Everyone talks about the beauty of mathematics, but almost no one observes that this beauty is largely a result of the symmetries that emerge from simple combinations of natural numbers. One sees this
“What audacity!” exclaimed Robert Wagner when he heard about the authors’ adolescent exploits in nabbing interviews with celebrities of Hollywood’s Golden Age. In 1978, David Fantle and Tom Johnson,
Born in 1918 in rural Prince Edward County, Virginia, J.B. Fuqua knew by the age of 14 that he wanted more out of life than being a tobacco farmer. In this book, he discusses the highlights of his mul
Though best known for its horror films, Hammer produced a wide variety of movies in many genres. The British studio was famous for its exciting stories and expert action--all on very small budgets and
From his film debut in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) through Biggles (1985), here is the movie career of Peter Cushing, known as "the gentle man of horror." From interviews and extensive personal c
British actor Oliver Reed left home at age 17, worked as a club bouncer, and served in Hong Kong with the National Service before he started working in film. This book offers chronological entries on
The long subtitle specifies the areas of research undertaken by a team of agricultural and rural economists and economists with other specialties, planners, policy advisors, and development specialist
The career of Christopher Lee has stretched over half a century in every sort of film from comedy to horror and in such diverse roles as the Man With the Golden Gun, Frankenstein's monster, Fu Manchu
This book presents the methodology and results of a three-year, eleven-country science-to-policy research project – Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development – underta
