Tom Cassidy

Erik Van Basten es un genio del mal cuyo imperio, Van Basten Corporation (VBC), amenaza el mundo. Sólo los Amigos del Soil encabezados por Etano Bemoles pueden hacerle frente y sabotear sus perversos planes. Pero para poder unirse a ellos es necesario comprobar la capacidad cientifica del aspirante... Ayudandose de esta trama y de un humor que a veces roza el gamberrismo, Thomas Byrne y Tom Cassidy proponen en "Como salvar al mundo con el aliño de ensalada y otros problemas cientificos insolitos" un planteamiento entretenido y original para acceder al funcionamiento elemental de la fisica y las matematicas, y a la vez una gratificante distraccion para el aficionado, que ha de enfrentarse a treinta problemas de distintos grados de dificultad, del 1 al 3. En cada caso los autores ofrecen tres pistas previas que orientan al lector hacia el hallazgo de la solucion, cuya respuesta se ofrece al final de forma razonada y clara.Erik Van Basten es un genio del mal cuyo imperio, Van Basten Corporation (VBC), amenaza el mundo. Sólo los Amigos del Soil encabezados por Etano Bemoles pueden hacerle frente y sabotear sus perversos planes. Pero para poder unirse a ellos es necesario comprobar la capacidad cientifica del aspirante... Ayudandose de esta trama y de un humor que a veces roza el gamberrismo, Thomas Byrne y Tom Cassidy proponen en "Como salvar al mundo con el aliño de ensalada y otros problemas cientificos insolitos" un planteamiento entretenido y original para acceder al funcionamiento elemental de la fisica y las matematicas, y a la vez una gratificante distraccion para el aficionado, que ha de enfrentarse a treinta problemas de distintos grados de dificultad, del 1 al 3. En cada caso los autores ofrecen tres pistas previas que orientan al lector hacia el hallazgo de la solucion, cuya respuesta se ofrece al final de forma razonada y clara.

Dismissing the idea that physics has to be dull, Byrne and Cassidy serve up a rip-roaring science adventure that puts the reader in the driving seat. Is a van containing a bird lighter when the bird is flying or on a perch? Why does the stream from a tap get increasingly thinner? Can you speed up light? Is time travel possible? Featuring a cast of odd-ball characters and a laugh-out-loud storyline, Byrne and Cassidy explain the basic principles of modern science and guide the reader in working out the rest. With thirty stimulating mindbenders of varying difficulty, including detailed clues and answers for each problem, How to Save the World with Salad Dressing is the perfect Christmas gift for anyone with an interest in science or mathematics.

What if the CIA secretly enlisted your help to catch a KGB mole inside the American Embassy in Singapore?This is the situation confronting US Navy intelligence officer Lieutenant Commander Dalton Kane. Hes not Bond, but hes an astute analyst with patriotic fervor and an indelible memory for details. What distinguishes him too, is his ability to "fly under the radar" and remain undetected. Even the ambassadress is unaware Kane is covertly partnered with the embassys CIA station chief on the case. As the new assistant naval attache, Kane combines his official and clandestine spy-catching duties sleuthing through the harbor and nonstop diplomatic social settings where he meets an irresistible Eurasian beauty who steals his heart.Profilers believe the KGB operative detected by the National Security Agency is male, college educated, and well-positioned in the embassy. He probably has a security clearance; hes cunning and secretly disgruntled. But the embassy is a rogues gallery of suspects and unwitting accomplices: a surprisingly naive ambassadress, herself needing improved security awareness; her secretary, a loyal but capricious party girl; the deputy chief of mission, a domineering egotist aspiring for ambassadorship; the consul, perhaps too impeccable, too slick; and others including a stormy young man in the economics section.A mutilated, floating, Caucasian female corpse, the stunning homicide of the KGB resident, and the flight and disappearance of a prime suspect into the Malaysian jungle are milestone developments.In the end Kane puts his life on the line against a surprising and very formidable opponent. As vital seconds tick away he feels panic transmitted through the gun barrel pointed at him, and wonders if help will arrive before the hammer falls.