Paul Hoffman

Based on a National Magazine Award-winning article, this masterful biography of Hungarian-born Paul Erdos is both a vivid portrait of an eccentric genius and a layman's guide to some of this century's most startling mathematical discoveries.

The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth

The Man Who Loved Only Numbers

Perhaps nowhere are the competing ideas of heaven and hell exhibited more clearly than in the dark and tormented soul of Thomas Cale. Betrayed by his beloved but still marked by a child's innocence, Cale will lead the Redeemers into a battle for nothing less than the fate of the human race.

The Last Four Things

The Beating of his Wings by Paul Hoffman is the final instalment in his epic Cale and the Sanctuary of Redeemers series. Thomas Cale has been running from the truth. Since discovering that his brutal military training has been for one purpose - to destroy God's greatest mistake, mankind itself - Cale has been hunted by the very man who made him into the Angel of Death: Pope Redeemer Bosco.Cale is a paradox: arrogant and innocent, generous and pitiless. Feared and revered by those created him, he has already used his breathtaking talent for destruction to bring down the most powerful civilisation in the world. But Thomas Cale is weak. His soul is dying. As his body is wracked with convulsions he knows that the final judgment will not wait for a sick boy. As the day of reckoning draws close, Cale's sense of vengeance leads him back to the Sanctuary - and to confront the person he hates most in the world. Finally Cale must recognise that he is the incarnation of God's rage and decide if he will stand against the Sanctuary of the Redeemers and use his unique skill of laying waste to all things. The fate of mankind rests on Cale's decision.The Beating of his Wings is the third and final instalment in Paul Hoffman's epic Cale and the Sanctuary of the Redeemers trilogy, following The Left Hand of God and The Last Four Things. Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials meets Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose, and fans of epic heroic fiction will love this series.Praise for Paul Hoffman:'This book gripped me from the first chapter and then dropped me days later, dazed and grinning to myself' Conn Iggulden'Tremendous momentum' Daily Telegraph'A cult classic . . .' Daily ExpressPaul Hoffman is the author of four previous novels: the two previous Thomas Cale titles, as well as The Golden Age of Censorship, a black comedy based on his experiences as a film censor and The Wisdom of Crocodiles, which predicted the collapse of the world financial system.

The Beating of His Wings

Follows the adventures of sixteen-year-old Thomas, one of thousands of imprisoned youths being trained in combat by warrior monks who becomes aware of his secret destiny after a daring escape.

O braço esquerdo de Deus

As quatro últimas coisas

His name is Cale. They told him he could destroy the world. Maybe he will. To read The Left Hand of God is to discover a world of wonder and cruelty, epic grandeur and unspeakable tragedy. It is Thomas Cale's story and before it is done he will have loved, killed, outwitted, saved or betrayed those who cross his path. He will have no choice . . . the fate of the world lies in his hands. 'A dark and wildly imaginative story, well told and packed with hair-raising twists.' The Times 'Breathless chases, duels, ambushes, kidnap and damsels in distress. It has tremendous momentum.' Daily Telegraph 'Brilliant. Funny, violent and intriguing.' Charlie Higson 'Gripped me from the first chapter and dropped me days later, dazed and grinning.' Conn Iggulden 'A cult classic.' Daily Express

The Left Hand of God

Wydawnictwo Albatros

Izabela Matuszewska

Lewa ręka Boga

Essays discuss number theory, cryptography, topology, chess playing, computers, algorithms, parallel processing, and political representation

The Joys and Perils of Mathematics

Archimedes' Revenge

Yalnızca Sayıları Seven Adam

ผู้ชายที่หลงรักตัวเลข

Paul Erdös foi um dos mais prolíficos e excêntricos matemáticos do nosso tempo, um homem que possuía inimagináveis poderes intelectuais, mas que era incapaz de realizar muitas das tarefas diárias mais simples. Durante mais de duas décadas viveu com o conteúdo de duas velhas malas, atravessando quatro continentes a um ritmo frenético, perseguindo problemas matemáticos em busca da beleza perene e da verdade absoluta.

