Author: C. P. SnowPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258049812
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The Moral Un-Neutrality of Science
Author: C. P. SnowPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258049812
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The Work Incentive Program
Author: United States. Department of LaborPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Occupational training
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Congressional Handbook
Author: A Mathematician's Apology
Author: G. H. HardyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521427067
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
G. H. Hardy was one of this century's finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a 'real mathematician ... the purest of the pure'. He was also, as C. P. Snow recounts in his Foreword, 'unorthodox, eccentric, radical, ready to talk about anything'. This 'apology', written in 1940 as his mathematical powers were declining, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a science; when it was first published, Graham Greene hailed it alongside Henry James's notebooks as 'the best account of what it was like to be a creative artist'. C. P. Snow's Foreword gives sympathetic and witty insights into Hardy's life, with its rich store of anecdotes concerning his collaboration with the brilliant Indian mathematician Ramanujan, his aphorisms and idiosyncrasies, and his passion for cricket. This is a unique account of the fascination of mathematics and of one of its most compelling exponents in modern times.
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates
Author: Russell E. JonesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350185698
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This handbook provides detailed philosophical analysis of the life and thought of Socrates across fifteen in-depth chapters. Each chapter engages with a central aspect of the rich tradition of Socratic studies and, after surveying the state of scholarship, points the way forward to new directions of interpretation. A leading team of scholars present dynamic readings of Socrates, extracted from the historical context of Plato's dialogues, covering elenchus, irony, ignorance, definitions, pedagogy, friendship, politics and the daemon. Building on these core Socratic topics, this edition includes new accounts of Socrates in the work of philosopher and historian, Xenophon, the comic playwright, Aristophanes, as well as important scholarship on topics such as emotions, the afterlife, motivational intellectualism and virtue intellectualism. Fully revised and updated, the Bloomsbury Handbook of Socrates elucidates the complex landscape of Socratic thought and interpretation.
Plain Speaking
Author: Merle MillerPublisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795351283
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
“Never has a President of the United States, or any head of state for that matter, been so totally revealed, so completely documented” (Robert A. Arthur). Plain Speaking is the bestselling book based on conversations between Merle Miller and the thirty-third President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. From these interviews, as well as others who knew him over the years, Miller transcribes Truman’s feisty takes on everything from his personal life, military service, and political career to the challenges he faced in taking the office during the final days of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Using a series of taped discussions from 1962 that never aired on television, Plain Speaking takes an opportunity to deliver exactly how Mr. Truman felt about the presidency, and his thoughts in his later years on his accomplishments and the legacy he left behind. “The values of Plain Speaking, on the whole, are those of the highest form of political communication: the bull session. As with all good bull sessions, what is said here ranges widely in quality and seriousness, as one should expect when dealing with a complex man.” —The New York Times “Plain Speaking has a nostalgic, downhome quality of good friends gossiping over the back fence, or saying their piece of a twilight eve rocking on the porch—and if those fellas back in Washington have their secret machines running, well, they won’t like what they overhear. Not one little bit.” —Kirkus Reviews
Communist Front Organizations
Author: Southeast Asia Treaty OrganizationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Associations, institutions, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Smith V. Village of Lansing
Author: Special Prosecutor and Watergate Grand Jury Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal JusticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Digital images
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Hearing was held in New Orleans, La. Investigates alleged communist activities of Southern Conference Educational Fund.