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by Stephen Hawking, Roger Penrose
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
Einstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was he right? Can the quantum theory of fields and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the two most accurate and successful theories in all of physics, be united in a single quantum theory...
Fit
An Architect's Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Fit is a book about architecture and society that seeks to fundamentally change how architects and the public think about the task of design. Distinguished architect and urbanist Robert Geddes argues that buildings, landscapes, and cities should be designed to fit: fit the purpose, fit the place,...
Why Philanthropy Matters
How the Wealthy Give, and What It Means for Our Economic Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Philanthropy has long been a distinctive feature of American culture, but its crucial role in the economic well-being of the nation--and the world--has remained largely unexplored. Why Philanthropy Matters takes an in-depth look at philanthropy as an underappreciated force in capitalism, measures...
The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein
The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922 - 1923
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
The first publication of Albert Einstein’s travel diary to the Far East and Middle East
In the fall of 1922, Albert Einstein, along with his then-wife, Elsa Einstein, embarked on a five-and-a-half-month voyage to the Far East and Middle East, regions that the renowned physicist had never...
Synchronicity
An Acausal Connecting Principle. (From Vol. 8. of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (New in Paper)
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Jung was intrigued from early in his career with coincidences, especially those surprising juxtapositions that scientific rationality could not adequately explain. He discussed these ideas with Albert Einstein before World War I, but first used the term "synchronicity" in a 1930 lecture,...
by Richard Rex
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
A major new account of the most intensely creative years of Luther's career
The Making of Martin Luther takes a provocative look at the intellectual emergence of one of the most original and influential minds of the sixteenth century. Richard Rex traces how, in a concentrated burst of creative...
Four Archetypes
(From Vol. 9, Part 1 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (New in Paper)
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
One of Jung's most influential ideas has been his view, presented here, that primordial images, or archetypes, dwell deep within the unconscious of every human being. The essays in this volume gather together Jung's most important statements on the archetypes, beginning with the introduction of the...
Dreams
(From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung)
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Dream analysis is a distinctive and foundational part of analytical psychology, the school of psychology founded by C. G. Jung and his successors. This volume collects Jung's most insightful contributions to the study of dreams and their meaning. The essays in this volume, written by Jung between...
Introduction to Jungian Psychology
Notes of the Seminar on Analytical Psychology Given in 1925
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
In 1925, while transcribing and painting in his Red Book, C. G. Jung presented a series of seminars in English in which he spoke for the first time in public about his early spiritualistic experiences, his encounter with Freud, the genesis of his psychology, and the self-experimentation he called...
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7
28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2011
The 526 documents printed in this volume run from 28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814. During this period Jefferson reviews the extant sources on the 1765 Stamp Act crisis to aid William Wirt, a Patrick Henry scholar; records his largely positive impressions of George Washington; and updates a reading...
The Lesser Evil
Political Ethics in an Age of Terror
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Must we fight terrorism with terror, match assassination with assassination, and torture with torture? Must we sacrifice civil liberty to protect public safety?
In the age of terrorism, the temptations of ruthlessness can be overwhelming. But we are pulled in the other direction too by the...
Shaping Race Policy
The United States in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
Shaping Race Policy investigates one of the most serious policy challenges facing the United States today: the stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Unlike other books on the topic, it is comparative, examining American developments alongside parallel histories of...
by Herman H. Goldstine
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
In 1942, Lt. Herman H. Goldstine, a former mathematics professor, was stationed at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. It was there that he assisted in the creation of the ENIAC, the first electronic digital computer. The ENIAC was operational in 1945, but...
Answer to Job
(From Vol. 11 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (New in Paper)
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Considered one of Jung's most controversial works, Answer to Job also stands as Jung's most extensive commentary on a biblical text. Here, he confronts the story of the man who challenged God, the man who experienced hell on earth and still did not reject his faith. Job's journey parallels Jung's...