| 单词 | solve |
| 例句 | My real peers are creating algorithms and solving problems. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We will look the other way and deny our public agencies the resources, data, and tools they need to solve problems. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He started thinking: if Frank’s problem were his problem, how would he solve it? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Three weeks to solve a mystery, three weeks to complete the task, three weeks to fix this or they’d lose their magic and be Witchlings forever. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Solving a puzzle that clearly wasn’t his to solve. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Why should I waste my time solving Garrison’s game when I’m fairly certain this girl has already done so? Or is close to completing it, at the very least.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He needed to solve his own problem first. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They were never going to solve the impossible task this way, but it was too late to turn back now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He says this last part quietly, but with the frustration of someone who’s been trying to solve the same unsolvable problem for a long time now. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d intended it to be funny, but she finally pulled away and began cleaning up like it would solve world hunger. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Stokes had solved the problem in the train while going home one evening and had produced the theory on a small sheet of paper the next morning. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z This would give them a head start in solving future messages. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I smiled, but he looked at his notebook and seemed to be concentrating on the problems Mrs. Nuñez had given us to solve. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In 1714, the British Parliament offered a prize to the person who could solve the longitude puzzle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how to solve it,” he said, handing me the paper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It feels like a long time since I’ve been able to solve a problem.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I try solving the maze in my head. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The numbers used to solve the square ended up being the combination for a lock on a hidden box that contained Shakespeare’s Secret. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A problem that can be solved overnight, all because of Tariq. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z His days were filled with split-second problem solving and hundreds of interactions. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Cooter said, “We trying to solve us a mystery, sir.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Maybe if she checked word by word she would uncover more typos, or something else that would help her solve the puzzle once and for all. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z For now it was enough to know that she and the Incorrigibles would remain together at Ashton Place and that Lady Constance might serve as an unlikely ally in the task of solving this puzzle. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Nature herself has met many of the problems that now beset us, and she has usually solved them in her own successful way. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But she figured he would at least know how to solve a fourth-grade math problem. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Problems come up, and the high schools are supposed to solve them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z But Milton, upon learning of Riddle’s wishes, solved the problem for him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Eva solved the problem by having them all sent off together. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And, under it all, and this made it hard for him, he did not want to make believe that it was solved, make believe that he was happy when he was not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But bombes were costly and time-consuming to run, and there were nowhere near enough of them, so British code breakers were also solving many Enigma messages—fully or in part—with pencil, paper, and know-how. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But in spite of a decade of significant progress, the problem is far from solved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They all found the game addictive, and lost countless hours attempting to solve its intricate riddles and puzzles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He was methodically solving another of his logic puzzles and didn’t look up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z In his homeland there was so much war and destruction, poverty, disease, and starvation—so many problems that had not been solved by governments, or rich people, or big aid organizations. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At the very last minute, the problem was solved. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Annabeth wasn’t sure how to take that answer, but Percy smiled like the problem was solved. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The theory neatly solves the grandfather paradox by positing separate universes in which each possible outcome exists, thereby avoiding a paradox. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Once solved, the message could be forwarded to the Army, the Navy, the State Department, or the FBI, which could then act on it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Yilonia Kline, who my father said had helped solve four other missing persons cases, held my brother’s T-shirt, his copy of The Catcher in the Rye, and his previous year’s school picture in her hands. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z The method of fluxions not only solved the tangent problem, it also solved the area problem. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Maybe if she checked word by word she would uncover more typos, or something else that would help her solve the puzzle once and for all. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z All that hard work, solving the clues, burning midnight oil, endangering the lives of his friends, it had all come to nothing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He seemed to view the challenges as a Rubik’s Cube-like puzzle that could be solved if only he could swivel the right blocks in the right order. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She didn’t know how to start decoding this—not that she wanted to solve it or would turn in her solution if she figured it out. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She and her brother, while hiding at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, had managed to solve an amazing mystery concerning a Renaissance statue, and Fadi admired her guts. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Committees, studies and reports will not solve the problem. We want action and we want it now.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Feynman wrote up a report about the safety problems and how to solve them. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a man of science and the unsolvable problem is solved. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Thomas would have to convince him somehow that stress had finally overwhelmed him and a good night’s rest had solved everything. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Actually it’s a show I like, about cops and lawyers solving crimes and stuff, where everything gets settled in the end. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that I didn’t know how to solve the equations; I didn’t recognize the symbols. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His ultimate aspiration was to be president of the United States, which meant his approach to solving the threat would require precision and shrewd calculation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And if it had not been the end of November, with Christmas already in the air, I might not have thought of the perfect way to solve my problem. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Barack was the only person I knew who had this kind of faith, thinking that a book could solve any problem. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A note tossed to Soon-Lee after she works a formula aloud when no one else could solve it: U sure you’re not a guy? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Nancy Drew is a smart and resourceful teenage sleuth who began solving mysteries in the 1930s and continues to solve them to this day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z One old woman had already solved the problem for herself by dragging in a large cardboard carton. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The view reminded me of the Haitian proverb “Beyond mountains there are mountains,” which meant that when you’d solved one problem, you couldn’t rest because you had to go on and solve the next. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “I can’t see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He hesitated a little, but when he spoke, it was with determination, as though he had a puzzle to solve. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I have a lot of problems to solve, but I have a lot of smart people to solve them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought that if he could convert Guenever to God, this would solve the moral problem. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Creative problem solving requires that you be able to see and manipulate your lesson material in unique ways to reach all types of student learners. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She still had no idea how to get Clara out of Penelope’s body, but maybe if she could solve Clara’s murder, then she could help the spirit pass on, releasing Penelope from the possession. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z This felt even better than solving one of her strategy games. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And each time her friend tried to get her attention, Shirley pretended to be solving the denominator. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z It involved solving some relatively complex equations, and also trying to remember information he’d been asked to memorize a few equations prior. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Luckily, we don’t have to use the rat method for solving the omnivore’s dilemma. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She would solve its mystery; and it, in turn, would do something important to her, though what this was, she didn’t quite know. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The killing, like so many in East Oakland, was never solved. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Her problem was nearly solved, and the final solution was in sight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Fights don’t solve matters, they just make things worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Einstein solved this quandary—the puzzle of the photoelectric effect—but his solution was even more revolutionary than Planck’s hypothesis. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But while this description of the mechanism of heredity solved Mendel’s question—how does like beget like?—it failed to solve Darwin's converse riddle: How does like beget unlike? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “I think I solved it, but it took a few tries.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z For us, choosing food is a problem that has to be solved with our brains and our senses. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Day 207 Boom problem solved, but failure of main radio transmitter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve solved two problems when I hear Mom say my name in the kitchen. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Watson had decided that he was going to solve the structure of DNA—“the Rosetta stone for unraveling the true secret of life.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I solved my hating snakes by drawing their scales, tiny and silvery, overlapping and overlapping, until all I saw was how perfect they were. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me think....I need a really good riddle...one that’s almost impossible to solve....” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z In bed, under the covers, I solve the hardest problems. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z So I began worrying about where I could learn how to solve X-ray diffraction pictures. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z They solved the problem, and that’s the second lesson of Blink. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It should never be solved with the “just look the other way,” normal approach to solving trials. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I lost myself in the world they had lived in, the problems they had tried to solve. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Hints of my old panic, the familiar desperation to solve this problem, rise in my stomach. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m not sure whether to invite her in or close the door while I change, but she solves this dilemma by bustling in and sitting on the bed. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Englishmen hate many things, but no one is despised more than the man who sits by you on the morning train and solves your crossword puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes we don’t even know how to solve the problem.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z So instead of chopping the tree down he went to see a certain woman who was well known in that part for using charms to solve difficult problems. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I was also encouraged by the very exciting rumor that Linus Pauling had partly solved the structure of proteins. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Plenty for Mr. Quisling to find, and surely he’d solve the Pigpen clue in no time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I hated thinking about things and people—especially when they were mysteries I couldn’t solve. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He manages a post office in a small, all-white town, solving problems for angry postal customers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There are therefore two great problems which the Party is concerned to solve. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z All he wanted was to solve the mystery. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Murder cases that are not solved quickly are often never solved. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z To most of the policemen, there was only one way to solve their problems. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Descartes solved this problem as best he could by claiming that mind acted on the body through the pineal gland. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I did not believe you would destroy yourself from grief or rejected love. Thus I supposed that you only feigned your death,” she said, with the satisfaction of someone solving a puzzle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I also knew the problem wouldn’t be easily solved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This is what makes mysteries with Byrd so hard to solve. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z At lunch I also solved the problem of carving out my tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z To solve the problem, rail workers and strong bystanders unhooked the cars from the engine and pushed them the last few hundred yards to the side porch. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A few well-placed exploding arrows, a few craters in the hillside—problem solved. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We were taught that the factions were formed to solve a problem, the problem of our flawed natures. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z His next task, to get to the treasure left by a gold miner in a more intricate and difficult maze, at first defeated him when he tried to solve it prematurely, without sufficient study. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Ask information of the people at the inn; they can give you all you seek: they can solve your doubts at once. Go up to that man, and inquire if Mr. Rochester be at home.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z If she cared as much about hurting Fern’s feelings or finding her missing watch as she cared for a bowl of cereal swimming in milk, most of her problems would be solved. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z As to the subject, I propose a simple one, easily solved within ten years. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t really get a chance to solve the mystery of what happened to the blind old man who played the accordion on Main Street. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She debated the puzzle as she climbed, sorting through her mental file cabinet of puzzles solved for Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Within a few years he developed a systematic method of solving the tangent problem; he could figure out the tangent to any smooth curve at any point. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “You told me the problem would be solved by using another’s wand!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Leona wrote some fractions on the board and called on the boy behind me to solve the first one. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Soon you will face a problem you cannot solve, Nemesis had said, though I could help you.for a price. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Instead he read his engineering books, trying his best to keep up with his courses, solving equations by flashlight. