Fischer: 1405 books
Die andere Leichtigkeit des Seins
Eine persönliche Geschichte als Hausmann und Hochschullehrer. Ein Leben für Familie und Wissenschaft
Language: German
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Das Leben des Menschen zu erleichtern ist die einzige Aufgabe der Wissenschaft, und sie hat sich ihrer angenommen. Dabei ist diese andere Leichtigkeit des Seins zustande gekommen, von der die Generationen ab dem frühen 17. Jahrhundert nachhaltig profitiert haben.
Heutiger Wohlstand, Mobilität, Gesellschaften...
Warum Spinat nur Popeye stark macht
Mythen und Legenden in der modernen Wissenschaft
Language: German
Release Date: January 27, 2011
Einstein war ein Schulversager? Ernst Peter Fischer weiß es besser …
Bestsellerautor Ernst Peter Fischer begibt sich auf einen äußerst aufschlussreichen und unterhaltsamen Streifzug durch die Wissenschaftsgeschichte und widmet sich ihren Mythen und Legenden. Macht Spinat wirklich stark?...
I Mörike-Lieder di Hugo Wolf
E altri scritti su Wolf e Mörike
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Per molti cultori del Lied, in particolare quelli di area extra-tedesca, il primo incontro con la poesia di Mörike filtrata attraverso la musica di Wolf è avvenuto tramite il medium della voce di Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925-2012). Il grande baritono d’opera e cantante di Lieder si è occupato...
My 60 Memorable Games
chess tactics, chess strategies with Bobby Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
One of the most important chess books ever written, reissued in celebration of a chess genius, Bobby Fischer.The American takes the reader through 60 of his games, describing his thoughts, the intricacies behind his and his opponent's strategies, the tactical justification of moves and the psychological...
by Gordon Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
In a life on the front lines of 80 years of political, military and social upheaval Gordon Fischer has done it all: dancing while bombs landed in Damascus, held at gunpoint in Togo, dating Ms India, skiing with the aristocracy during the Korean War and deer stalking in Scotland.Travel the world and go back in time to see the rich and the poor as you have never done before.
by David Hackett Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 1995
Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what...
Fairness and Freedom:A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States
A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2012
Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies--New Zealand and the United States--with much in common. Both have democratic polities, mixed-enterprise economies, individuated societies, pluralist cultures, and a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law. But all of these...
by Fischer Black
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
An updated look at what Fischer Black's ideas on business cycles and equilibrium mean today
Throughout his career, Fischer Black described a view of business fluctuations based on the idea that a well-developed economy will be continually in equilibrium. In the essays that constitute this book,...
Island at the End of the World
The Turbulent History of Easter Island
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
On a long stretch of green coast in the South Pacific, hundreds of enormous, impassive stone heads stand guard against the ravages of time, war, and disease that have attempted over the centuries to conquer Easter Island. Steven Roger Fischer offers the first English-language history of Easter Island...
Monkeytalk
Inside the Worlds and Minds of Primates
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2017
Monkey see, monkey do—or does she? Can the behavior of non-human primates—their sociality, their intelligence, their communication—really be chalked up to simple mimicry? Emphatically, absolutely: no. And as famed primatologist Julia Fischer reveals, the human bias inherent in this oft-uttered...
by Steven Roger Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
This second edition of Steven Roger Fischer’s fascinating book charts the history of communication from a time before human language was conceived of to the media explosion of the present day. Fischer begins by describing the modes of communication used by whales, birds, insects, and nonhuman primates,...
by Conrad Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
A new way to excel on the Internal Medicine Clerkship from Conrad Fischer!
Top Shelf: Essential Learning for the Internal Medicine Clerkship uses Conrad Fischer’s unique method of distilling complex concepts into accessible, high-yield narrative to maximize your retention and boost your performance...
Our Fate
Essays on God and Free Will
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Our Fate is a collection of John Martin Fischer's previously published articles on the relationship between God's foreknowledge and human freedom. The book contains a new introductory essay that places all of the chapters in the book into a cohesive framework. The introductory essay also provides...
Bahnhof
Ein Ort
Language: German
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Wie weit muss man sich von zu Hause fortbewegen, um ein Reisender oder eine Reisende zu werden? In sechzehn Kapiteln über diverse Bahnhofstätigkeiten wie das Einkaufen, Abfahren, Schlafen, Essen oder Arbeiten fächert der erste Band der Serie 'Ein Ort' den Bahnhof als einzigartigen Schauplatz auf....