An international collaboration involving 26 writers and illustrators from 14 different countries have transformed 15 of Cixin Liu's - 'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' (New Yorker) - award-winning stories into graphic novels.
The Sun is dying. Helium will soon permeate its core, triggering a violent explosion, and its burning-hot diameter will increase until it has consumed everything that stands in its way.
As long as we remain in its path, humanity stands no chance.
Interstellar emigration is the only way out. Reaching a consensus on a destination has been easy: the only viable target is Proxima Centauri. It is the star closest to our own, a mere 4.3 light-years away.
How to reach our new solar system is more difficult. Spaceships stand no chance in open space, and the nearest inhabitable planet lies hundreds of thousands of years away. If humanity leaves Earth behind, our continued existence is impossible. The only way to survive is to find a way to propel Earth out of its orbit. But how?
“这种新颖的图形形式使得光谱的两端都能被完美地展示出来,Stefano Raffaele的清晰、清晰的艺术品在页面上闪闪发光。”两页纸的顶部设有布景面板,展示未来城市的美景、自然灾害的场景、史诗般的日出和大型科技装置。它们是吸引眼球的面板,你可以花相当多的时间来吸收……这是一本非常有趣和引人入胜的漫画小说,进一步激起了我对该系列即将出版的版本的兴趣 * SF Crowsnest *
'The graphic novel format enables both ends of the spectrum to be demonstrated wonderfully, with crisp, clear artwork from Stefano Raffaele that fairly glows on the page. Scene-setting panels that break across the top of a double page give voice to fabulous vistas of future cities, scenes of natural disasters, epic sunrises and large-scale technological installations. They are panels that draw in the eye and that you can spend quite some time absorbing ... This is a thoroughly enjoyable and engrossing graphic novel that has whetted my appetite further for the forthcoming editions in the series' * SF Crowsnest *
目录
Introduction * q-derivative and h-derivative * Generalized Taylor's formula for polynomials * q-analogue of (x-a)^n, n an integer, and q-derivatives of binomials * q-Taylor's formula for polynomials * Gauss' binomial formula and a non-commutative binomial formula * Properties of q-binomial coefficients * q-binomial coefficients and linear algebra over finite fields * q-Taylor's formula for formal power series and Heine's binomial formula * Two Euler identities and two q-exponential functions * q-trigonometric functions * Jacobi's triple product identity * Classical partition function and Euler's product formula * q-hypergeometric functions and Heine's formula * More on Heine's formula and the general binomial * Ramanujan's product formula * Explicit formulas for sums of two and of four squares * Explicit formulas for sums of two and of four triangular numbers * q-antiderivative * Jackson integral * Fundamental theorem of q-calculus and integration by parts * q-gamma and q-beta functions * h-derivative and h-integral * Bernoulli polynomials and Bernoulli numbers * Sums of powers * Euler-Maclaurin formula * Symmetric quantum calculus * Appendix: a list of q-antiderivatives * Literature
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