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z This is reminiscent of Schooler’s experiments that I described in the Van Riper story, in which introspection destroyed people’s ability to solve insight problems. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z So I will have to solve this problem I’ve been having in the next five minutes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He had been in the position of a husband who could, by a single command, solve the problem of eternal triangles by reference to the headsman’s block or to the stake. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Officer Buente was determined to solve the case and bring the killer or killers to trial. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The deaths exist in my mind as a string of meaningless equations, and I stand frozen, unable to solve them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z In the set of Vincent’s shoulders, in the abrasiveness of his demeanor, Obinze sensed that Vincent had learned very early on, as a matter of necessity, to solve his own problems. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His study of the moon’s libration shows that he was looking for new observations with which to solve cosmological issues. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The gene, Morgan realized, solves one problem—the transmission of heredity—but creates another: the development of organisms. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Bobby and Jack played thousands of games—mostly speed—analyzed hundreds of positions, and solved dozens of chess problems together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I wasn't going to solve this equation and it knew it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Matter of fact, I know in this moment that I’m going to do everything in my power to help her solve the Carl Conundrum. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “The whole colonial experience of trying to solve a related series of 'Indian problems’ had much to do with giving the colonists an identity indissolubly linked to America,” he wrote. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She began playing around with different possibilities for how to solve the puzzle—she rearranged their order; she drew them combined with one another like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They were way, way up, and she knew that after they’d solved, or failed, the impossible task, they’d never be able to sit this close to a game again. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z By following simple rules like these, people solved the omnivore’s dilemma. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z From that night on, C.P. wrestled more with his inner demons than with the outer ones the charrette had been convened to solve. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “We have asked for help, Sara. We’ve been to that food pantry more times than I care to admit. But in the end, this is my—our—problem to solve,” my dad shouted. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I was feeling more and more vulnerable as I watched them continually struggle to solve the mystery of what white folks expected of them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually Marie-Laure can solve the wooden puzzle boxes her father creates for her birthdays. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Being small, I had never been one to solve a problem by a physical attack. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Right now, his focus was on solving the murders of the Champions, and on making sure Celaena won. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Solve the pattern, and it solves everything,” he says, and it gives you a chill, because it reminds you so much of yourself. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “If I look at your newly found puzzle, I am sure I will want to solve it. Which is why I don’t want to see it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z That way, Mr. Remora would have the book back in his possession, and she’d have the satisfaction of solving an entire Griswold game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I hadn’t even solved the mystery of my own body. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers and that only an outside force like Davis could cut through the corruption and solve the growing number of cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I’m surprised when he doesn’t tell us to be quiet while we try to keep solving it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Fortunately, it doesn’t take a PhD in mathematics to solve this puzzle. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t, but I solve the riddle myself instead of asking Trub for an explanation. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z But when Wilkins proposed that they collaborate to solve the wet structure, she would have none of it. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It seemed almost unbelievable that the DNA structure was solved, that the answer was incredibly exciting, and that our names would be associated with the double helix as Pauling’s was with the alpha helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “If I look at your newly found puzzle, I am sure I will want to solve it. Which is why I don’t want to see it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The quadratic formula has been known for centuries; the ninth-century mathematician al-Khowarizmi knew how to solve almost every quadratic equation, though he didn’t seem to consider negative numbers as roots. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But while Abigail was a great administrator and fair leader, she was not made to solve puzzles. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Banishing zero also solves the infinity problems in general relativity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He was cross at not being able to solve the problem. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t solve all his problems, but at least he’d come to a decision. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I don’t mean to sound like all my problems with the demons were solved, or that I stopped wearing the charm completely. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Miss Teen Dream doesn’t rely on others to solve her problems. She tackles her issues head-on, with a smile and a wave,” said her other self. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Ruby, Ruby, Ruby,” he said, “this isn’t an equation. You can’t solve it in three easy steps, otherwise you wouldn’t have accepted my help, right?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If there never was a fire pit, the cabin boy knew that to find his treasure, his descendants would need to explore another way of solving the problem. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I give him my best blithe smile, like a girl who thinks she has solved everyone’s problems. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I would solve the mystery the next instant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It inspired me to compose opening lines of the paper I would write about DNA, if I solved its structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Our first major mystery to solve,” she said all loud, like saying it loud made it sound more real, “is what Lolly’s been doing in that storage room all week.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Things like, “Which of these helped to solve the mystery?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Once she gets one, she wants more, because it feels good to solve a puzzle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There must be other rewards that will induce him to solve problems. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Werner does not yet believe there is much promise in it, but maybe it’s enough to give the mind something to do, a problem to solve. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But if you look closely at the events of that evening, that explanation doesn’t solve the riddle either. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d said he didn’t want to look at the puzzle because he wouldn’t be able to resist solving it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z No sooner do I solve one problem than I face another. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s what happened in this case—but only because the team had enough messages to solve in depth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But it feels good to put myself to some use, to think of a new problem to solve now that I have failed to solve the most important one. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Replacing Egyptians with Greek immigrants might solve the manpower shortage in the near term, but would likely heighten native discontent. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Then again, I never imagined I would save the Old West, perform for an audience in the desert, and solve a mystery. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “It can’t be solved,” he said, his voice now quiet and distant, spooky. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Maybe. But that’s his problem. If he doesn’t show up, you won’t have to spend the summer with him. Problem solved.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It’s not until he finds three huge spiral-bound folios of Jules Verne in Braille that he solves it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “These rumors lead me to believe that Domingo Montoya would solve my problem.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It had been three weeks since a strange boy made her laugh and then solved her cipher when she wasn’t looking. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The first to solve it gets the sweet potato plant sprouting at the window. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Even his thoughts became sharper, and things were simple and uncomplicated—he could solve math problems when he ran or memorize football play patterns. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He said economic change could solve food shortages, and he dispatched officials to study Chinese-style capitalism. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Like this colossal mystery I couldn’t understand before was now completely, suddenly solved. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z There it sat, occupying important intellectual ground, at just the time when entomology was emerging as an experimental science of considerable power, capable of solving matters of intricate detail, a paradigm of the new reductionism. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At least Will going to the gym is a problem I can solve immediately. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When not sleeping or studying, Thetans were fond of video games, constructing and solving elaborate puzzles, playing, inventing, and reimagining board games, and pretending to kill one another as part of live-action Mafia games. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Fine. We’ve got several players who are excellent at solving riddles.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z No one else brought up the desirability of using molecular models to help solve the structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z It was pretty overwhelming trying to solve their task and worrying about Valley, but at the very least, there were others helping the Gran. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z That means they had better be able to solve most problems themselves, especially problems involving the Mars landing itself, where the situation might change drastically, minute by minute. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother fiddled with a pen and paper for several minutes, but she wasn’t able to solve any of the first five equations. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There was a time when Werner would have loved to solve that puzzle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They’d also taught me how to do math and solve puzzles while building my self-esteem. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Otis never would have solved that one as fast as you did. But then again, Otis always said he was allergic to numbers.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Ha! But you’re hoping the right vial could solve your problem with the burned stick, eh? Maybe break your curse?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “How do you propose we go about solving the mystery of the ages?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Goodbye now,” she called after them, “and good luck solving your case.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “And with a little luck, that will solve both our problems.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z At that time it was believed that insecticides — then inorganic chemicals — would solve the problems of insect control, that the only task was to induce fruit growers to follow the recommended methods. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And as I begin solving them on my own, she smiles and says, “See? It’s easy!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Maybe it wasn’t the door out of Ember, but it was a mystery nevertheless—a mystery connected, she was sure, to the bigger mystery they were trying to solve. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At least he was working, trying to solve his problem. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the nanoseconds used up in a simple computer operation do add up to lengthy bottlenecks on intractable problems, many of which would require millennia to solve in general. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Intelligent beings can solve problems better, live longer and leave more offspring; until the invention of nuclear weapons, intelligence powerfully aided survival. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After working with poor women in Boston as a doctor and a preacher, she decided that women’s problems couldn’t be solved by religion or medicine. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Back in Amsterdam, de Vries abruptly terminated his prior work on the movement of tendrils in plants and threw himself into solving the mystery of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Natural history, the subject that gripped Darwin at Cambridge, was not particularly poised to solve Herschel’s “mystery of mysteries.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Of the many theories addressing the problem of state origins, the simplest denies that there is any problem to solve. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We were given a ten- minute trigonometry problem which appeared to solve itself on my paper. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “How about it, woman? Did you happen to bed down with some wandering God a dozen years ago? That might solve our little mystery.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Anyway, he was curious and listened carefully when I told him about our problems and my ideas for solving them. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not that. I mean, it’s not just what he wants me to do. He wants—he thinks...he thinks he can solve everything if...he told me he...” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It is not merely an engineering problem like the one the supersonic airplane solves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Axel can’t solve this mystery today, not for the eaglets, and not for himself. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z If only he could make peace with Dana Matherson, even temporarily, then he’d be free to focus his energy on solving the Mullet Fingers dilemma. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t believe in war, or that violence was the way to solve problems. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “They can solve a surprising number of problems, road trips,” Colin acknowledged. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Then I saw her there the next morning, and I decided I'd solve this case myself. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z To solve both of these problems at once, the Cahokians apparently changed its course, which had consequences that they cannot have anticipated. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z How the stranger knew their maneuvers was definitely a mystery that needed solving. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I’ve tried to get some kind of medicine to help with it—the vuvv can apparently solve this kind of thing in five minutes—but we have minimum insurance coverage. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I am impressed how quickly you solved my puzzle,” he said, taking a sip from his mug. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Change your place of work and you may be confronted with an impossible topographical problem to solve, or at least a reluctant driver to persuade. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d said he didn’t want to look at the puzzle because he wouldn’t be able to resist solving it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Many were extremely complex, using as many as “three to five methods...each of which must be solved as an entity in itself.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’ll even give you a clue….It’s an Atari game, released as part of a contest. It contained several puzzles, and if you solved them, you could win a prize. Sound familiar?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z One major problem remained to be solved before it could be put to the test — a practical method of insect sterilization had to be found. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But over those thousands of years none of the Moneekrom kings or queens had been able to solve one big problem.... The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z They are full of ambition to do their higher problem solving as well, said Kulkarni. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z My inventive mother solved this problem by going to the mainland and finding a Crisfield piano tuner who could also give lessons. