March 11, 2008 9:44 AM PT Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Copy Link URLCopied! Print 1 Entertainment & Arts ‘The Last Theorem’ by Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl The first posthumously published work by Clarke, co-written with a fellow legend, looks at sexuality, aliens and a long-ago mathematical formula.Aug. 10, 2008 2 Lifestyle ‘The Last Day’ by Nicholas Shrady The destruction of Lisbon by a major earthquake in 1755 and its repercussions in Enlightenment Europe.Sept. 16, 2014 3 Lifestyle ‘Group Theory in the Bedroom’ by Brian Hayes A mathematician shares his love of numbers, grids and graphs.May 11, 2008 4 Lifestyle A force to be reckoned with In ‘The Bill McKibben Reader: Pieces From an Active Life’ and ‘American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau,’ the writer keeps our eyes on the argument.April 13, 2008 5 Entertainment & Arts ‘Panama Fever’ Matthew Parker’s book tells the epic story of the building of the Panama Canal.Sept. 16, 2014
