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Oh merci again! :) I'm sorry, it's my occupational habit, I use to ask all time. On purpose, Ex Ungue Leonis, it would be a good headline for some article of Poltical's or Economic's or Social's issue.

Yes, when he was just 17, he submitted his first work on the Theory of Equations to the Academy of Sciences and Augustin Cauchy was chosen to referee Galois' work, but he lost the material so, the material never received the attention it deserved. - or when his father dies, an alleged...

Oh merci for your explanation! :) Then, the square root reduces the number of divisions. I see. Yes, I understood better why Matthia divides those 2 numbers by some prime, although I found a program of prime numbers calculators online and so I didn't lose my head and neurons with the Sieve of...

I have read The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano, although there wasn't too much mathematical references. Yes, 2 numbers of 13 digits that supposedly are prime. However, Paolo Giordano is to be commended for his brilliant writing style and and he does a masterful job of describing...

I read this novel in italian and the story was well crafted with beautiful language. A visceral exploration of life either filled with corrupt adults or abandoned by loving parents although, Michele, who retrospectively narrates his story, has a sense of responsibility and he has his own moral...

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The city of Joy, A great book for me and immediately vowed to travel to Calcutta. I lived there 2 years ago. The book was inspirational to me. Is Paris Burning? , This book has given me new eyes to see my own city. Paris is full of little plates with the dates and the names of the persons who...

I am totally pleased with this collection of essays. 'A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again', the style is perhaps a little tighter, a little more mature, a little wiser. 'Consider the lobster and other essays' Perhaps the highlight of this collection is the maturity that Wallace is showing.

Of special interest to me were the closing chapters on various aspects of musical synesthesia. Ever since I can remember, throughout my childhood, numbers and letters all had colors and sounds. For me, 4 has always been yellow and high sound, 3 has always been red high-pitched sound, 7 has...

My name is Cecilia, i am member of several reading forums in France and Italy. Just happened to come across this site, looked interesting, so thought I'd join. :)