O homem que só gostava de números: a história de Paul Erdos e a busca da verdade matemática

Roman

Die linke Hand Gottes

Een jongeman, die is opgegroeid bij een strenge kloosterorde, ontdekt een afschuwelijk mysterie, ontsnapt en klimt in de hem onbekende buitenwereld op tot een zeer belangrijke positie.

De linkerhand van God

Die letzten Gerechten

"Preste atenção. O Santuário dos Redentores no Penhasco de Shotover deve seu nome a uma grande mentira, pois há pouca redenção naquele lugar e ele tampouco serve de refúgio divino". É com esse alerta que o inglês Paul Hoffman começa A mão esquerda de Deus, um livro sombrio e cheio de mistério. O cenário da trama é desolador. Habitado por meninos que foram levados para lá muito novos e geralmente contra a sua vontade, o Santuário dos Redentores é uma mistura de prisão, monastério e campo de treinamento militar. Lá, esses milhares de garotos são submetidos a uma sádica preparação para lutar contra hereges que vivem nas redondezas. Sucesso de público e vendas na Inglaterra, A mão esquerda de Deus resgata a atmosfera de clássicos como O Nome de Rosa, de Umberto Eco, e O Senhor dos Anéis, de Tolkien, misturando elementos de história medieval com um ritmo ágil e contemporâneo.

A mão esquerda de Deus

As a young man, Paul Hoffman was a brilliant chess player . . . until the pressures of competition drove him to the brink of madness. In King's Gambit, he interweaves a gripping overview of the history of the game and an in-depth look at the state of modern chess into the story of his own attempt to get his game back up to master level -- without losing his mind. It's also a father and son story, as Hoffman grapples with the bizarre legacy of his own dad, who haunts Hoffman's game and life.

A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game

King's Gambit

Dr. Crypton

Chronicles the life of the Hungarian mathematician who relentlessly traveled the globe in search of intriguing problems

"By the turn of the century, Santos-Dumont had moved to Paris. Soon, the dashing and impeccably dressed aeronaut was barhopping around the city in a one-man dirigible he invented, circling above crowds and crashing into rooftops. Eventually, he would join the world-wide competition to build the first true airplane. Once he succeeded, the press hailed him as the man who had conquered the air. (Because the Wright brothers worked in near secrecy, word of their first flights had not widely reached Europe when Santos-Dumon took to the skies.) His picture appeared on cigar boxes and dinner plates and he dined regularly with the Cartiers, the Rothschilds, and the Roosevelts, hosting "aerial dinners" in which his guests ate at an elevated table so they could imagine how it felt to be above the world." "But all would change after Santos-Dumont witnessed the destructive capacity of flying machines in World War I."--BOOK JACKET.

Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight

Wings of Madness

When Steven Grlscz saves a young woman from throwing herself in front of a train he finds himself consumed by a love affair which transforms her into a happy and beautiful young woman. Then she vanishes without trace. George Winnicott, wakes from a nightmare screaming that he knows the meaning of life. How are these events linked?

The Wisdom of Crocodiles

The epic story of Thomas Cale—introduced so memorably in The Left Hand of God—continues as the Redeemers use his prodigious gifts to further their sacred goal: the extinction of humankind and the end of the world... To the warrior-monks known as the Redeemers, “the last four things” represent the culmination of a faithful life. Death. Judgment. Heaven. Hell. The last four things represent eternal bliss—or endless destruction, permanent chaos, and infinite pain. Perhaps nowhere are the competing ideas of heaven and hell exhibited more clearly than in the dark and tormented soul of Thomas Cale. Betrayed by the girl he loves but still marked by a child’s innocence, possessed of a remarkable aptitude for violence but capable of extreme tenderness, Cale will lead the Redeemers into a battle for nothing less than the fate of the human race. And though his broken heart foretells the bloody trail he will leave in pursuit of a personal peace he can never achieve, a glimmer of hope remains—the question even Cale can’t answer: When it comes time to decide the fate of the world, to ensure the extermination of humankind or spare it, what will he choose? To express God’s will on the edge of his sword, or to forgive his fellow man—and himself?

Paul Hoffman

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