{"product_id":"9781429938570","title":"Group Theory in the Bedroom, and Other Mathematical Diversions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Award-Winning Essayist Plies His Craft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Hayes is one of the most accomplished essayists active today—a claim supported not only by his prolific and continuing high-quality output but also by such honors as the National Magazine Award for his commemorative Y2K essay titled \"Clock of Ages,\" published in the November\/December 1999 issue of \u003ci\u003eThe Sciences \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. (The also-rans that year included Tom Wolfe, Verlyn Klinkenborg, and Oliver Sacks.) Hayes's work in this genre has also appeared in such anthologies as \u003ci\u003eThe Best\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Magazine Writing, The Best American Science and Nature\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWriting, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. Here he offers us a selection of his most memorable and accessible pieces—including \"Clock of Ages\"—embellishing them with an overall, scene-setting preface, reconfigured illustrations, and a refreshingly self-critical \"Afterthoughts\" section appended to each essay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154132484336,"sku":"9781429938570","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429938570_p0.jpg?v=1763749194","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429938570","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}