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They often depend on the South Korean government to solve their problems, and fail to take personal responsibility for poor work habits or for showing up late on the job. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Given the magnitude of this event, Otto wondered if solving the problem might actually be worth two keys? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine a magic square or the area of a circle or solving for jy, but it didn’t work this time. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He thrived on solving complex problems, prided himself on coming up with novel solutions, the kinds of things other people would never think of in a million years. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “So I take it you solved the puzzle? Unless, of course, you knew all the answers.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z If all of Shay’s little riddles were this easy to solve, this whole trip was going to be a breeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Longitude proved to be a harder puzzle to solve. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Yes, Percy. I do. And I’m trying to get up my courage to tell him. But you can’t do this for me. You can’t solve my problems.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Nazis were going to solve all their problems, which at first, Dasch did not believe. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z And now I sat breathless, asking myself how Rinehart would have solved the problem of information and it came instantly clear: It called for a woman. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost feel like I have to solve the mystery myself, just to get the sheriff off my back. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was a cumbersome way of doing business, but it got the job done and went far beyond what Archimedes needed to solve his thought experiment. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Let us now turn to the evidence of archaeology in an attempt to solve this puzzle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There are so many new mysteries to solve now, and none of them bigger than the baby’s rescue. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Do you have any plans for, uh, solving your financial...situation other than getting your own television show?” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon you will face a problem you cannot solve, though I could help you...for a price. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She said, “Thank you very much, boys. I guess we’ve solved this mystery. I wish they were all so easy to solve.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He decided against doing so, because Miss K said hurting people did not solve anything. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z A masculine kilo of feminine tomatoes presents a sexual problem easily solved by asking for two kilos of tomatoes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She had no idea how she was going to solve an impossible task, especially not with Valley and Thorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Because I decided that it was a kind of puzzle, and if something is a puzzle there is always a way of solving it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Having Gin around to help Jet would have solved the first problem and been an all-around godsend but that still left the second. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z At the rate she was going, she’d have this puzzle solved before the end of the weekend. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At Caltech, two physical chemists, Linus Pauling and Robert Corey, had used this technique to solve the structures of several protein fragments—a feat that would win Pauling the Nobel Prize in 1954. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Speed of accomplishment was as important to him as solving the puzzles’ mystery. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “None of the other four even attempted to solve the puzzle, did they? The cowards.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They were back in Ms. Morales’s office for their third night in a row of trying to solve Mom’s code with her own words. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “And what do you suppose that will solve?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This solves all the infinity problems of quantum mechanics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Rats solve the omnivore’s dilemma by testing new food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Hurting people does not solve anything. It only makes things worse.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Lawyers have a tendency to identify and concentrate on problems they know how to solve—i.e., problems that can be solved through litigation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z These were mysteries that Tom might never solve, though he seemed to spend most of his life trying. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Syntax solves this problem by having adjacent strings of words stand for related sets of concepts, and by inserting one string inside another to stand for concepts that are parts of bigger concepts. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The third question—embryological development—would require a much more concerted effort to solve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Ironic that all my intelligence doesn’t help me solve a problem like this. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z An opening line on a menu, for instance, was solved by an Army wife who was feeling outclassed by the top talent around her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She and Brandon had just solved Parker’s puzzle, only to be presented with a new challenge. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But Axel has a great big mystery to solve first, and Ray will just have to wait. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “But I can solve one of the problems. Many of the passengers will be multilingual. Once boarding begins I’ll find someone who speaks Latvian.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But though in his youth he had received prizes for his ability to deduce square roots from memory, he was unable to solve the mystery of his daughter’s disease. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Because we never solved the problem of cell replacement, as you pointed out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He says that when he’s trying to solve a problem at work, he takes out the ropes, ties them into knots, unties them, and then ties them again. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Sorry, but I don’t live in a fairy tale. I live in the real world, where people solve their...” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It arises from the fact that we could not solve the equations of the theory exactly, except in very simple situations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, Mr. Dawson, sometimes people need advice and they’ve got real problems to solve.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Algerian Ambassador impressed me as a man who was dedicated totally to militancy, and to world revolution, as the way to solve the problems of the world’s oppressed masses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There had to be a part of that problem I could solve. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But he could not have been unaware that solving the riddle of K-capture would be an important scientific achievement in its own right. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Two years we’ve tried to solve this thing, no luck. Shuckin’ walls move out there at night just as much as these here doors. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Many times they solved equations only to get a negative result and concluded that their answer had no meaning. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “You’d think they would have solved those problems by now,” said Mr. Canton. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z “If you need an answer, break this. It will solve your problem.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Certainly nothing is ever going to be solved by throwing upon me and other so-called black “extremists” and “demagogues” the blame for the racism that is in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The prospect of having everything solved was wildly attractive to me, too, and while I lay on the chaise I didn’t ask myself where my feelings for the Object fit in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z First, shared ideology or religion helps solve the problem of how unrelated individuals are to live together without killing each other—by providing them with a bond not based on kinship. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Soon she was solving ciphers for the Coast Guard “in emergencies.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z After all, didn’t that solve all their problems? From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z And if I could control something, I could forgive myself for the one problem that I could never have solved, the one person I could never have saved. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Here’s something a little advanced for you, but I’m curious. See if you can figure out how to draw in the feathers. Think of it as a problem to be solved.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At last, Mr. Morrison went inside to work on his own book—a mystery, he said, which he hadn’t quite solved. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The War on Drugs has greatly exacerbated the problems associated with drug abuse, rather than solved them, but the fact remains that the violence associated with the illegal drug trade is nothing to be celebrated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It feels less Darwinian than Swiftian; it calls to mind a long-ago dart attributed to G. K. Chesterton: when there aren’t enough hats to go around, the problem isn’t solved by lopping off some heads. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I could see nothing that accounted for the meerkats’ fixed curiosity, and I might have given up on solving the mystery had squeaking and barking not erupted at a pond nearby. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His project focused on solving environment problems, notably waste, by using a natural resource: earthworms. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As far as she was concerned, the Ivanovs were trying to solve a problem that didn’t exist. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Looks like power and battery recharging are solved. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But solving one problem just created a bigger problem. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Nothing I can’t solve. All I need is one small piece of pipe.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bletchley Park, the U.K.’s secret code-breaking center, was staffed with hundreds of mathematicians, linguists, and professors, and it had dedicated units that could solve Abwehr Enigma with pencil and paper alone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The problem of controlling mosquitoes and at the same time conserving a fish important in the Central African diet has obviously not been solved satisfactorily. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Yet we have certainly not reduced these subjects to the status of solved problems: we have, as yet, had little success in predicting human behavior from mathematical equations! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus in the immediate postwar years he was especially keen about the possibility of solving the structures of proteins, the most complicated of all molecules. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Wilkins’s pet project at King’s was solving the three-dimensional structure of DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s full of what elementary math textbooks rarely have—heuristic tips on problem solving and whimsy. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure how she was supposed to solve the task with her bully and someone she didn’t even know. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Just ignore them,” Samira told me in math class on Thursday, when the two of us were paired up to solve a geometry problem. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z While at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Claudia and her brother had tried to solve the mystery of one of the statues, given to the museum by Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She wasn’t as clever as Annabeth, or as good at problem solving as Leo. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I found it satisfying to solve all of those equations, like they were puzzles. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z We stood there chest to chest for a second, Noodles egging me on, telling me to do something and solve the problem. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Even when the unknowns are appropriately symbolized and the relevant equation can be set up, the manipulations necessary to solve it are too often only hazily understood. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Claudia had had her fun at the museum, had had her mystery solved by meeting Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and then had headed home with her brother, safe and sound. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z G’ma gave it to him when he was five years old and obsessed with an old cartoon he used to watch at her house about a dog who liked to solve mysteries. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z No one should mind if, by spending only a few hours a week thinking about DNA, he helped me solve a smashingly important problem. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Identifying Indians as these “lost tribes” solved two puzzles at once: where the Israelites had gone, and the origins of Native Americans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At the turn of the century, two British physicists tried to use the wiggle theory to solve a simple problem. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It solved a problem for them and for my father and my brothers. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Some had solved every single game in the shoebox, just to see if anything would happen. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This discovery meant that if HeLa was susceptible to poliovirus, which not all cells were, it would solve the mass-production problem and make it possible to test the vaccine without millions of monkey cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z There was an optimistic affluence about him and his flamboyant clothes, as if there were no problem he could not solve. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “You know, my lord,” Aelia said, “Daedalus thought you would come. He thought the riddle might be a trap, but he couldn’t resist solving it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Someday science will solve that. But for now, get up off the floor,” she ordered. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Before I even tugged down the covers on Monday, I knew it would be a day not even donuts could solve. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The very first time that Elizebeth tried to solve an Enigma message was back in January 1940, before the United States had entered the war. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z ‘My point,’ Jason said, ‘is that blaming each other isn’t going solve anything. That’s how the Romans and Greeks got divided in the first place.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Colonel, half the men are down. If they come again . . .” He shrugged, annoyed, baffled as if by a problem he could not quite solve, yet ought to, certainly, easily. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They swore that they were going to do something important with their lives—solve a great mystery, or rescue somebody, or be so smart in school that they’d skip grades. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z To solve this immersive three-dimensional version of Zork, I simply had to perform the exact same actions required to solve the original text-based game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was a physical problem that had to be solved: how to get in touch with the girl and arrange a meeting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Again one stands in awe at the marvelous ingenuity and patience by which the mystery of the mitochondria has been solved. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They were skeptical at first, but after I described the unique nature of the quest, and what I believed the payoff for solving it might be, they finally agreed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When she had solved her packets of encrypted messages, she returned them to the office and got new ones. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Math mystery solved: I got every answer “wrong” on my math assessment because I did not show my calculations. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I could not believe that the United States could fail in the end to solve the problems that the French had not solved.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His identity is a problem I can solve. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When I can’t solve a problem, I get frustrated, but when I do solve it, I feel like singing, like I don’t have any worries in the whole wide world. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Inevitably it follows that intensive spraying with powerful chemicals only makes worse the problem it is designed to solve. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z These had features in common with codes she had solved before, and they were more crucial to the war effort than the chatter of South American spies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Then no one would know that I couldn’t solve the problem. