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04.17: Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
In 2010, French mathematician Cédric Villani received the Fields Medal, the most coveted prize in mathematics, in recognition of a proof which he devised with his close collaborator to explain one of the most surprising theories in classical physics. Birth of a Theorem (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is Villani's own account of the years leading up to the award. Villani shares his favorite songs, his love of manga, and the imaginative stories he tells his children. In mathematics, as in any creative work, it is the thinker's whole life that propels discovery — and with Birth of a Theorem, Villani welcomes you into his.
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04.17: Children's Nature Program
2014-03-18 00:36:16| Powells Books Events Calendar
Join us for a preschool nature program led by a local naturalist. This month students will discover the world of Silly Salamanders and learn about salamanders, the food web, metamorphosis, and camouflage. We will read The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer. This program is produced by Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District.
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04.17: Soman Chainani
2014-03-18 00:36:16| Powells Books Events Calendar
In Soman Chainani's A World without Princes (The School for Good and Evil #2) (HarperCollins), Sophie and Agatha are home, living out their Ever After. But life isn't quite the fairy tale they expected. When Agatha secretly wishes she'd chosen a different happy ending, she reopens the gates to the School for Good and Evil. But the world she and Sophie once knew has changed.
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04.17: Krista Bremer in Conversation with Cheryl Strayed
2014-03-18 00:36:16| Powells Books Events Calendar
Fifteen years ago, Krista Bremer would not have been able to imagine her life today: married to a Libyan-born Muslim, raising two children with Arabic names in the American South. Nor could she have imagined the prejudice she would encounter or the profound ways her marriage would change her perception of the world. Captivating, moving, and often funny, this meditation on tolerance explores what it means to open our hearts to another culture and embrace our own. My Accidental Jihad (Algonquin Books) chronicles Bremer's struggle to reach beyond herself. Bremer will be joined in conversation by Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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04.17: William L. Sullivan
2014-03-18 00:36:16| Powells Books Events Calendar
The Oregon Variations (Navillus Press) is an entertaining and often irreverent collection of short stories from William L. Sullivan, author of the bestselling 100 Hikes series. Modeled after Bach's Goldberg Variations, Sullivan's stories — set within every county of Oregon — reel from flash fiction to parody, all the time revolving around deeper themes of love, loneliness, and art.