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The Scientific Outlook

According to Bertrand Russell, science is knowledge; that which seeks general laws connecting a number of particular facts. It is, he argues, far superior to art, where much of the knowledge is intang...

Science, Order and Creativity

One of the foremost scientists and thinkers of our time, David Bohm worked alongside Oppenheimer and Einstein. In Science, Order and Creativity he and physicist F. David Peat propose a return to great...

Logic Of Scientific Discovery

Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of...

Elephants

Elephants are as unique as people. They can be clever and curious or headstrong and impulsive, shy or sociable. Learn to know them as individuals as well as a species in this evocative account of year...

An Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

Sferen Band 2

Sferen - SchuimHet langverwachte tweede, afsluitende deel van Peter Sloterdijks Sferen verschijnt nu in Nederlandse vertaling. Het extreme individualisme van onze tijd wordt hierin gevat in de metafoo...

Postdramatic Theatre

Newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, this is an excellent translation of Hans-Thies Lehmann's groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s, which has beco...

Science and Poetry

Science, according to the received wisdom of the day, can answer any question we choose to put to it - even the most fundamental about ourselves, our behaviour and our cultures. But for Mary Midgley i...

Poetry

Now in its third edition Poetry: The Basics remains an engaging exploration of the world of poetry. Drawing on examples ranging from Chaucer to children's rhymes, Cole Porter to Carol Ann Duffy, and f...

The Psychology of Grief

What is happening emotionally when we grieve for a loved one? Is there a right' way to grieve? What effect does grief have on how we see ourselves? The Psychology of Grief is a humane and intelligent...