THE NUMBER MYSTERIES
Book ID/图书代码： 05380010B35745
English Summary/英文概要： THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES is a short, lively book – a small-format hardback with line illustrations – that the reader can dip into for interesting facts, challenges and puzzles. Each of its five chapters will deal with one of five uncrackable mathematical problems, the kind of problems that have vexed mathematicians for hundreds of years. Each of these problems, however, casts a fascinating light onto how mathematics relates to everyday life.
Marcus du Sautoy shows, for example, how numbers preserve secrets on the internet, how they ensure the survival of insects in the forests of North America, even how they are the key to Real Madrid’s success on the football pitch. He explains how to fake a Jackson Pollock; and how to see shapes in four dimensions. He will also show how mathematics provides the best tactics for optimizing your success in game shows, gambling and all kinds of strategy games. THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES shows how mathematics really is at the heart of all that we see and do. It’s the perfect gift book for anybody curious about the world around them.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Sautoy 在本書中處理了五道數百年來至今仍未獲破解的經典數學謎題。
雖然這五道題目至今無人能解，但卻反照出數學在我們日常生活中扮演的角色。
本書內容富含許多和數學有關的有趣現象、挑戰與謎題。除了能夠滿足數學迷參與解題的渴望外，只要是對世界帶有ㄧ點好奇心的讀者，都將從本書中發現探索世界的樂趣。
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如何透過數字進行網路保密
數字如何讓北美森林的昆蟲得以倖存下來
數字又如何幫助皇家馬德里隊在足球場上取得勝利
以及如何在四度空間中看到物體的形狀
除此之外，Sautoy 更將透露如何應用數學讓你在球賽、賭博與在所有需要應用到「策略」的賽局中，能夠增加獲勝機率！(KC)
Awards/获奖情况：牛津大學教授，被英國獨立報選為當今英國最重要的科學家之一，更被譽為「數學界的莫札特」 被英國獨立報選為當今英國最重要的科學家之一，有「數學界的莫札特」之譽，日、韓、中國皆曾出版其著作
Marcus du Sautoy’s translation publishers include:
Shinchosha (Japan), Seung San (Korea), Jorge Zahar (Brazil), Hunan Science & Technology Press (China), Editions Heloïse D’Ormesson (France), C.H. Beck (Germany), P Travlos (Greece), Nieuwezijds (Holland), Books in the Attic/ Miskal (Israel), Rizzoli (Italy), Quaderns Crema (Spain)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_du_Sautoy
【獲得獎項】
＊2001年曾獲得倫敦數學社群（London Mathematical Society）兩年一次頒發的的Berwick獎，此將是表彰最傑出的數學研究。
＊2004年，《質數的奧秘，《簡體已售》》獲得義大利皮亞諾獎（Peano Prize）
＊2005年，《質數的奧秘》獲得德國Sartorius獎
＊2008年，《尋找對稱》（FINDING MOONSHINE ）入圍薩繆爾‧詹森獎（Samuel Johnson Prize）--英國最重量級的非小說類年度圖書獎
Praise for THE MUSIC OF THE PRIMES:
“He brings hugely enjoyable writing, full of zest and passion, to the most fundamental questions in the pursuit of true knowledge”---Marina Warner, Sunday Times
“Wonderful verve and a poetic gift for explanation… enormously entertaining”---New Scientist
"Fascinating."---Washington Post Book World
"[A] lively history. . . . A must for math buffs."---Kirkus Reviews )
"Exceptional. ... A book that will draw readers normally indifferent to the subject deep into the adventure of mathematics."---Booklist (starred review
Italian rights have been sold to Rizzoli
Greek rights have been sold to P Travlosm
About the Author/作者介绍： Marcus du Sautoy is a fellow of Wadham College, Oxford and has been named by The Independent on Sunday as one of Britain leading scientists. In 2001 he won the Berwick Prize of The London Mathmatical Society and in 2006 gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. His book ‘The Music of the Prmes’ was published in 2003 to widespread acclaim. In October 2008 he was appointed to Oxford University’s prestigious professorship as the Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science, a post previously held by Richard Dawkins.
Marcus du Sautoy是牛津大學數學教授、、英國「工程暨物理研究委員會(EPSRC)」研究員與皇家協會的研究員。專長為數字理論，獲得高度讚譽。2008年他被選為接替理查‧道金斯為西蒙義講座教授（Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science），其主要任務就是讓大眾認識科學。
為了讓公眾更瞭解數學，他常為“泰晤士報”和“衛報”寫文章，也為電臺和電視臺作評論。《星期日獨立報》 （Independent on Sunday）將他選為英國最傑出的科學家之一。2004年他首度出版非學術書籍《質數的奧秘》（THE MUSIC OF THE PRIMES）即成為暢銷書籍，並獲得國際皮亞諾獎（Peano Prize）與Sartorius獎。2007年出版的《尋找對稱》（FINDING MOONSHINE ）更入圍英國最重要的非小說類年度圖書獎--薩繆爾‧詹森獎（Samuel Johnson Prize）。這兩本書籍的世界版權曾售包括中日韓等國在內10個國家。
2009年5月即將出版新書《THE NUM8ER MY5TERIES》。
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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE(到期可授)
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