![]() May 1954, when the Queen and Prince Philip greeted five-year-old CharlesĪnd three-year-old Anne with handshakes after an absence of nearly six That lack of tactile connection was achingly apparent in ![]() Neither parent was physicallyĭemonstrative. She relied increasingly on her husband to When Elizabeth became Queen, her dedication to her duties meant even less time for her children. The young prince wilted, retreating farther into his shell. ButĬharles’s younger sister, a confident extrovert, could push back, while He was sarcastic with his daughter, Anne, as well. More often than not, the duke was a blunt instrument, unable to resist ![]() Shut up,” Charles answered without hesitation: “The whole time, yes.” “tough disciplinarian” and whether he had been told “to sit down and ![]() Asked inĪn interview when he was 20 years old whether his father had been a As Philip watched these traits emerging, he worried that Charles couldīecome weak and vulnerable, so he set about toughening him up. ![]()
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![]() The inspiration for an Academy Award–winning movie, Sylvia Nasar’s now-classic biography is a drama about the mystery of the human mind, triumph over adversity, and the healing power of love. Thus begins the true story of John Nash, the mathematical genius who was a legend by age thirty when he slipped into madness, and who-thanks to the selflessness of a beautiful woman and the loyalty of the mathematics community-emerged after decades of ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize for triggering the game theory revolution. “Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way my mathematical ideas did,” came the answer. “How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?” the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. The powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize. **Also an Academy Award–winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly-directed by Ron Howard** ![]()
![]() ![]() he continued to work into his eighties, and his work never ceased to amaze, to entertain, and to generate controversy. Heinlein's books were among the first works of science fiction to reach bestseller status in both hardcover and paperback. The series charts the social, political, and technological changes shaping human society from the present through several centuries into the future. His Future History series, incorporating both short stories and novels, was first mapped out in 1941. He was a four-time winner of the Hugo Award for his novels Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), Starship Troopers (1959), Double Star (1956), and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (1966). ![]() In 1939 he sold his first science fiction story to Astounding magazine and soon devoted himself to the genre. ![]() He settled in California and over the next five years held a variety of jobs while doing post-graduate work in mathematics and physics at the University of California. Naval Academy in 1929, but was forced by illness to retire from the Navy in 1934. Robert Anson Heinlein was born in Missouri in 1907, and was raised there. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was of that breed that needed room and space. ![]() Behind him he left the conflicting mix of peoples already beginning to crowd in upon one another. ![]() Thus he had begun his sojourn away from that temperate region of the south. He had no stomach to contest against humankind. He would rather battle the elements, and the earth itself. He would not take a life to retain even something he considered his own. And this was not a man who desired to fight other men. But more and more invaders-Orientals from the east, Huns and Celts from the European west-were now intruding into the land between the Dnieper and Don. The warm southern plains had been good to his people. He made his way slowly, but with purposeful step and determined gaze fixed on the unknown path before him. The solitary figure of a man receded into the distance. Though the Prologue is not essential to understanding the story, some readers may wish to begin with chapter 1 and come back to the Prologue later. It will introduce the historical roots of our story with some fictional characters and symbolic events as well as expand the historical framework with the sections in italics. But for those of you who love history as we do and who have become fascinated with the land of Russia and its people, we invite you to read the Prologue. Anna and Katrina’s story begins on Part I, chapter 1. ![]() |