{"product_id":"the-mathematicians-shiva-paperback","title":"The Mathematician's Shiva - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStuart Rojstaczer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For readers of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Where I Leave You \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEverything Is Illuminated, \u003c\/i\u003e\"a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history and humor\" (Jonathan Evison, author of \u003ci\u003eWest of Here\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the greatest female mathematician in history passes away, her son, Alexander \"Sasha\" Karnokovitch, just wants to mourn his mother in peace. But rumor has it the notoriously eccentric Polish  migr  has solved one of the most difficult problems in all of mathematics, and has spitefully taken the solution to her grave. As a ragtag group of mathematicians from around the world descends upon Rachela's shiva, determined to find the proof or solve it for themselves--even if it means prying up the floorboards for notes or desperately scrutinizing the mutterings of her African Grey parrot--Sasha must come to terms with his mother's outsized influence on his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning decades and continents, from a crowded living room in Madison, Wisconsin, to the windswept beach on the Barents Sea where a young Rachela had her first mathematical breakthrough, \u003ci\u003eThe Mathematician's Shiva\u003c\/i\u003e is an unexpectedly moving and uproariously funny novel that captures humanity's drive not just to survive, but to achieve the impossible.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStuart Rojstaczer\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in Milwaukee and has degrees from the University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois, and Stanford. For many years, he was a professor of geophysics at Duke University. He lives in Northern California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.21 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Jewish Book Award (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227211088121,"sku":"9780143126317","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Q3Fxdm5MV3RvcXFOeU5NVTVFTUxYQT09.webp?v=1768279000","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-mathematicians-shiva-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}