Most Popular Books by Apostolos Doxiadis

In this critically acclaimed international bestseller, Petros Papachristos, a mathematical prodigy, has devoted much of his life trying to prove one of the greatest mathematical challenges of all time: Goldbach''s Conjecture, the deceptively simple claim that every even number greater than two is the sum of two primes. His feverish and singular pursuit of this goal has come to define his life. Now an old man, he is looked on with suspicion and shame by his family-until his ambitious young nephew intervenes. Seeking to understand his uncle''s mysterious mind, the narrator of this novel unravels his story, a dramatic tale set against a tableau of brilliant historical figures-among them G. H. Hardy, the self-taught Indian genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, and a young Kurt Gödel. Meanwhile, as Petros recounts his own life''s work, a bond is formed between uncle and nephew, pulling each one deeper into mathematical obsession, and risking both of their sanity.

This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his most ambitious goal-to establish unshakable logical foundations of mathematics-continues to loom before him. Through love and hate, peace and war, Russell persists in the dogged mission that threatens to claim both his career and his personal happiness, finally driving him to the brink of insanity. This story is at the same time a historical novel and an accessible explication of some of the biggest ideas of mathematics and modern philosophy. With rich characterizations and expressive, atmospheric artwork, the book spins the pursuit of these ideas into a highly satisfying tale. Probing and ingeniously layered, the book throws light on Russell''s inner struggles while setting them in the context of the timeless questions he spent his life trying to answer. At its heart, Logicomix is a story about the conflict between an ideal rationality and the unchanging, flawed fabric of reality.

Three brothers. One mafia curse. A gripping mafia thriller, at once a suspenseful crime adventure and ingenious fable Ben Frank has blood on his hands. He knows that he has killed a man in a bar-room brawl. He knows that as an Italian immigrant in turn-of-the-century New York, life is tough. But what he doesn’t know is that the victim’s father, a Mafia boss, will settle a curse, a ‘maledizione’, on Frank’s family; that the shoemaker’s three sons will each die in their forty-second year. Following the varying fortunes of the shoemaker’s sons – Al, Nick and Leo Frank – as well as their nemesis, a gangster by the name of ‘Terranova’, Three Little Pigs grows into a dazzling meditation on chance, destiny, choice and their consequences. At once a gripping thriller and an investigation of character and fate, this is a revenge tragedy written by a master at the very peak of his powers. Can the brothers beat the curse? From Apostolos Doxiadis, author of Logicomix, comes a unique and completely absorbing crime novel, sure to appeal to fans of Mario Puzo, Don DeLillo and Carl Hiaasen. ‘Brilliantly entertaining and suspenseful – imagine the Brothers Grimm crossed with Guys and Dolls.’ Bestselling author Tom Holland

¿Qué haríamos si supiéramos cuándo vamos a morir? Benvenuto Franco, un zapatero y emigrante italiano que ha americanizado su nombre por el de Ben Frank, amargado por las deudas y la pérdida de su esposa, mata en una pelea de bar al único hijo de Tonio Lupo, un temido capo de la mafia neoyorquina. De nada le sirve el ser condenado, Lupo le lanza una "maledizione": sus tres hijos serán asesinados cuando cumplan la edad de cuarenta y dos años, la que tenía el suyo al morir. Le encomienda su venganza a un sicario, Peppe Terranova. Los hijos de Frank, como los tres cerditos del cuento, construyen sus defensas para evitar ser asesinados: acumulando una fortuna para pagarse la seguridad, refugiándose como artista en el glamour de Hollywood para hacerse invulnerable, cambiando de identidad... Pero, ¿podrán sobrevivir a la maldición? ¿Podrán evitar su cita fatal con el destino? Situada en la primera mitad del siglo XX, con notas de jazz de fondo y referencias históricas a la ley seca, el cine mudo, el colonialismo, el fascismo..., Apostolos Doxiadis construye en "Tres cerditos" una absorbente novela de intriga y de aventuras, que es además una original reflexión con tintes de tragedia griega sobre el destino, la suerte y la libre elección. Una fábula en clave moderna sobre la eterna cuestión de cómo poder engañar a la muerte.

