Books

This new book from Dr Seán Delaney is informed by intensive research and is organised around the work teachers do every day.

The indispensable guide to the world of education in Ireland, bridging the gap between practitioners, managers, policy-makers.

In his book Zombies and Calculus, Colin Adams, author, humorist and professor of mathematics, brings out the excitement and versatility of Calculus – the science of how quantities that depend on each other change as one or more of them changes.

The book deals with mysteries that bring different clients to private eye pair Fred and Pete and each episode is solved with a lesson in elementary math.

It seems proper that late last year the Princeton University Press brought out a book covering ‘the personal, scientific and public spheres of Einstein’s life’ to mark the centenary of his celebrated 1915 paper.