Roman’s Labs: Vol. 86, Highly Instructive and Educational Games for the Grand Prix Player
18 January
Roman’s Labs: Vol. 86, Highly Instructive and Educational Games for the Grand Prix Player
- Grandmaster Roman and Rybka team up yet again to give you a thorough understanding of the Grand Prix Attack.
- Roman has selected several of typical “Anti-Sicilian” Grand Prix games like you might see in your own games.
- Roman will show you how any player of whatever skill level can add the Grand Prix Attack to his own aresenal.
- The author helps you to understand the main ideas and concepts of this important opening system.
- Don’t miss this opportunity for personal Grandmaster training!
On this DVD Grandmaster Roman and Rybka team up yet again to give you a thorough understanding of the Grand Prix Attack for White. Roman has selected several of typical “Anti-Sicilian” Grand Prix games, of the sort you might expect to see in your own games. Roman will show you how any player of whatever skill level can add the Grand Prix Attack to his own aresenal by helping you to understand the main ideas and concepts of this important opening system. Don’t miss this opportunity for personal Grandmaster training!
Video running time: Over 1 hour.
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The Mathematics of Soap Films: Explorations With Maple (Student Mathematical Library, Vol. 10) (Student Mathematical Library, V. 10)
7 January
The Mathematics of Soap Films: Explorations With Maple (Student Mathematical Library, Vol. 10) (Student Mathematical Library, V. 10)
Nature tries to minimize the surface area of a soap film through the action of surface tension. The process can be understood mathematically by using differential geometry, complex analysis, and the calculus of variations. This book employs ingredients from each of these subjects to tell the mathematical story of soap films.
The text is fully self-contained, bringing together a mixture of types of mathematics along with a bit of the physics that underlies the subject. The development is primarily from first principles, requiring no advanced background material from either mathematics or physics.
Through the Maple® applications, the reader is given tools for creating the shapes that are being studied. Thus, you can “see” a fluid rising up an inclined plane, create minimal surfaces from complex variables data, and investigate the “true” shape of a balloon. Oprea also includes descriptions of experiments and photographs that let you see real soap films on wire frames.
The theory of minimal surfaces is a beautiful subject, which naturally introduces the reader to fascinating, yet accessible, topics in mathematics. Oprea’s presentation is rich with examples, explanations, and applications.
® Waterloo Maple, Inc., Ontario, Canada.
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