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z South, and James Watt’s 1769 invention of his steam engine to solve the problem of pumping water out of British coal mines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “What! I mean, sorry, Father Abbot, I didn’t mean to be rude. I was trying to solve a problem, you see.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I must stop thinking about the impossible and solve the problem of what to do now. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Fellow scientists who could analyze the facts and help solve the problem. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Thanks, Mom. I know we should call the police, but I was hoping there might be some other way—that you guys might be able to think up a way to solve this....” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z He then immigrated to Syracuse, where he solved engineering problems for the king. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But maybe because, in a country that has come to make no sense, in a world I cannot solve, this is a small piece that I can. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I could have told Auntie Buzz that her problems had been solved, but what kind of lesson would that have taught her? Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, the first scribes solved all those problems, without having in front of them any example of the final result to guide their efforts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s start solving the world’s problems. One step at a time.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the real conundrum that heredity solves is much more general: What is the nature of instruction that allows an organism to build a nose—any nose—in the first place? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Many demanded that she solve messages and mysteries. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was a thick paperback, full of logic games and brain teasers that she’d solved years ago. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “We were all trying to solve this quadric the same way, and then I realized we just had to invert the way we were looking at it.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The Junior Researcher trainees had to sit in a locked room and solve seven puzzles. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Since I became his son’s Champion. So perhaps you ought to devote some additional resources to solving these murders, before I win this absurd competition just because I’m the last one left alive.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We become like detectives trying to solve a murder, because maybe if we uncover the clues, it gives us some control. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The physical and linguistic evidence considered so far has let us infer these prehistoric engulfings, but it still hasn’t solved their mysteries for us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Plus, understanding the mind of the guy behind a mystery puts you that much closer to solving it.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t like the stabbing idea much, but he agreed that it did solve most of our difficulties. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I know what I’m supposed to do to solve the equations; somehow I just manage to get all mixed-up in the middle. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z One enterprising rock critic has tried to solve the problem simply by calling his music a cross between the British new wave music of the 1980s and hip-hop. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The girl reaches past Jay, takes my pencil, and tries to solve the puzzle. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z But the problem the animals could not at first solve was how to break up the stone into pieces of suitable size. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z To solve the problem, scientists set out to banish zero yet once more and unify the rules that govern the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He appears to learn for the sake of solving the problem—success appears to be its own reward. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The one scientist they did revere, if begrudgingly, was Linus Pauling—the larger-than-life Caltech chemist who had recently announced that he had solved an important conundrum in the structure of proteins. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Jaime would listen to them without saying a word, respond in monosyllables, and then turn his back on them, but he would not rest until he had solved their problem. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Like always, I solve the puzzle first in my mind. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It feels like he just gave me a riddle to solve. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Guiteau was convinced it was his responsibility to solve the political crisis, and God was telling him what he had to do. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He asked about the newspaper strike, and true to form, he couldn’t understand why both sides didn’t simply communicate with each other and solve their problems. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Here was a chance for a physicist to solve the most seductive mystery of biology. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Some mysteries can be solved like Ray’s licks, quick and in your face. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z This difficulty, like most others, would be solved only if faced head on. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He had reached out and killed and had not solved anything, so why not reach inward and kill that which had duped him? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Boy, you don’t understand. The Germans aren’t going to solve the problem. Hitler’s going to create more,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He couldn’t wish for that, even though it would solve their problems. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps we should stay on in Cambridge to solve other problems of equal importance. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Plenty for Mr. Quisling to find, and surely he’d solve the Pigpen clue in no time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z This is the kind of mystery that isn’t easy to solve. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I guess we would need to know what that letter says before we know if it’s safe to use the internet to solve it.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I breathe deeply of the mountain air and try to solve my problem more realistically. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Hofstede’s job was to travel the globe and interview employees, asking about such things as how people solved problems and how they worked together and what their attitudes were to authority. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Root gave much of the credit for her success to William, noting that she had both “the services of her distinguished husband” and his “secret methods of solving ciphers.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My Aunt Ophelia had solved a few of the many mysteries of the universe. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z —My parents are no help—they don’t even know there is a problem, let alone how to solve it. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A tingle runs through me at the chance to crack this problem, possibly the biggest puzzle I’ve ever been given the chance to solve. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “But I’m a huge fan of your work. I grew up playing Halcydonia Interactive’s educational games. They taught me how to read, write, do math, solve puzzles...” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Usually, solving the problems listed as difficult makes me feel better. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He did not, however, share our belief that Pauling’s model-building game would quickly solve the structure, at least not until further X-ray results were obtained. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But why the girls would have a Baggy of oregano in their room was un misterio she deferred to her mistress to solve. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z As early as the sixteenth century, mathematicians were using numbers with i included—the so-called complex numbers—to solve cubic and quartic polynomials. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t want help. I should be able to solve this.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z This is a puzzle, finally solved by the realization that they foresee your military future, fighting for them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Any good business begins with a problem that needs solving. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There was never a problem she couldn’t solve. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It soon became obvious that this model created more problems than it solved—and the heavier the atom, the greater the problems. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He saw Ms. Morales shake off Natalie’s hand and turn around, as if she still intended to solve everything by talking to the police. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Their excitement and curiosity had already shifted into concentration as they attempted to solve the puzzle before them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He says I can solve a lot of problems just by being like Scout. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You couldn’t even solve your own task,” scoffed Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Everyone in my father's family prayed for the troubles to be solved. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z By reading and typing text, you made your way through the virtual world, collecting treasure, fighting monsters, avoiding traps, and solving puzzles until you finally reached the end of the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Hoping to get the mystery solved, she had jumped to some ridiculous conclusions. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z But my mom always says that running away never solves anything. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He solved problems and explained them step by step, in simple words. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z None of these felt like problems I could solve. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It seemed we were transforming our sufferings as we talked about ways to solve their causes and let them be known to the world. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They knew what had happened at school, and what was happening now, but they dismissed it in that self-serving way parents often had of pretending anything they can’t solve is not really a problem. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I only wished I could solve the problem of how to make friends in a sea of kids who thought I was a freak. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Negative numbers came up all the time in solving equations, such as quadratic equations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At the Harvard School of Public Health, Farmer had gotten used to hearing that public health problems should be solved with “appropriate technology.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “You just worry about that long division. It won’t solve itself, you know.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The zippers on Lenina’s spare pair of viscose velveteen shorts were at first a puzzle, then solved, a delight. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Until that moment, Officer David Delinko had been so busy worrying about solving the Mother Paula’s case and saving his own career that he hadn’t thought much about anything else. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent long days pacing the Tech Area, popping his head into labs long enough to help solve problems, dropping into offices to join the ever-raging debates. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If they had access to DNA from Henrietta’s children, they could not only solve the contamination problem but also study Henrietta’s cells in entirely new ways. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “She wants to punish him, not solve a problem. She wouldn’t let him go.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z To solve the problem of repulsion, Crick had inserted a positively charged magnesium ion at the center of the helix—like a last-minute dab of molecular glue to hold the structure together. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z How on earth was this supposed to help solve the mystery of the egg? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He obviously feels that it is his problem and he is going to solve it himself. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Why medicine? It’s something...something that cures an illness or...or solves a problem, maybe, but what problem?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z If the problem is not solved, we will lose most of our pictures and other scientific data. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The numbers used to solve the square ended up being the combination for a lock on a hidden box that contained Shakespeare’s Secret. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There was a total of 138 problems in my black book; as each one got solved, I drew a line through it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One story, headed “Class in Cryptology,” stated that Elizebeth “had conducted a class in solving code messages,” showing “how experts translate into plain language the most complex of code and cipher.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Service, that’s the key, helping people, solving their problems, helping them shop—and how do I feel about that? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If the Enigma operators had followed orders and used a unique key setting for each message, solving in depth might not work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was like Natalie thought she had to be the one who provided a way to solve Mom’s code. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z African prehistory is a puzzle on a grand scale, still only partly solved. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Agents were aware that Pike had been hired by William Hale back in 1921 to solve the Osage murders but had abandoned the case after failing to make any progress. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Were they ashamed to admit that they could solve the problem only after getting a hint? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I need to solve a problem right now, or I will panic. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Their make-out session in the grass at school had been pretty great, but it didn’t solve anything. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Ellie didn’t seem the least bit interested in helping me solve the mystery, though it was the kind of thing that she might have been into just a few months before. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And she said that was like life, and not all murders were solved and not all murderers were caught. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We can hold a face in memory, and we can solve a puzzle in a flash. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “You can solve this. Just don’t let those boys pound on you! You said you’re bigger than they are.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Three couriers, two found, one last puzzle to solve. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z After doing that, she had five minutes to solve a math problem or her character would die. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A cascade of work flowed to their firm, partly because Root managed to solve a puzzle that had bedeviled Chicago builders ever since the city’s founding. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Maybe she thought she could solve the mystery of love that way. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Please let this be a puzzle, an elaborate game Papa has constructed, a riddle she must solve. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Hundreds and thousands of roots and shoots can solve the problems, change the world, and make it a better place to live. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Those first two lines sound as if they could only be solved in the darkness. ‘Look for the sword in moonlight streaming forth.’” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Next problem I got to solve, though, is how to keep all this stuff from spoiling in the July heat. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z If I didn’t have school, I could stake out the postal box and solve the mystery of the missing letters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A charismatic police officer, investigator, or prosecutor struggles with his own demons while heroically trying to solve a horrible crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If “cousin Darwin” had solved half the puzzle, then “cousin Galton” was destined to crack the other. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Police officers were consistently trying to solve gun crimes, drug-related crimes, domestic abuse crimes, and robberies. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Goddard solved the problem by moving to the desert near Roswell, New Mexico, where he could fire his rockets in peace. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyson solved that problem by hitting the cattle guard with both hands. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The double helix has solved all three of the major challenges of genetic physiology using ingenious variations on the same theme. