Books by John Taylor

This book is both a sequel to author John Taylor's earlier volume Into the Heart of European Poetry and something different

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor'An Inscrutable Masquerade'/ 'The Conundrum of Coach 13'/ 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny'/ 'The 10.59 Assassin'Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales. In a drawer in his bureau, Dr Watson keeps a locked cedarwood chest - a 'box of secrets'. It contains an archive of notes referring to some of Holmes' cases that, for one reason or another, never saw the light of day. Now, for the first time, Watson has decided to reveal the truth to the world... In these four thrilling stories, Holmes experiments with the science of ballistics, locates some missing gold bullion, investigates the theft of a large amount of money and solves the baffling mystery of the Stovey murder.

In this 1859 work, John Taylor claimed to have discovered the 'pyramid inch', which he argued was one twenty-fifth of the so-called 'sacred cubit' and was derived from ancient astronomical observations. His work was very influential, but was later debunked by the more accurate surveys and measurements of Flinders Petrie.

The notion of proof is central to mathematics yet it is one of the most difficult aspects of the subject to teach and master. In particular, undergraduate mathematics students often experience difficulties in understanding and constructing proofs. This text describes the nature of mathematical proof, explores the various techniques that mathematicians adopt to prove their results, and offers advice and strategies for constructing proofs. It will improve students¿ ability to understand proofs and construct correct proofs of their own.

Charting the paths that have lead to the most serious and stimulating contemporary French writing, this volume casts light on several neglected postwar French authors, while highlighting genuine mentors and invigorating newcomers. It also examines a number of non-French writers who chose French as their literary idiom.

A guide that provides non-specialists with useful information about the various types of electrical filters, their design, and their applications. It covers approximation theory and methods, introduces CAD packages that perform approximation and synthesis and explores design methods for LCR, active-RC, digital, mechanical, and (SC) filters.