It reveals the attraction that has drawn leading mathematicians and amateurs alike to number theory over the course of history.

    This volume covers local as well as global differential geometry of curves and surfaces.

    The algebraic and order properties of the real number system are presented in a simpler fashion than in the previous edition.

    The result is a moving account of one man's instinctive search for an identity in a time of deep moral, political, and aesthetic confusion.

    

    

    Now this indispensible anthology has been expanded and revised to include a fresh introductory overview by editor Tino Balio and ten new chapters that explore such topics as the growth of exhibition as big business, the mode of production for feature films, the star as market strategy, and the changing economics and structure of contemporary entertainment companies. The result is a unique collection of essays, more comprehensive and current than ever, that reveals how the American movie industry really worked in a century of constant change-from kinetoscopes and the coming of sound to the star system, 1950s blacklisting, and today's corporate empires.