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Imagine what mysteries about our past could be solved with a borrower’s card to the Alexandrian Library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The final case of the Cold War was now shut, and the mysteries surrounding the Year of the Spy had been solved. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I thought I could solve things. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Recognizing faces sounds like a very specific process, but Schooler has shown that the implications of verbal overshadowing carry over to the way we solve much broader problems. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She answered the phones and distributed the mail in addition to her regular duties, which at the time involved solving a triple integral for an engineer in the division. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Two Theoretical Results A large part of the attraction of probability theory is the immediacy and intuitive appeal of its practical problems and of the simple principles which enable us to solve many of them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re going to do nothing for the first week and start it next week, and I want to warn you now: If you only spend one week on this, you’re not going to solve it. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “And solving math problems is more fun in pairs.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Could she have solved our financial problems by selling this land she never even saw? The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Matt solved the problem by transferring the bag of plastic strips to the little boy’s lap. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. But walking off like that sure doesn’t solve anything.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z In the town someone had stuck up a poster challenging people to solve a mathematical problem. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It ticked in a satisfied and self-important way, as if it had managed to solve some difficult problem. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, there are a lot of wounded. So I’ve sent a wire to Koch’s office for confirmation, but thought you might be able to solve the matter more quickly. Did you see him?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He was a homeless, friendless man to whom life meant little and he determined to seek the Sphinx out and try to solve the riddle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sitting at a cafe table, covered with pink eraser dust, sip- ping orange juice and trying to solve a geometry problem. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do we feel that promoting marriage will solve the problem when there are so few marriageable men?” asked William Julius Wilson, professor of sociology and social policy at Harvard. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I have to admit that by that point I had already become obsessed with solving my parents’ murders. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Certain he had found the hiding spot, solved the puzzle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He doesn’t suffer fools lightly—and to him anyone who expects others to solve their problems is a fool. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There was no way of knowing where they might’ve taken him, so add Disappearing Petey to the list of mysteries needing solving. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But my misery wasn’t a secret to anyone; there was no mystery to be solved at all. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “We’ll send her once a week. The center will officially have a student, and the teacher will have something to do. Problem solved.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He said he solved one of the great problems of trench warfare. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “He’s forgotten a lot. Most of his complex responses seem to have been wiped out. He’s solving problems on a much more primitive level than I would have expected.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The problems he’d warned of—and prioritized—over a decade earlier were persistently difficult to solve. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z When Emily finished solving the boy’s magic square it looked like this: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Ms. Devereux, I’m asking you to redeem yourself and solve this problem for us on the board.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Together, they either solved the problem twice as fast, or they hopelessly confused each other. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Working together, they were solving problems that no one else could. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Why couldn’t she just write out the problem and solve it that way? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She looked at my face as if it were a puzzle she could solve. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They had let me pursue my legal rights, even though they initially had doubts about going that route, and they always had a fresh way to solve my problems. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I read him poems and stories, sometimes riddles—though I stopped reading those when I saw he was far better at solving them than I was. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You’re busy enough with all your patients—they can’t expect you to solve all their problems too! And I’m scared they will bring more attention to us! ” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Hundreds of messages had piled up, and the Coast Guard needed them solved. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He had joined the police force because he wanted to solve crimes and arrest criminals. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Only coveted for their beauty, when they can help solve so many problems." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Some people think that shipping their children back to the motherland when they get out of control will solve everything. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Divergence is just another problem for her to solve, and that is what makes her so terrifying—because she is smart enough to solve anything, even the problem of our existence. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Emilika knocks at the door three more times in the next two days, asking if her advice has solved Danuta’s problem. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Crocker’s donation for the medical school project solved one of Lawrence’s immediate problems: keeping Stan Livingston on hand after the expiration of his one-year instructorship at Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the technosphere of the Andes, Lechtman explained, “people solved basic engineering problems through the manipulation of fibers,” not by creating and joining hard wooden or metal objects. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Ask God for help while she took action to solve her own problems. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z As we shall see in the next chapter, the corresponding problem for domestication of big wild mammals proves easier to solve, because there are many fewer species of them than of plants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, thinking that the easiest way to solve a mystery is to decide that there is no mystery to solve. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z What I wanted to say was “I can’t help it if somebody has a problem with my existence. I can’t solve that for you.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Working backward, what sort of problem might such skills solve? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In every picture anyone had ever taken of Emma, she looked like she was trying to solve complicated math problems in her head. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It was a mystery in itself, whatever it was, and Lina was determined to solve it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “But it’s obvious to me that were at an impasse. We’re not going to solve anything by, like, fighting and”—she gestured at them—“whatever you guys were about to do.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Hardly little, Minos. Especially when you advertise across the world that you are willing to pay a thousand gold talents to the one who can solve it. Is the offer genuine?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Imagine getting called to come up to the front of the class to solve a problem, but the whiteboard is a mile away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Emma felt like she was trying to solve some huge math problem that didn’t involve numbers but people and events: The kidnapped kids in Arizona. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Other times he made Neel solve the same problem ten times until he was sure Neel understood it. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “Cops are busy solving real crimes. A bunch of underage queer kids is the last thing they care about. Not to say you’re queer or anything. I meant the rest of us,” she adds. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z No matter how abstract the work or how conceptual the problem being solved, no one at Langley ever forgot that behind the numbers was a real-world goal: faster planes, more efficient planes, safer planes. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As though he might solve the problem that had eluded centuries of alchemists—including Nero himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Geographic isolation might have solved some of the “grey finch” problem—by restricting interbreeding between particular variants. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Tyler solved the equations easily, writing out orderly explanations for every step. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In Colorado, the four members of the Mountain team would be the first four students who could solve one final puzzle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She had no idea how, but she could only solve one problem at a time. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “In The Westing Game, most of the information you need to solve the puzzle is provided right at the beginning of the story, in the will,” he said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I will be five one day and the Nicholtown school is a mystery I'm just about to solve. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z More precisely, it appeared to solve the problem of how to produce high-energy particles without applying high voltages. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The white man in the book, Gulliver, roved from peril to peril, each new island a new predicament to solve before he could return home. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There are ways to solve this problem — to preserve the forests and to save the fishes, too. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “If I give you the known points and a distance between them, cadet, can you solve it? Can you draw the triangle?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Somewhere between Bragg the theorist and Perutz the experimentalist was Francis, who occasionally did experiments but more often was immersed in the theories for solving protein structures. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin solve the three-dimensional structure of DNA, producing the iconic image of the double helix. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The culture of food didn’t just solve the omnivore’s dilemma. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z There were, it seemed, a million problems to be solved. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m actually rather enjoying myself, trying to solve the puzzle. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If Newt and the others hadn’t been able to solve the Maze after two years of searching, it seemed impossible there could actually be a solution. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He was methodically solving another of his logic puzzles and didn’t look up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Though the case had never been solved, it had originally been a prime focus of investigators, and when I returned to New York, I gathered evidentiary material related to the crime. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z In Pasadena, meanwhile, Linus Pauling was also trying to solve the structure of DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “Ben, getting you a date to prom is so hard that the American government believes the problem cannot be solved with diplomacy, but will instead require force.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And it promised an incredible fortune to the city of Lambert, South Carolina—if its puzzle could be solved. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Today’s trip into the forest is a thinking day, not a solving day. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z For a moment, before he receded from history, too, White was eulogized as a good man who had solved the murders of the Osage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Perhaps she guessed the truth, that William was wrestling with a problem so profound it was almost impossible to solve. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Before, a binding agent had solved the problem with black powder, and melting had produced our reliable rocket candy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Puzzle people usually couldn’t resist at least looking at a new one, if not attempting to solve it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I’m not sure I want to offer myself to them to solve humanity’s problems, whatever that means. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It was like a mystery that I had to solve! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I try to concentrate on solving this problem. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It makes me think that they’re working on solving these problems. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But even all this careful organization did not solve the second problem with sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The matter was solved when Matthias tripped upon a tree root and went sprawling flat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Take a few minutes to try to solve this on your own. Then we’ll talk about it in a bit.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Maybe we had solved a mystery deeper than a tattoo number. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Aru is the rune for clay, and it makes the two pieces of clay cling to each other, solving your problem. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Well, I know that hatred doesn’t solve a thing,” I said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Citra was at the dining room table, slaving over a particularly difficult algebra problem, shuffling variables, unable to solve for X or Y, when this new and far more pernicious variable entered her life’s equation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When the rough edges are worn off the new land, businessmen and lawyers come in to help with the development—to solve problems of ownership, usually by removing the temptations to themselves. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That’s when the mystery gets solved: Frank doesn’t need to leave, Axel does. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Doña Rosa didn’t speak enough English to be good at solving the puzzles; mostly, she just liked Vanna White’s gowns and the prizes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z If I have any goal for Blink, it is that it will encourage this kind of practical problem solving. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But transcription solved only half the problem of protein synthesis. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And if the dancers hesitate, have a moment of doubt, the music will solve and dissolve any question. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the daintiest stick there would kill him and solve so many serious, agonizing problems for them both. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “As well as can be expected. I’m trying to solve a tough problem right now.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z So, you see, finally we know the kind of problems we have to solve, which is the first step on the road to finding solutions. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Megan is not a mystery to be solved, she is not a figure who wanders into the tracking shot at the beginning of a film, beautiful, ethereal, insubstantial. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Chess felt triumphant, almost as if they’d already solved the code and found Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z This problem—by which he meant not the interrupted kiss, but this whole ungodly impasse of city and citadel—would not be solved by slaying. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In short, Enigma was so complex that it could not be solved once and for all, even by the British experts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “There are lots of things that are hard to find around here, including jobs. The way I see it, SmartMart solves both those problems.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Life, my friend Bando once said, is meeting problems and solving them whether you are an amoeba or a space traveller. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d agreed and the conversation had ended, but the problem was not solved. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I look back now and I think this was not the best way to solve the problem. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Dobzhansky’s final flourish was to solve the “mystery of mysteries” that had preoccupied Darwin: the origin of species. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And because their brains are so complex, chimps can do things we used to think only humans could do—like solving problems and planning ahead what they are going to do. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z His tongue pushes into his cheek like he’s solving a problem. