A little knowledge : what Archimedes really meant and 80 other key ideas explained

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Title:

A little knowledge : what Archimedes really meant and 80 other key ideas explained

Author:

Macrone, Michael.

ISBN:

9780091886233

Personal Author:

Macrone, Michael.

Publication Information:

London : Ebury, 2002.

Physical Description:

x, 254 p. : ill. ; 20cm.

General Note:

Originally published: London: Pavilion, 1995.

Subject Term:

Philosophy -- Miscellanea.

Science -- Miscellanea.

Humanities -- Miscellanea.

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Summary

From Greek philosophy to contemporary economics, physics and architecture, this book covers some of the most often heard but least understood theories and explains them simply and entertainingly. Topics include: existentialism, deconstruction, original sin, paradigm shifts, I think, therefore I am, Newton's Laws, a quantum leap, Id Ego and Superego, fuzzy logic, the chaos theory and many more.

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