Sleepwalkers - A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Sleepwalkers - A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Dissects the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. The author shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the

Invisible Writing (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

The second volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon. Taken together, Arthur Koestler's volumes of autobiography constitute an unrivalled study of a twentieth-century

Arrow in the Blue (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

The first volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon. In 1931, Arthur Koestler joined the Communist Party, an event he felt to be second only in importance to his birth in shaping his

Scum of the Earth (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback)

A new edition of Arthur Koestler's gripping tale of arrest, imprisonment, and subsequent escape to London from Nazi-occupied

The Act of Creation (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback)

The Act of Creation begins where this view ceases to be true. Koestler affirms that all creatures have the capacity for creative activity, frequently suppressed by the automatic routines of thought and behavior that dominate their lives. The study of psychology has offered little in the way of an

Chippenham - Britain in Old Photographs (Stone Mike)(Paperback / softback)

A photographic history of the changing face of

The Poverty of Historicism (Popper Karl)(Paperback)

On its publication in 1957, The Poverty of Historicism was hailed by Arthur Koestler as 'probably the only book published this year which will outlive the century.'A devastating criticism of fixed and predictable laws in history, Popper dedicated the book to all those 'who fell victim to the

New Penguin Book of Love Poetry (Penguin)(Paperback / softback)

An anthology of poems that represents man's changeless responses to the changeless changing seasons of his

Figuring (Popova Maria)(Paperback / softback)

A history of women who have changed our understanding of the universe, from the creator of Brain

Koestler - The Indispensable Intellectual (Scammell Professor Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Best known as the author of the classic 'Darkness at Noon', Koestler was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals, involved in and commenting on almost every political movement of the twentieth century. This title gives an account of Koestler's turbulent private

Janus: A Summing Up (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback)

The most adventourous, polymathic - and readable - scientific populariser of the age offers in Janus a summing up of a quarter of a century's study and speculations on the life sciences and their philosophic implications. Koestler has an interesting theme to propose. It is this; the human brain has

A Concise History of the Middle East (Goldschmidt Arthur Jr.)(Paperback)

A Concise History of the Middle East provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of this turbulent region. Spanning from pre-Islam to the present day, it explores the evolution of Islamic institutions and culture, the influence of the West, modernization efforts in the Middle East, the

Homeland (Kempowski Walter)(Paperback / softback)

A sharply evocative novel of one man's journey into his family history and the troubled legacy of World War II, from the author of All for

One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA (Finn Daniel)(Paperback)

A history of 'the Troubles' the radical politics of Republicanism The conflict in Northern Ireland was one of the most devastating in post-war Europe, claiming the lives of 3,500 people and injuring many more. This book is a riveting new history of the radical politics that drove a unique

Deals that Made the World (Peretti Jacques)(Paperback / softback)

Jacques Peretti tells the story of the secret history of the deals that are changing our

Quantum Astrologer's Handbook - a history of the Renaissance mathematics that birthed imaginary numbers, probability, and the new physics of the universe (Brooks Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The Case of the Midwife Toad (Koestler Arthur)(Paperback)

On September 23, 1926, and Austrian experimental biologist named Dr. Paul Kammerer blew his brains out on a footpath in the Austrian mountains. His suicide was the climax of a great evolutionary controversy which his experiments had aroused. The battle was between the followers of Lamarck, who

Calculating the Cosmos - How Mathematics Unveils the Universe (Stewart Professor Ian)(Paperback / softback)

One of the world's great mathematicians explores the origins, history and future of the

Flesh and Blood - A History of My Family in Seven Sicknesses (McGann Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

A uniquely personal and insightful delve into one man's family history, as seen through the prism of two-hundred years of medicine in the British

Turning Darkness into Light - A Natural History of Dragons book (Brennan Marie)(Paperback / softback)

A brand-new adventure set in the hugely popular A Natural History of Dragons universe - a delightful Victorian-esque

Buddhism in Chinese History (Wright Arthur F.)(Paperback)

One of the great themes in the history of Eastern Asia is the transformation of Chinese culture by Buddhism. This process can be traced across nearly two millennia and can be seen at work in almost every aspect of Chinese life and thought. This study was undertaken with the object of showing how

London: A Spiritual History (Albert Edoardo)(Paperback)

One man's search for truth is interlaced with the spiritual history of one of the world's greatest cities From its earliest days when Londoners would have worshipped pagan gods, through Roman occupation, the coming of Christianity, and the later waves of other faiths--Jews, Muslims, Hari

Glass Universe - The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars (Sobel Dava)(Paperback / softback)

'A biographical orrery - intricate, complex and fascinating' The Observer 'A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves' The Economist #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating,

Mysteries of the Universe (Nargi Lela)(Paperback / softback)