Deep Simplicity. Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life, Paperback - John Gribbin

The world around us can be a complex, confusing place. Earthquakes happen without warning, stock markets fluctuate, weather forecasters seldom seem...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Colin McGinnNumber of pages: 208Collection: The MIT PressPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 138 x 203 x 15Cover t...

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The great genius of modern physics explains why quantum theory makes perfect senseIllustrations: c.50 integrated greyscale illustrations

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DescriptionShowcasing diverse methodologies, this volume illuminates London's role in the development of a European art market at the turn of the n...

This collection interrogates the concept of complex TV, and reappraises the value of simplicity in TV, with reference to a range of television prog...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): John GrayNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 127 x 196 x 11Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

In the latter decades of the nineteenth century, in the midst of dramatic and far-reaching developments, humanity's ancient relationship with God w...

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The kaleidoscope, the stereoscope, and other nineteenth-century optical toys analyzed as "new media" of their era, provoking anxieties similar to o...

All those who despair at the state of the world and its multiple problems will find in this book ambitious but reasonable proposals that will give ...

The Great Fire of 1835 nearly leveled Manhattan-consuming some 700 buildings-yet also created the ashes from which the city was reborn. Manhattan P...

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In this expansive history, Steinfeld develops a thorough, systematic account describing how American judicial review was brought into being during ...

Though persistently overshadowed by the Great War in historical memory, the two Balkan conflicts of 1912-1913 were among the most consequential of ...

When this book first appeared in 1972, Karsten, a former naval officer, was taken to task for its portrayal of the Naval Academy and the officer co...

Initially created to counteract broadcasts from Nazi Germany, the BBC's Eastern Service became a cauldron of global modernism and an unlikely nexus...

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A simple guide to a smarter strategy for the individual investor A Wealth of Common Sense sheds a refreshing light on investing, and shows you how ...

DescriptionHow competing visions of world order in the 1940s gave rise to the modern concept of globalismDuring and after the Second World War, pub...

The untold story of the bloody revolution that stripped the pope of political power and signalled the birth of modern Europe.

Accessible exploration of one of the most exciting areas of scientific inquiry - the nature of light.

DescriptionThis book takes a critical approach to the dominant explanation for the transformation from post-Roman to 'Anglo-Saxon' society in Brita...

Somatic psychology and bodymind therapy (the simultaneous study of the mind and body) are challenging contemporary understandings of the psyche, of...

By embracing the full storytelling and archetypal potential of the American Southwest, Frank Waters wrote some of the finest literature of the 20th...

Publisher: Inter-Varsity PressNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 229 x 154 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera farme...

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In this epic history-cum-anthology, Megan Vaughan tells the story of the theatre blogosphere from the dawn of the carefully crafted longform post t...

Reducere. Horace King (1807-1885) built covered bridges over every large river in Georgia, Alabama, and eastern Mississippi. That King, who began life as a s...

A powerful polemic against the triumph of political lying in the era of Boris Johnson and Donald TrumpIllustrations: None