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The Greeks did not have zero, but we do, and it is the key to solving Zeno’s puzzle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Well, then,” Bogert shouted, “let that clockwork contraption solve the entire problem for you. Why bother with nonessentials?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Well, have you solved the riddle all by yourself?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It speaks in differential, equations, and calculus is the tool that you need to pose and solve these differential equations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For her, their dad was like the unknown in a math problem that you didn’t have to solve for. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z That had helped, but didn’t solve the problem entirely. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When the problem was solved, Mr. Keeney stood up behind his desk, clutching his pencil in his hand as if it were a microphone. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z A child prodigy, Galton learned to read at two, was fluent in Greek and Latin by five, and solved quadratic equations by eight. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The Wrights had solved the problem by controlling the shape of the wings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “If any text appeared which needed solution, it was our business to solve it if possible,” she later said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She would never solve the Westing puzzle; perhaps it was just as well. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Corkers would proceed to draw the framework of the crossword on the blackboard and we would all spend the rest of the lesson trying to solve it while he read out the clues. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She sees him solve the puzzle of the little house. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “It is indeed a riddle, but don't worry, Matthias, we will solve it together. I have sent for food and drink. You and I will not move from here until we have the answer.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Biddy’s first triumph in her new office, was to solve a difficulty that had completely vanquished me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “We may have a problem with the way we treat GDs in this country, but it’s not going to be solved by killing a bunch of people,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z At this point my fear of getting caught is a faraway thing, I’m more keen on solving the mystery of the angry townsfolk than anything else. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “With you looking into it, I’m sure it’ll be solved tomorrow,” he said, leading his friend into the dining hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As they neared Hagrid’s cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the mystery of the Beauxbatons’ sleeping quarters was solved. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was as if a god had descended to solve some humble problem. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Too bad. With his strength, he could have solved all our problems," I said. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Do you want me to solve it?” he asked, nodding toward the puzzle. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t say waiting for us. Anyway, I have to read about the effects of smallpox on indigenous populations tonight, so I can’t really solve The Case of the Fugitive Billionaire.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Their father, though, solved the whole mystery in a second. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “The material as a whole,” reported Kurchatov, “shows that it is technically possible to solve the entire uranium problem in a much shorter period than our scientists believed.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “That you solve by writing them a poem?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z A rocket solves this problem by carrying everything it needs with it, not only fuel but also the oxidizer needed to mix with the fuel and cause it to burn. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you see the gold is for the man who solved the riddle. And there can be only one such man. You are harboring Daedalus.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He’s looking at me, not unbenevolently, but with curiosity, as if I am a puzzle to be solved. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And by afternoon, we were on our way to solving our problems. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Reporting that even a former birdwatcher could now solve DNA was not the way to greet a friend bearing a slight hangover. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z This was the same tactic the character had used to solve the secret message in Poe’s story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I only paused when I had to, when I didn’t know what to do next, the part of solving the problem we’d been doing for the last week when I’d been locked in my mind. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z At least the problem of how to get Seabiscuit in shape had been solved. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t quit until he’d solved the puzzle and found a way home. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The reporter seems to thinks it’ll be solved without much fuss. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The problems of MCorp and the other banks were nothing, of course, compared to the S & L crisis, which according to one estimate was going to take $65 billion to solve. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He insisted that Alice, Nellie, and Howard were with “Miss W.” in London, and that if the police would only check his story in detail, the mystery of the children would be solved. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Langley put a former East Computer named Sara Bullock in charge of a group dedicated to using the squat, gunmetal-gray block to solve engineers’ equations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z All efforts to solve the mystery had faltered. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But right now, they had a mystery to solve. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The convent never solved their problems, only magnified them a hundredfold. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the one who hatched the idea of limit and solved calculus’s problems with zeros. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the earlier discussion, however, I was referring to things that impair our ability to solve problems. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Serenity is staring at me, squinting like she’s trying to solve a puzzle or a difficult math equation. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z If we solved RNA we might also provide the vital clue to DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I had consumed practical guides to homicide investigations, so I knew that the longer it took to solve a crime, the more likely it was that it would never be solved. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z This was the same tactic the character had used to solve the secret message in Poe’s story. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If you can solve one, you’ve got the other one whipped. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Laila told her of his aptitude for solving riddles, his trickery and mischief, his easy laugh. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Well, mystery solved. Shay was all ready to travel to the Smoke with a bunch of that stuff.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He laughed, as if that one act had solved all their problems. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books you could solve any problem, but now he wasn’t so sure. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z From everything Ginny had told me about you, I knew you would go to any lengths to solve the mystery — particularly if one of your best friends was attacked. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Even with her fingers trembling, it doesn’t take Marie-Laure long to solve it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I opened my grail diary and located my original notes on how to solve Zork. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z That’s another mystery to solve: not just where are those parents... A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Later, in graduate school at Indiana University, it was my hope that the gene might be solved without my learning any chemistry. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame Mr. Gordon wasn’t around earlier to help solve these little final problems.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z When Schooler did this experiment with a whole sheet of insight puzzles, he found that people who were asked to explain themselves ended up solving 30 percent fewer problems than those who weren’t. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z That was his dream, daring and magnificent: to go there, half across the world, and solve the mysteries for himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z After we unanimously chose Becky’s suggested team name, “Apptitude,” we brainstormed what kind of app we wanted to build, one that would help solve a problem. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Other people might need to add in friends or sports or money or something else, but my equation is already solved. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, it took years to solve the riddle of the orbit of Mars, with Kepler moving in stages away from the idea of a perfectly circular orbit centred on the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Ames felt that they had blundered on some magic which solved all of their problems. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “We owe you that and more for solving our little hollowgast problem. Most bothersome, as I was saying.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Their bodies were a map of cells, a thousand equations, solved by the second, by the millisecond, and she knew only answers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z To many residents Stith seemed less interested in solving their problems than in taking the heat off Greenberg. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “He called on me to solve a problem on the board. I didn’t know the answer, but he kept insisting. It was so embarrassing.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Puzzle people usually couldn’t resist at least looking at a new one, if not attempting to solve it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Maybe all we need to do to find our way back is to solve the rest of the code. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Still, fighting is not gonna solve anything,” Chantal says as she wraps a bag of frozen broccoli in paper towels for me to put on my forehead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When Terryl learned this, she thought she’d solved one of the mysteries of her childhood: Why she was told not to answer the phone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “He hates violence. BF says it never solves anything, and only spreads more violence and hatred.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Harker, having collected a million dollars to solve the structure of the enzyme ribonuclease, was in search of talent, and the offer of six thousand for one year seemed to Odile wonderfully generous. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z That probably solves the mystery of the missing ones on the bottom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Speaking of solving problems,” said Miss K, “do you think fighting is a good way to settle arguments?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Sure, it works for the Amity. But what happens when not everyone wants to strum banjos and grow crops? What happens when someone does something terrible and talking about it can’t solve the problem?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Natalie mostly just seemed excited to have finally solved the mystery. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As the search proceeded, it became more obvious that solving the mystery of nuclear structure required probes of higher energies than nature provides. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Others deal with “inbound” calls—everything from tracing lost luggage for U.S. and European airline passengers to solving computer problems for confused American consumers. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z He said I liked maths because it meant solving problems, and these problems were difficult and interesting but there was always a straightforward answer at the end. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You solved the Mystery of the Woman in Teal!” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Now the sky presented the greatest scientific puzzle they had ever encountered, and they were all considering their place in it, and their chances of solving it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The first thing we should remember is that our bodies have evolved to help us solve the omnivore’s dilemma. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The last of the out-of-town newsmen, convinced that the case was never going to be solved, left Garden City. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When Emily finished solving the boy’s magic square it looked like this: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He felt trapped, and thought he could solve his problems by simply running away. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She turned to adults to solve her problems. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Problems of every sort were being addressed and solved. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He had finally solved the code of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z For almost forty years Bragg, a Nobel Prize winner and one of the founders of crystallography, had been watching X-ray diffraction methods solve structures of ever-increasing difficulty.* Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I thank God for that, and I feel more determined to solve my problems or get over my sadness, or whatever. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In the late 1930s, Beadle and Tatum reasoned that isolating the actual eye pigment of a fruit fly might solve the riddle of gene action. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Trying to solve that mystery yourself isn’t fun and rarely pays off. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Maybe I could solve a complex equation at a rolling chalkboard,” says Emily. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Because I don't know how to solve this one. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It feels like instead of solving a mystery, we’ve 'just opened a whole new one.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And I would solve the mystery of my father. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z But as Swift saw it, high pay was waste, a problem to be solved. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He disclosed that he’d never really been hired to solve the murder of Anna Brown; in fact, he’d been asked to conceal Bryan’s whereabouts on the night of the crime. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Instead, she wants you to learn by solving problems with others. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z While his job is all about solving problems, the issues he’s been facing lately have been a bit out of his wheelhouse. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Yet. But I’m going to solve this great mystery all on my own,” I announced. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Your father,” Darma says, her tone lighter than before, “is too impatient. He wants things to come quickly and easily. You cannot farm that way. He thinks money will solve all problems. It will not.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z "But I think we just solved the mystery of why Tina hates me so much." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Even if setting a trap solved the horned toad problem, Nali still wanted the fence fixed. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Nancy Drew is a smart and resourceful teenage sleuth who began solving mysteries in the 1930s and continues to solve them to this day. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “But I remember enough. The Creators are testing us. The Maze was never meant to be solved. It’s all been a trial. They want the winners—or survivors—to do something important.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z When she didn’t want to bother worrying about clothes or how they looked on her, the shoulder-to-floor Islamic dress solved the problem, and tidily. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I wish I could. But this isn’t a problem I can solve with solar cells and computer systems, Elizabeth. Your mother’s best at dealing with friend stuff.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I actually like having Windy over, but I’m dying to know if anyone solved my epic problem in the math forums. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I know all the elements needed to solve this. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Girls, I’ve told you before. No matter how mad you are, fighting doesn’t solve anything.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And the teachers never called on her or asked her to come up to the board to solve problems unless she raised her hand. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The problem of explanation has been moved, not solved. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Otis never would have solved that one as fast as you did. But then again, Otis always said he was allergic to numbers.