills them, leaving her to clean up the mess or be pinned for the murders. First it's her boss wanting to fire her, then a nosey neighbor. Lisa tries her best to cover up for the dastardly deeds while fighting to understand why this is happening to her. The evil clown taunts her following a death before he mysteriously disap...

17-year-old Katie has led a young life of isolation within her home. Scarred on her face by a tragic accident as a small child, her parents decided to keep her protected in their care so kids couldn't be cruel to their beloved daughter. She was home schooled her own life. Never went outside, except to doctor's appointments. It is a life she has accepted while loathed at the same time.Realizing that their decisions may have permanent repercussions on Katie, her parents decide she sh...

A trio of short stories revolving around Max, a big city taxi driver, and his more interesting cab fares:Mid-Life Affair - A middle-aged man gets in the cab with his mistress. Once Max drops her off at her apartment, he is instructed to drive to an office building, where the wife joins her husband. Tension fogs the air, tension filled with anger and hurt from both parties. Hating to see a marriage of so many years go down the drain, Max helps to talk them through their crisis and r...

Megan Harper, the daughter of a galactic marine General is expected to carry on her family's legacy by joining the marines. The eldest of three daughters and the only tomboy, Megan wishes to take a different path with her life but succumbs to the destiny chosen for her.Upon arrival at boot camp, Megan finds it to be everything she imagined - difficult, efficient, and lonely. When each cadet is given an A.I. to assist them, things take a turn for the worse when Megan is assigned Max...

Three stories with a comedic undertone:Fail to Order - An elderly gentleman visits a new burger joint in his neighborhood, only to find a slow-witted worker taking orders. When it his his turn, he struggles to keep his cool when the young man continuously messes up his simple order.uPods or Bust - The parents of three children find themselves in a tough spot when their power goes out and the kids don't know what to do with themselves after their electronic devices die. The ...

hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: Irrational fear of the number 666.666: The number of the beast. A term in the Book of Revelation, of the New Testament associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13. Anti-Christ. Devil.Two stories of a mysterious locker that controls anyone who comes in contact with it:A Deadly SecretMitch finds himself intrigued with a locker at work that is never assigned to an employee - locker 666. There is something mysterious abou...

The 2nd in the Tina series of short stories for teenagers. Tina's brother is quitting basketball, but why, he loves the game?Tina suspects something is up and she gets an earful one afternoon after school. Mario is being bullied. What can she do?

“Delightful . . . easily digestible chapters include plenty of helpful examples and illustrations. You'll never forget the Pythagorean theorem again!”—Scientific AmericanMany people take math in high school and promptly forget much of it. But math plays a part in all of our lives all of the time, whether we know it or not. In The Joy of x, Steven Strogatz expands on his hit New York Times series to explain the big ideas of math gently and clearly, with wit, insight, and br...

WINNER OF THE 2015 BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVELA chilling thriller that brilliantly blends psychological suspense and supernatural horror, reminiscent of Stephen King's The Shining, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist.The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of ac...

After joining the police force of her small Irish village, a local woman must investigate the murder of a stranger in this cozy mystery novel.After solving two murders in the County Cork village of Kilbane, Siobhán O’Sullivan has accepted her calling and decided to join the Garda Síochána. The O’Sullivan clan couldn’t be prouder, but there’s no time to celebrate as she’s already on another case, summoned by the local priest who just found a dead man in the St. Mary...