Um jovem descobre que seu tio, um tipo estranho e visto pela família como um perdedor, fora no passado um brilhante matemático, que dedicara sua vida ao estudo de um problema insolúvel: a Conjectura de Goldbach. A curiosidade o leva a questionar o tio sobre a verdadeira história de sua vida, de cuja narrativa se tece este belo e apaixonado romance.

Oom Petros is het zwarte schaap van de familie. Een uitgebluste oude man die leeft als een kluizenaar, en zelfs door zijn familie wordt gezien als een van die mislukkingen van het leven. Maar ooit was oom Petros een gevierd wiskundige. Briljant en hoogmoedig wijdde hij zijn hele leven aan een probleem dat al eeuwen elke oplossing weerstaat: het vermoeden van Goldbach. Als zijn neef dit ontdekt, begint hij een speurtocht naar oom Petros verleden. Een levenslange obsessie lijkt uiteindelijk tot niets anders geleid te hebben dan een gebroken man. Totdat Petros door een laatste ontmoeting met zijn neef eens te meer de diepe, mysterieuze schoonheid van de wiskunde ervaart.

Nel 1742 il matematico Christian Goldbach, tutore del figlio dello Zar, formulò una congettura secondo la quale ogni numero pari maggiore di due sarebbe la somma di due numeri primi. Ma nel corso della sua vita Goldbach non potè trovare una dimostrazione efficace della sua intuizione. Così, per oltre 250 anni, la sua congettura è rimasta tale. Fino a che zio Petros si è messo in testa che proprio lui sarebbe riuscito a dimostrare che Goldbach aveva ragione. Solo suo nipote, come lui appassionato di matematica, è incuriosito dalla figura di quello zio strano, solitario, silenzioso, sommerso dalle sue carte. E sarà proprio il nipote a condividere l''ossessione per la soluzione della congettura e a scoprire il mistero della vita dello zio e la storia del suo perduto amore. Un romanzo straordinario, un thriller matematico in cui la ricerca della soluzione di un problema scientifico si sposa a una storia personale avvincente e carica di umanità. Un connubio inedito tra matematica e letteratura che è diventato un successo mondiale tradotto in quindici lingue

Ben Frank hat Blut an seinen Händen. Bei einer Kneipenschlägerei tötet er den Sohn des berüchtigten Mafiabosses Tonio Lupo. Und dieser sinnt auf Rache: Auch Franks Söhne sollen in dem Alter ermordet werden, in dem sein Sohn starb. Schicksal, Zufall, bewusste Entscheidungen: ein spannender Rache-Thriller über die Frage, wie wir dem Tod ein Schnippchen schlagen können. Al, Nick und Leo Frank sind sich keiner Schuld bewusst. Doch der vom Tode gezeichnete Mafiaboss nimmt seine Rache ernst: Er setzt einen Profikiller auf die drei Brüder an, der sie umbringen soll, sobald sie 42 Jahre alt sind. Während Al sich durch Reichtum zu schützen sucht, flüchtet Nick in den Glamour von Hollywood, um sich unverwundbar zu machen. Nur der jüngste Bruder Leo ist noch zu klein, um von dem Fluch zu erfahren, und führt zunächst ein unbeschwertes Leben. Aber auch für den Profikiller stellt sich die Frage, wie er leben soll, bis seine Opfer ihr entsprechendes Alter erreicht haben.

Le vieil oncle Petros qui vit dans une petite maison près d''Athènes est-il un des grands ratés de la science ou le Prométhée de la théorie des nombres ? Lorsqu''il meurt, il fait don à son neveu préféré de sa bibliothèque de livres scientifiques. Celui-ci raconte alors quelles ont été ses relations avec cet homme peu commun et quel a été son destin. Une conjecture mathématique irrésolue depuis deux siècles, un oncle mathématicien rendu fou par la recherche de la solution, un neveu qui enquête, avec ce polar des nombres premiers, Apostolos Doxiadis a réussi un roman parfaitement original et attachant, salué par les communautés mathématiques et littéraires anglo-saxonnes comme un exploit qui force l''admiration de deux mondes peu habitués à se rencontrer.