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Today, India stands on the threshold of global dominance. And as it faces the road ahead, attention focuses on one man, its Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. A controversial figure in his own country and abroad, he has garnered unprecedented political support while facing criticism for his nationalism, his record in government and his economic policies. As it seeks to control its relationships with China and Pakistan, to revitalize its economy and improve the health ...
Weird or weird? Minuscule or miniscule? English spelling is fiendish. Probably only one in a hundred people have truly mastered it. Yet when famous writers like Hemingway (mirricle, ungry), Ezra Pound and Virginia Woolf get it wrong, how are the orthographically challenged to cope? Thankfully, English lends itself to innovation. This book is a celebration of spelling. From the Lord’s Prayer ()Faeder ure pu pe eart on heofonum) to graffiti, from hairdressers ...
With the invention of fractal geometry, mathematical superstar Benoit Mandelbrot forever changed our understanding of the mysteries of nature and influenced a host of modern fields, from chaos theory to computer animation. Now, together with science journalist and former Wall Street Journal editor Richard L. Hudson, Mandelbrot turns a fractal eye to the behaviour of financial markets and proves that they are far riskier than has commonly been believed. The ...
This book gathers together the best writing that has recently appeared in The Economist on the way technology and its use is developing and is likely to develop and change in the future. Stretching far and wide, it ranges from information technology and digital security, through mobile phones and video games, all the way to nanotechnology, robots and artificial intelligence. With typical Economist clarity and vitality, the surveys and articles in this book ...
There's scarcely a major company that does not use consultants and the public sector is increasingly turning to consultants for help in delivering public services. Three-quarters of consulting work in done for clients where the consulting firm has an established relationship. Yet the business consulting industry has changed beyond recognition in the past ten years. The spread of outsourcing and off shoring, the rise of the professional procurement department, ...
For everyone who has read and enjoyed Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, here is an exceptional insight into da Vinci’s inner world, in his own words and images. The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci-a treasure house of unparalleled ingenuity, curiosity and creative energy-have inspired their readers for centuries. Fascinating and tantalizing by turns, the individual pages of the notebooks, densely covered with da Vinci’s sketches, jottings, calculations and ...
