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- Foucault's Pendulum (300)
- By Umberto Eco
- Finished on Nov 25, 2005
  
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Foucault's Pendulum

Erinomainen kirja - ainoa virhe oli yliarvioida oma englanninkielen taito ja lukea se englanniksi, ikäänkuin kyseessä ei olisi ollut muutenkin raskas teos.

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Ruusun nimi
- Ruusun nimi (6)
- By Umberto Eco
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Ruusun nimi

Helsinkiläisestä divarista kolmella eurolla pelastettu Ruusun Nimi osoittautui hintansa väärtiksi. Pintapuolisesti kyse on 1300-luvun munkkiluostariin sijoittuvasta salapoliisijännäristä. Kirkkohistoriasta ja hyvästä tarinoista kiinnostuneille silkkaa nannaa!

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- A Course on Group Theory (3)
- (Dover Books on Advanced Mathematics)
- By John S. Rose
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A Course on Group Theory

For those who have grasped the basics of finite group theory

I bought this one when starting my M.Sc. thesis and it proved to be a great help and a very good book to reference when needed. The layout is clear, and notation well-chosen (I really hate it when authors use subset for subgroup, and when they don't make distinction between subgroups and proper subg ... (continue)

I bought this one when starting my M.Sc. thesis and it proved to be a great help and a very good book to reference when needed. The layout is clear, and notation well-chosen (I really hate it when authors use subset for subgroup, and when they don't make distinction between subgroups and proper subgroups).
This book is not for beginners, but for intermediate students who already know the basics of group theory (and preferably a bit of linear algebra, although that's not really necessary). It covers a nice range of subjects, such as group actions, series, transfer and splitting theorems and so on. Representation theory is, however, omitted.

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- Group Theory (5)
- By W. R. Scott
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Group Theory

Not my favourite

I bought this book during writing my M.Sc. thesis, which I had almost completed at the time. Scott's book covers a lot of topics not in my other books of choice on group theory, but I just hate the layout (I find it confusing and hard to follow) and notation (for which I can't blame the book).

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