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But when she realized I was in trouble, rather than help me again my mother kicked me out and made me solve my own problems. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z You know—where you have to solve a problem to avert a disaster using only what’s on hand, like the three astronauts did during the doomed Apollo 13 mission. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Even if he did study his hardest, would he be able to catch up on the math he needed to solve the problems on the exam? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z At the end of a decade or more of intensive chemical control, entomologists were finding that problems they had considered solved a few years earlier had returned to plague them. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The technological issues, Teller acknowledged, were far from being solved; indeed, it was unclear they even could be solved. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I knew in my heart that I would have some difficulties in life because of my speech problems, and I also knew that I wouldn’t always be able to solve them by punching somebody out. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z But the house felt like a puzzle, and maybe if he put together the pieces, he could solve it. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z That way, Mr. Remora would have the book back in his possession, and she’d have the satisfaction of solving an entire Griswold game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z "For everything I figure out, there's another problem to solve. I feel like I'm running out of time." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I am a problem she can t solve. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Through its inability to solve its racial problems, the United States handed the Soviet Union one of the most effective propaganda weapons in their arsenal. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Becker pumps their hands again, congratulates them for helping to solve the case, promises to keep them in mind if he has other cases for them to solve. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “We need those stupid rooms to solve your stupid puzzle! Clunker Cards stink. This game stinks. Fourteen-hour penalties stink.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z It showed a kind of obscenity you see only in nature, an obscenity so extreme that it dis solves imperceptibly into beauty. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was painful to know that even if they survived the Nightbeast, even if they solved the task and avoided being toadified, their lives would still be worse than rats on a boat. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z A linear equation like 4x – 12 = 0 is extremely simple to solve, and such problems didn’t entertain algebraists for very long. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z So he asks one more thing, one more important question to help solve the mystery. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “And I will bake the bread. Mother will show me how,” Rachel announced, as if that finally solved all our troubles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Power of Context says you don’t have to solve the big problems to solve crime. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Solving a puzzle that clearly wasn’t his to solve. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z State Department’s releases to Africans which always imply that the American black man’s straggle is being “solved.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a while for the commands and quirks of the game to come back to me, but once they did, the game wasn’t that difficult to solve. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Bach’s interest in counterpoint, though, was not about putting haughty monarchs in their place, nor about solving puzzles and codes for the sake of it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “If we could bokanovskify indefinitely the whole problem would be solved.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “David doesn’t try to solve my problems,” I grump. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Chip, really, you should go. Why don’t you ask me for one of those puzzles you could never solve?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I solved the riddle of an outdoors made mostly of concrete in New York. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I owed it to myself, and to my siblings, to try to solve their murders. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “What did you think that was going to solve?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But there are still lots of countries where people solve it the old-fashioned way. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Within two months, she had solved almost everything. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “All right, you Maniac Magees, here is your picture puzzle. The category is Famous Quotes. You have sixty seconds to solve this rebus.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z To solve the structure of DNA, Watson and Crick had to first figure out how many zippers were in each DNA molecule, what part was at the center, and which part at the periphery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The Torricellian network solved problems more efficiently than any individual could on their own. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If I could solve the canning problem, there would be enough stewed tomatoes to last all winter. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She didn’t know how to start decoding this—not that she wanted to solve it or would turn in her solution if she figured it out. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Candice would have liked nothing better than that—but that meant she was running out of time to solve the mystery. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And there was only one way of solving a dispute of this nature. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Watson and Crick feared that they would wake up one morning, open the pages of an august scientific journal, and find the solved structure of DNA staring back at them. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Maybe I just need to wake up and that will solve everything. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I should be dedicating my life to solving the unsolvable problems of mathematics, like the Riemann hypothesis or the Hodge conjecture. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z With its walls that moved, every night, he finally understood why the Maze was so hard to solve. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z After a sleepless night, he had solved a tough problem “out of the clear blue.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It didn’t solve the problem, but Luke was trying. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I pick a problem that I don’t know how to solve,” he says. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Byrd’s mouth opens wide, her eyes too, like Axel has found the words she’s been looking for, like he’s solved the very mystery from before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mudd solved his problem by sending his cousin George, a loyal Unionist and therefore above suspicion by the federal authorities, to town to report Booth’s visit to Mudd’s farm. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Reggie had been keeping track of who had solved each puzzle over the past year. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z That was enough to begin trying to solve them—or so she hoped. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z How could a maze, with walls so massive and tall, be so big that dozens of kids hadn’t been able to solve it after who knew how long trying? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I guess that solves the mystery of where all the soy sauce ends up. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z I was watching a Japanese cartoon about a kid who drives a robot when she decided to solve the problem. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A case was seldom solved by “fancy theories”; he put his faith in facts—“sweated for and sworn to.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Me neither. I think I know how to solve that,” he says. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z How it would be solved, he didn’t know, but he knew this: The stakes were higher than anyone else realized. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z That difficulty Hercules solved by choking the life out of him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They needed to solve an insight problem, but their powers of insight had been extinguished. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Because when I first told Mrs. Janssen that I would find Mirjam, I had been viewing her as a discrete puzzle that I could try to solve. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Who wouldn’t want to find out how this mystery will be solved? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z My eyes darted from one mound to another, wondering what to do, but you solved the problem yourself. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “But then we wouldn’t have any water left to do anything else, and genetic damage isn’t the kind of problem that can be solved with one big charge.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I can solve a differential equation in my head. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z These are the qualities that welfare - to-work job-training programs often seek to inculcate, though I suspect that most welfare recipients already possess them, or would if their child care and transportation problems were solved. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As human beings, were born believing that we are the apex of creation, that we are invincible, that no problem exists that we cannot solve. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The gaps in Vivian’s stories seem to her mysteries she can help solve. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I want you to come to the board and solve the problem,” he says, pointing at me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Today has been a very long day, but I have solved two things. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Thompson gave me a quick nod like I was a problem for them to solve and be done with. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “I told you I would help you solve your murder. But you have to help me. Please, tell me what you remembered just a moment ago, when we were speaking.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “They never could solve that problem. I mean cell replacement. Perpetual or anyhow semi-perpetual renewal. Well, so it goes.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Kaz hated a puzzle he couldn’t solve, and he and Inej had concocted a hundred theories to account for the murder—none of which satisfied. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Greek philosophers were unable to untie that bundle; therefore, they were ill-equipped to solve Zeno’s puzzle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z That would be a comical murder, and a murder no one under any circumstances could solve or even suspect. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Much of what I observe in Volpe’s theater program fits comfortably within the muscular language of education reform, with its emphasis on problem solving, high standards, “reaching for the top,” and accountability. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The key to solving the actual genetic code was to map the elements of a sequence in an RNA chain to the sequence of a protein chain. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I raised my hand to answer questions and volunteered to go to the chalkboard to solve math problems. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Alatortsev and a small group of other masters and psychologists worked tirelessly for ten years attempting to “solve” the mystery of Fischer’s prowess, in addition to analyzing his personality and behavior. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I hope it’s a problem I can solve,” Mr. Flynn said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z How is that going to solve our problems? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The problem was not solved until John Harrison produced the first reliable marine chronometer in 1735. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If I could solve these problems, then I could control something. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z On a chilly evening last autumn, the powerful men of North Carolina convened to solve the colored question. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He would later say, “As a geneticist, it was the only problem worth solving.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He sang “The Colors of the Sun” along with his class, and he solved a math problem. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z That made solving in depth a challenge, but top code breakers figured out other ways of aligning messages with statistics and other insights. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It often involved solving practical problems or making something new, and that appealed to her considerable and burgeoning intellectual curiosity—a curiosity that had already made her an unusually proficient student at school, scholarly even. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And Mother said, “Come on. This isn’t going to solve anything.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If Axel just went by the clues, the facts—what he knows about birds—that might not be enough to solve this mystery. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Why should I waste my time solving Garrison’s game when I’m fairly certain this girl has already done so? Or is close to completing it, at the very least.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It took more than a century to solve the problem, but in the course of that century steady progress was made towards a solution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And it soon became clear that the state’s special investigator in charge of solving the Osage murder cases was himself a crook. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A problem you cannot solve, said a voice in his mind. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Maybe there are lots of ways to solve a mystery? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I will be solving so many problems if I pull this trigger,” she growls. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But Ernest “dismissed our doubts with a wave of his hand. There were technical problems that had to be solved, he said, but the tube was certain to do the job.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t believe more violence solves the problem of violence. Anyway, my opinions don’t constitute the exam.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But they ignored his complaint and informed him there was one more problem to solve. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Bonding over illegal drugs hadn’t magically solved our problems. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He warmed to the spirit of the thing, saw no end to the possibilities of his going ahead, solving the problems as he came to them, no limit to what he might do. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The mystery of who they were was solved shortly after seven-thirty, when the guys who were paying them showed up. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Head-to-head's where Kid A solves a problem on the left of the blackboard while Kid B solves the same problem on the right, like a race. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z So I learn the hard way that I shouldn't depend on a committee to solve my problems. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She was very young, he thought, she still expected something from life, she did not understand that to push an inconvenient person over a cliff solves nothing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Mathematicians ignored the logical and philosophical troubles with adding infinite zeros—especially since indivisibles or infinitesimals, as they came to be called, finally solved a long-standing puzzle: the problem of the tangent. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even though I told Jason it was great that his party is Saturday, it’s more than great — it solves everything. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z If they could not solve the task, they would be turned into toads. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z There was even a brand of harsh satire in my parents’ quest itself, because it typified the American belief that everything can be solved by doctors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They argued about hot fudge versus butterscotch topping and then agreed that both at once would solve everything. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “All the same,” said Poirot, “the problem is not yet quite solved. Can we say with authority that we know who killed M. Ratchett?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z But once lunch started and Mr. Harding and I spent fifteen minutes on x and y and solving for the unknown, I felt like a new person. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It has always made me wonder if that bar stickup had really been solved, or if the wrong man had confessed under beatings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z How news travels through a town is a mystery not easily to be solved. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He takes her in his arms and the implication is that all his problems have been solved. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Here he is now solving the problems of sending men exploring into outer space—and returning them safely to earth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In October, with the messages nearly solved, she got in touch with the Mounties again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The Fleece hadn’t solved all the camp’s problems. