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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Three Body Problem (2004)di Catherine Shaw
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Cambridge, 1888. Tres profesores de la universidad han sido asesindos misteriosamente cuando investigaban el problema de los tres cuerpos, un enigma matemático que Sir isaac Newton fue el primero en plantear. Vanessa Duncan es una joven institutriz que ha empezado a trabajar recientemente en la ciudad universitaria como maestra de niñas. Gracias a las familias para las que trabaja, tiene la oportunidad de relacionarse con las más privilegiadas mentes matemáticas de la prestigiosa universidad. Además, el momento no podría ser más emocionante: todos se hallan inmersos en la investigación del problema de los tres cuerpos. El rey Óscar de Suecua ha decidido que para su 60 aniversario concederá un sustancial premio a aquel matemático que consiga resolver el problema, que fue planteado por vez primera por Isaac Newton. Sin embargo, todo da un giro inesperado cuando el profesor adjunto de matemáticas, Akers, es encontrado muerto en sus habitaciones de un violento golpe en la nuca y el enamorado de la srta Duncan, otro matemático llamado Weatherburn, es acusado del crimen. Sadly, telling the story through the device of letters written home results in a style that is just too artificial and far-fetched. The "letters" contain lots of history and explanation for the reader which does not help their authenticity. It should be noted that the background to this story is true, but the book can't really be recommended, as other reviewers have commented. I did something I rarely do with this book - I gave up reading it halfway through. I don't know if it was the novel's format of letters written to a twin sister, the earnest discussion of mathematical theories, the rigid adherence to Victorian era standards of behaviour, the precision of the language or just me but I was bored and restless as I read and never able to immerse myself in Vanessa's world. When three mathematics professors are murdered, schoolteacher Vanessa Duncan sets out to solve the crime because she believes the person accused of the murders is innocent. Although the mystery is enjoyable, this book is ultimately forgettable. None of the characters are overly well developed, and many act outside the norms of Victorian propriety often enough that the reader forgets the setting is intended to be Victorian-era Cambridge, England. The resolution is entirely implausible and does not convey any sense of urgency as Vanessa attempts to deliver a crucial piece of evidence to the court in time. En 1888, el plácido ambiente universitario de Cambridge vive días de horror. Varios prestigiosos maestros matemáticos son asesinados mientras intentan resolver un problema matemático, por cuya solución está dispuesto a pagar una gran fortuna el rey de Suecia. Para la joven institutriz Vanessa Duncan, los crímenes son algo más que inexplicables acontecimientos que se ciernen amenazadores sobre la ciudad: en el horizonte acecha un perverso asesino decidido a sembrar el terror por toda Europa. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Appartiene alle SerieVanessa Duncan (1) Premi e riconoscimenti
Cambridge, 1888. When schoolmistress Vanessa Duncan learns of a murder at St John’s College, little does she know that she will become deeply entangled in the mystery. Dr Geoffrey Akers, Fellow in Pure Mathematics, has been found dead, struck down by a violent blow to the head. What could provoke such a brutal act? Vanessa, finding herself in amongst Cambridge's brightest scholarly minds, discovers that the motive may lie in mathematics itself. Drawn closer to the case by a blossoming friendship with mathematician Arthur Weatherburn, Vanessa begins to investigate. When she learns of Sir Isaac Newton's elusive 'n-body problem' and the prestigious prize offered to anyone with a solution, things begin to make sense. But with further deaths occurring and the threat of an innocent man being condemned, Vanessa must hurry with her calculations... Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.92Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 2000-Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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