Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to topics such as algebra and chaos theory.
Provides information in graphic novel format about the wealth of critical theories from sources including deconstructionists, poststructuralists, postmodernists, second-wave feminists, new historicists, and cultural materialists.
Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field.
Brand-new INTRODUCING guide to the subject that makes the world go round
The media has become a condition of our existence. Introducing Media Studies explores media history and the complex relationship between the media, ideology, knowledge, and power, presenting a coherent view of the media industry, media theory, and methods in media research.
An innovative graphic guide to Hinduism, the world's third-largest religion.
Kniha předkládá zábavnou komiksovou formou přehled důležitých myšlenek a konceptů východní filozofie. Zvláště se zabývá myšlenkovými proudy, které se zrodily v Číně a Indii, mají prastaré kořeny a dnes stále víc ovlivňují myšlení a náboženské vnímání západního světa. Brilantním a zároveň humorným způsobem se zde vysvětlují základy různých škol indického hinduismu a buddhismu nebo čínská konfuciánská a taoistická. Seznámíme se tak se základy východní eschatologie, neosobní etiky, s pojmy osvícení a nirvána v kontrastu se západním pojetím individualismu a vědeckého pohledu na svět. Kniha je určena studentům filozofie a religionistiky.
From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics are routinely 'damning', 'horrifying', or, occasionally, 'encouraging'. Yet, for all their ubiquity, most of us really don't know what to make of statistics. Exploring the history, mathematics, philosophy and practical use of statistics, Eileen Magnello - accompanied by Bill Mayblin's intelligent graphic illustration - traces the rise of statistics from the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese, to the censuses of Romans and the Greeks, and the modern emergence of the term itself in Europe. She explores the 'vital statistics' of, in particular, William Farr, and the mathematical statistics of Karl Pearson and R.A. Fisher.She even tells how knowledge of statistics can prolong one's life, as it did for evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, given eight months to live after a cancer diagnoses in 1982 - and he lived until 2002. This title offers an enjoyable, surprise-filled tour through a subject that is both fascinating and crucial to understanding our world.
Text and cartoon illustrations introduce the life and teachings of Buddha and examine enlightenment and meditation.
This book explains psychology as taught in schools, colleges and universities, and also sets it in a broader context, considering philosophical and social issues that concern all human beings today.
Provides an incisive tour through this complex subject, charting its origins in Britain and its migration to the U.S.A.
Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being.
With innovative graphics, "Introducing Sociology" traces the discipline's history, and explains the intricacies of its major thinkers from Comte and Marx to Baudrillard and beyond.
Pe masura ce inaintam in noul mileniu, studiile culturale se anunta ca o revolutie academica majora. Dar ce sunt, mai exact, studiile culturale si cum este elaborata aceasta „disciplina“? Ea pretinde a fi o non-disciplina - o abordare critica radicala pentru intelegerea identitatii rasiale, nationale, sociale si de gen. Aceasta carte ofera o calatorie pe terenul minat al acestui domeniu complex, care isi are originea in Marea Britanie si care migreaza catre Statele Unite, Canada, Franta, Australia si sudul Asiei, examinand ideile principalilor sai exponenti si furnizand informatii despre particularitatile acestor studii in intreaga lume. De la Gramsci la Raymond Williams, de la discursul postcolonial la politicile diasporei, de la feminism la teoria deviantei, de la tehnocultura si mass-media la globalizare, volumul poate servi ca ghid al conceptelor esentiale ale acestui fascinant domeniu. Este o lectura de baza pentru toti cei preocupati de ritmul accelerat al culturilor vechi, noi si al celor care sunt pe cale sa se formeze.
"Disenchantment with the underlying materialism of much of present-day society is driving many Westerners towards the integrated approach of Eastern philosophy, but often in a vague and generalized form." "In this introduction to the world's oldest philosophies, Richard Osborne and Borin Van Loon brilliantly elucidate the complex strands of Eastern thought from Confucius to Buddha and Islam to Tao. They explain the emphasis on the "nature of being", and on ethical and communal principles." "They also illuminate the search for Enlightenment, showing how these ideas are set within a cosmic whole rather than a framework of practical, scientific, and individual thought."--Jacket
Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to such topics as number-systems, geometry and algebra, calculus, the theory of the infinite, statistical reasoning and chaos theory.
This book describes in detail a culture and way of thinking which predates Western philosophy by several centuries. It is an ideal guide for the Western reader to the historical and philosophical basis of Eastern cultures.
Terwijl hij ons door de omwentelingen voert binnen het biologische denken dat uiteindelijk leidde tot de oorsprong van de soort, brengt Jonathan Miller ons in aanraking met die merkwaardige revolutionair; Charles Darwin - een opmerkelijk bescheiden man, die het grootste deel van zijn leven in afzondering doorbracht; een halve invalide gekweld door twijfel, bang voor de controverse die zijn theorieën teweeg konden brengen; maar ook de man die uiteindelijk het geloof in de schepping door God ondermijnde. Gaandeweg ontmoeten we een fascinerende groep medespelers: Darwins wetenschappelijke voorgangers, zijn tijdgenoten (onder wie Alfred Russell Wallace, wiens vooruitlopen op de natuurlijke selectie Darwin dwong tot publiceren), zijn tegenstanders, en zijn opvolgers wier werk met betrekking tot de moderne genetica noodzaakte tot wijzigingen in Darwins oorspronkelijke werk. Met zijn schitterende illustraties vormt dit slimme, geestige en zeer informatieve boek een perfecte inleiding tot Darwins leven en gedachtegoed.