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s not his job to solve the crisis. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The man bent down and inspected the locket, grasping it perhaps he was Talented at solving mysteries. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Shoo! Away with you, little fieldmouse. I need Matthias with a clear brain to help me solve an important problem, so run along.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It could solve your troubles, make them disappear, like a scar on a cheek suddenly vanishing forever. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “It solves a lot of problems,” he says, without a twitch. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And then it was just a matter of time before he solved the entire game and uncovered the grand prize. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “The Uncle was using forgetting hexes on the Gran and Alaric because he wanted them to forget that the Spares were going to solve the impossible task. Rulean just stopped them.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z On the one hand—superstition and old wives’ tales; on the other hand—the scientist, trying to solve the puzzles and find the answers. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She debated the puzzle as she climbed, sorting through her mental file cabinet of puzzles solved for Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Tired of embarrassing myself in front of two-year-olds, I've started referring to everything in the plural, which can get expensive but has solved a lot of my problems. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I had come to the island to solve my grandfather’s mystery, and in doing so I had discovered my own. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Rafael stood, looking at the people and the spaces, as if the whole thing were an elaborate puzzle that he could solve if only he could find the right piece. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Dad had little formal education in mathematics but it was impossible to doubt his aptitude: somehow I knew that if I put the equation before my father, he would be able to solve it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Ah, but fortunately,” said my uncle, his eyes twinkling, “you are a dedicated scholar of ancient history and literature. You were able to solve it, I think.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But the hard truth is this isn’t helping to solve America’s racist problem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie Curie and the Joliots proposed a neutron even heavier than Chadwick’s, at a value that solved numerous riddles of nuclear activity in one stroke. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The same way that trolls solved every dispute.... Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z By going back to a hunter-gatherer meal, I would have to solve the problem of what to eat the old-fashioned way. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Golden explained think tanks were groups of smart people who worked on solving the world’s problems. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “We did solve our task, but by that point, we had decided to take the Uncles’ identities, so we chose not to tell the Gran. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z In just over three years, she solved a staggering twelve thousand secret messages for the Coast Guard and its allies in the Rum War. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The idea of using tinker-toy-like models to solve biological structures was clearly a last resort. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “We shall solve this highly mysterious mystery ourselves.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z No number seems to solve the equation; plugging in –1, 3, –750, 235.23, or any other positive or negative number you could think of doesn’t yield the correct answer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But what features of heredity might solve Darwin’s problem? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I really don’t want to solve another riddle right now, but as soon as Trub says “sticky,” I know exactly what he means. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “Sure, and why don’t we solve America’s budget crisis and save the orcas while we’re at it?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He and Newton would tear the scientific world asunder, though neither would solve the problem of the zeros that suffused calculus. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In algebra, you can solve an equation when you have 1 unknown variable. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve never had an exciting mystery to solve. Well, except for the time I woke up one morning with every inch of my hair, body, and bed covered in chocolate.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Putting down her pot, she went to her lookout to try to solve the riddle. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day I was given one hundred oral problems to solve. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you come up here and show us how you solved the first homework problem.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I would have the help of some friends, but when it came down to it, I would have to solve the omnivore’s dilemma myself. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It soothed me somewhat, but I felt now that I was somehow failing to solve a simple riddle. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “I think some people think being gay here in the Bay means that all our problems are solved.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Harrison had solved the problem of fixing longitude. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z At times, the messages they solved made them chuckle. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Impossible because only one coven of the eight who’d invoked the clause in the history of the Twelve Towns had solved it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The cause of the blackout was evidently an overdose of these pills; I was taken off them, and put on a low-salt diet, which solved the problem. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d probably ship me to Mexico—one of her favorite threats—as if that would solve any of my problems. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Partly it was the old pleasure that he always derived from mastering new tools and solving practical problems—working out the angles and planes at which the cedar would or wouldn’t cleave cleanly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I’m the only one who doesn’t forget, because I’m the only one solving the puzzle. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He is very intelligent and he solves the mystery and he says The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Which is one of the very mysteries we have to solve,” said Al-Kaisy. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Because I got a plan to get the money and solve all our problems. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Not incidentally, it also solved the problem of the luminiferous ether by making it clear that it didn’t exist. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Rather, if that had occurred Linus would have written two papers, the first describing his new theory, the second showing how it was used to solve the DNA structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Now, however, I knew that genes could crystallize; hence they must have a regular structure that could be solved in a straightforward fashion. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And that solved the problem then and there. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z His shirtsleeves are rolled up, which doesn’t solve much: the air-conditioning is on the fritz and the air on the plane is overheated. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z My problem was here, here with me, here in this room, and I would solve it here alone or not at all. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My greatest hope lies in the fact that young people, all around the world, are not only aware of the problems, but actually want to try to help solve them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I had no idea looking beautiful and sexyish was as complicated as solving a freaking differential equation. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And then it was just a matter of time before he solved the entire game and uncovered the grand prize. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Atticus drew the line at having someone feed him, and Dr. Finch solved the problem by jamming the handles of a fork, knife, and spoon into the ends of big wooden spools. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z To go from the bottom 20 percent to the top 20 percent is to enter a magical world where needs are met, problems are solved, almost without any intermediate effort. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He fastened onto the lessons as though they were puzzles arranged for his entertainment—puzzles he loved solving. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I may be half asleep but I can still solve her riddles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When Elizebeth and her team solved Enigma in depth, what exactly were they doing? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z So I am tying and untying knots, and seeing if it helps me solve my problem, which is you. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Nita says tersely, “Their entire lives erased, against their will, for the sake of solving a genetic damage ‘problem’ that doesn’t actually exist. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She hoped that turning twelve would solve this—build a bridge across the gap. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He tried to solve his financial problems by inventing something that would make him rich. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z We could thus see no reason why we should not solve DNA in the same way. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Prizes were offered to the teams that solved the clues first. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Still, the task of making a seagoing clock or watch was far from solved: such a timepiece had to remain accurate despite changes in temperature and humidity, and despite the movement of the waves. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All of these problems could be solved if we could make more air. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was reassured whenever the president addressed the nation to let them know the government was working hard to solve all the problems. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He said how adults couldn't solve problem, let children try. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, getting meat and eggs from the Salatins helped these folks solve their dilemma, at least a little. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I loved the fact that Damaris was Black like me, smart, and also reveled in spending her summer learning about cell reproduction and the best way to solve algebraic inequalities. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Cell sex solved that problem, because it meant researchers could combine cells with any traits they wanted and study how those traits were passed along. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z All of these were important problems, serious, but I could solve them if I got to work quickly. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The conversation ebbed, changed to the mathematics teacher who did not know how to solve simultaneous equations. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I could master most action titles in a few hours, and there wasn’t an adventure or role-playing game I couldn’t solve. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We were going to solve the omnivore’s dilemma the way millions of Americans do every day. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Jason nodded encouragingly, like this was great news—like he expected Leo to walk up to a towering mass of darkness, shoot a few fireballs, and solve all their problems. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We solved that problem by taking healthy stock from other cages and putting them into cages with sick animals. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Calling Mamá and telling her we were alive and well and visiting with our abuelita would solve her problem. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Even when a problem is easier and it’s possible to solve it completely, simulation is frequently faster and cheaper. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Each time Crick frowned as he added another component, Watson’s stomach took a turn—but in the end, the whole thing fit together, like a perfectly solved puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And this means that time is a mystery, and not even a thing, and no one has ever solved the puzzle of what time is, exactly. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I tried to solve the problem in my head, so that by the time I got to the blackboard, it would be figured out and I wouldn’t make a fool of myself. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, though Planck’s formula was correct, its repercussions were more troubling than the ultraviolet catastrophe it solved. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I guess, sometimes, all it really takes is a real proper cry to solve all of your problems. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Well...one problem solved, anyway. This is lime.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It had been three weeks since a strange boy made her laugh and then solved her cipher when she wasn’t looking. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Their dilemma was solved when a woman suddenly burst into song. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "Aha! You see! My little gadget will solve everything!" he exploded. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking back over the full sweep of American history, one would be hard-pressed to discover a presidency more dominated by a single foreign policy problem and simultaneously more divided domestically over how to solve it. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The company redesigned their bottle to be a lot more like E & J’s, and, sure enough, their problem was solved. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z ‘You don’t solve every problem with a sword or a fist, you big dolt! I can handle these Graecus scum!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was a show that was created even before I was born, about a really old, really expensive lawyer named Matlock who solved criminal cases for a ton of money. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He plays with it awhile, trying to solve it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z At first, Purple was completely solved for one indicator setting only. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It would either solve the argument of Harvard versus farm or make it much, much worse. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I know,” I said, and even though it didn’t solve all our problems, I felt a little better. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One problem solved: the hatch above them closed automatically, cutting off their pursuers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I started writing my book there was only one mystery I had to solve. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z If I don’t come up with an explanation for Algernon’s behavior, all of his work goes down the drain, but if I solve the problem I bring in the whole crew with me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Still, I didn’t need to run after her to solve every problem. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps the letter had to be solved by someone with a new perspective. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Which was a stupid question, because he’d made Emma and Chess promise to wake him up the instant they solved the code. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z If he could assassinate Octavian, that might solve the problem. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He’s a handsome special agent, always solving mysteries and saving people and getting trapped in deadly situations and figuring a way out at the last second. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “If both sides now return to the attitude of good will shown in October,” Kissinger cabled to the North Vietnamese, “the remaining problems can be rapidly solved.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Not only did Planck’s formula explain the new measurements, it solved the ultraviolet catastrophe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He would have solved this problem, and the next, and the next. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I had neatly solved a problem that had been worrying me for a long time, and now' I thought that I could turn my energies to writing and justify myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She began playing around with different possibilities for how to solve the puzzle—she rearranged their order; she drew them combined with one another like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z With you, for example, so that you understand some of the problems the chimps and the wild places face and can help to solve them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z By solving it, he helped the city become the birthplace of skyscrapers despite terrain that could not have been less suited to the role. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I felt as though I hadn’t solved any at all. 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