Search Results: Titles starting with I from Emily Green Books

Orion, 2003 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair.

Phaidon, 1994 About the book: An important collection of essays containing some of Professor Gombrich's most famous contributions to the discussion of values and their place in the humanities. Ranges in subject from the philosophy of Hegel to wartime propaganda broadcasts, the future of museums and the role of reason and feeling in the study of art. Includes one of Gombrich's most influential essays, 'In Search of Cultural History'.. Soft cover. Fine.

Penguin, 2011 About the book: 'Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay' - Oliver Goldsmith. Something is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we have made a virtue out of the pursuit of material self-interest: indeed, this very pursuit now constitutes whatever remains of our sense of shared purpose. But we have forgotten how to think about the life we live together: its goals and purposes. We are now not only post-ideological; we have become post-ethical. We have lost touch with the old questions that have defined politics since the Greeks: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society? A better world? The social contract that defined postwar life in Europe and America - the guarantee of security, stability and fairness - is no longer assured; in fact, it's no longer part of collective conversation. In this exceptional short book, Tony Judt reveals how we have arrived at our… Read More

Cambridge University Press, 2010 Aimed at both physics students and non-science majors, this unique book explains Einstein's special theory of relativity pictorially, using diagrams rather than equations. The diagrams guide the reader, step-by-step, from the basics of relativity to advanced topics including the addition of velocities, Lorentz contraction, time dilation, the twin paradox, Doppler shift, and Einstein's famous equation E=mc². The distinctive figures throughout the book enable the reader to visualize the theory in a way that cannot be fully conveyed through equations alone. The illustrative explanations in this book maintain the logic and rigour necessary for physics students, yet are simple enough to be understood by non-scientists. The book also contains entertaining problems which challenge the reader's understanding of the materials covered.. Soft cover. As New.

Phaidon, 1994 About the book: A companion volume to Art and Illusion. Provides an intriguing overview of art and our perception of it. Discusses subjects as diverse as photography's tricks with perspective, the problems of expressing emotion through art and how pictorial representation affects the way in which we see the world. Soft cover. As New.

Orion, 2011 1st Edition. Hardcover. New.

Sceptre, 2010 About the book: Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time series regularly enlightens and entertains substantial audiences on BBC Radio 4. For this book he has selected episodes which reflect the diversity of the radio programmes, and takes us on an amazing tour through the history of ideas, from philosophy, physics and history to religion, literature and biology. We can discover the reasons for the fall of the Byzantine empire, and why women were persecuted as witches in the seventeenth century. What shape is the origin of life? Where does our calendar come from? We can unearth the influence of prime numbers, Socrates and Tectonic plates. Melvyn Bragg orchestrates the ideas of leading academics in each field so that the dynamic and lively discussion from the programmes comes through vividly on the page. IN OUR TIME brings to life the signposts of history, the moments that significantly changed the world as we know it, and the individuals and ideas that made us what we are today.. Soft cover. As New.

Penguin, 1997 An examination of the mathematical, physical, and philosophical aspects of infinity includes discussions of set theory, the theorems of the mathematician, Kurt Godel, and the concepts of space and time. Soft cover. Fair.

Vintage, 1998 The author, one of the world's foremost cosmologists, sets out to answer the vexed question surrounding the Big Bang Theory: if matter can neither be created nor destroyed, how could so much matter arise from nothing? This is the story of Guth's quest to understand the origins of the universe.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fair.

Dover Publications Inc, 1957 This new Dover edition, first published in 1957, is an unabridged republication of the first edition with corrections. It is published through special arrangement with University of Chicago Press.. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good.

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1981 About the book: The dramatic changes brought about by industrialization in Europe and America are documented in paintings, engravings, and early photographs. Soft cover. As New.

Princeton University Press, 2009 In It's About Time, N. David Mermin asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education--after all, it is largely about time, a subject with which all are familiar. The book reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This readable exposition of the nature of time as addressed in Einstein's theory of relativity is accessible to anyone who remembers a little high school algebra and elementary plane geometry. The book evolved as Mermin taught the subject to diverse groups of undergraduates at Cornell University, none of them science majors, over three and a half decades. Mermin's approach is imaginative, yet accurate and complete. Clear, lively, and informal, the book will appeal to intellectually curious readers of all kinds, including even professional physicists, who will be… Read More