Borin Van Loon Knihy

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.

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.

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.

Compact INTRODUCING guide to Genetics by bestselling science writer Steve Jones

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.

Edward Enfield sets off on a cycling trip through Bavaria, Poland and on to the pleasant banks of the Danube, taking in castles and baroque churches and sampling splendid wine en route. Carrying few preconceptions but plenty of wit, Edward reveals there is no place from which to see a country that is nearly as good as the saddle of a bicycle.

Text and cartoon illustrations introduce the life and teachings of Buddha and examine enlightenment and meditation.

Learn all about DNA in this graphic filled guide.

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.

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.