Signs and Symbols

Signs and Symbols
Author: Adrian Frutiger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.

The Dancing Wu Li Masters

The Dancing Wu Li Masters
Author: Gary Zukav
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2012-12-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1448175070

This is an account of the essential aspects of the new physics for those with little or no knowledge of mathematics or science. It describes current theories of quantum mechanics, Einstein's special and general theories of relativity and other speculations, alluding throughout to parallels with modern psychology and metaphorical abstractions to Buddhism and Taoism. The author has also written "The Seat of the Soul".

Wooden Eyes

Wooden Eyes
Author: Carlo Ginzburg
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780231119603

Ginzburg, "the preeminent Italian historian of his generation [who] helped create the genre of microhistory" ("New York Times"), ruminates on how perspective affects what we see and understand. 26 illustrations.

Young Mathematicians at Work

Young Mathematicians at Work
Author: Catherine Twomey Fosnot
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Explains how children between the ages of four and eight construct a deep understanding of numbers and the operations of addition and subtraction.

The Courtier and the King

The Courtier and the King
Author: James M. Boyden
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520086227

"This is a little jewel of a book. Beautifully and elegantly written, it examines the political career of an important figure at the court of Philip II of Spain. It is political biography in the best sense of the term."--Richard Kagan, author of Lucrecia's Dreams

Farewell to Freedom

Farewell to Freedom
Author: Riccardo Baldissone
Publisher:
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2018-07-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781911534600

From Homeric poems to contemporary works, this book traces the words that express the various notions of freedom in Classical Greek, Latin, and medieval and modern European idioms. Examining writers from Plato and Aristotle to Nietzsche and Foucault, this theoretical mapping shows old and new boundaries of the horizon of freedom.