Princeton University Press: 2605 books
Empire and Revolution
The Political Life of Edmund Burke
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Edmund Burke (1730–97) lived during one of the most extraordinary periods of world history. He grappled with the significance of the British Empire in India, fought for reconciliation with the American colonies, and was a vocal critic of national policy during three European wars. He also advocated...
Kierkegaard's Muse
The Mystery of Regine Olsen
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
The first biography of Kierkegaard's literary muse and one-time fiancée, from the author of the definitive biography of the philosopher
Kierkegaard's Muse, the first biography of Regine Olsen (1822–1904), the literary inspiration and one-time fiancée of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard,...
by Walter Lowrie
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013
A small, insignificant-looking intellectual with absurdly long legs, Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a veritable Hans Christian Andersen caricature of a man. A strange combination of witty cosmopolite and melancholy introvert, he spent years writing under a series of fantastical pseudonyms, lavishing...
Aristotle
His Life and School
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2013
This definitive biography shows that Aristotle's philosophy is best understood on the basis of a firm knowledge of his life and of the school he founded. First published in Italian, and now translated, updated, and expanded for English readers, this concise chronological narrative is the most authoritative...
Walter Kaufmann
Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
The first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual life
Walter Kaufmann (1921–1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic, translator, and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen, emigrating alone to the United States. He was...
Erasmus, Man of Letters
The Construction of Charisma in Print - Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
The name Erasmus of Rotterdam conjures up a golden age of scholarly integrity and the disinterested pursuit of knowledge, when learning could command public admiration without the need for authorial self-promotion. Lisa Jardine, however, shows that Erasmus self-consciously created his own reputation...
Ernst Cassirer
The Last Philosopher of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
This is the first English-language intellectual biography of the German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and finest representatives of the liberal-idealist tradition. Edward Skidelsky traces the development of Cassirer's...
Talaat Pasha
Father of Modern Turkey, Architect of Genocide
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
The first English-language biography of the de facto ruler of the late Ottoman Empire and architect of the Armenian Genocide
Talaat Pasha (1874–1921) led the triumvirate that ruled the late Ottoman Empire during World War I and is arguably the father of modern Turkey. He was also the architect...
Tesla
Inventor of the Electrical Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the development of radio and television. Like his competitor...
by Joseph M. Forshaw
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
From the macaws of South America to the cockatoos of Australia, parrots are among the most beautiful and exotic birds in the world--and also among the most endangered. This stunningly illustrated, easy-to-use field guide covers all 356 species and well-differentiated subspecies of parrots, and is...
No Shadow of a Doubt
The 1919 Eclipse That Confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
On their 100th anniversary, the story of the extraordinary scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativity
In 1919, British scientists led extraordinary expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein’s revolutionary new theory of general relativity in what became the...
Karl Pearson
The Scientific Life in a Statistical Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2010
Karl Pearson, founder of modern statistics, came to this field by way of passionate early studies of philosophy and cultural history as well as ether physics and graphical geometry. His faith in science grew out of a deeply moral quest, reflected also in his socialism and his efforts to find a new...
The Logician and the Engineer
How George Boole and Claude Shannon Created the Information Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Boolean algebra, also called Boolean logic, is at the heart of the electronic circuitry in everything we use--from our computers and cars, to our kitchen gadgets and home appliances. How did a system of mathematics established in the Victorian era become the basis for such incredible technological...
by Yo-Yo Ma, Richard P. Feynman
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
"Some people say, ‘How can you live without knowing?' I do not know what they mean. I always live without knowing. That is easy. How you get to know is what I want to know."—Richard P. Feynman
Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard P. Feynman (1918–88) was that rarest of creatures—a...