The author of the international bestsellers Watching the Tree and Falling Leaves has always been fascinated by proverbs and their importance and use in China
Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England
they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci - and suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history
and visited Borges in restless dreams
The Gods of Olympus: A History Condition:Well Read The author of the internationalElegant and entertaining, this is the history of the most vibrant characters in classical civilisation. With their vast appetites, great beauty, and warlike tendencies, it's hard to resist their pull on the imagination even though, in antiquity, the gods of Olympus were just as often seen as cruel, over sexed, mad, or just plain silly. And yet they were survivors, whose story only began with classical civilisation. Masters of re invention (though