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  • Thus Spoke Zarathustra

    The Philosophy Classic

    by Friedrich Nietzsche, Tom Butler-Bowdon ...
    Series series Capstone Classics
    A startling and thought-provoking work from one of the most powerful philosophers in the Western canonThus Spoke Zarathustra: A Philosophy Classic, isFriedrich Nietzsche’s classic masterpiece of philosophy and literature.Nietzsche writes from the perspective of Zarathustra who, after years of meditation, has come down from a mountain to provide his wisdom to an unsuspecting world. He offers ... Read more

    $8.00 USD

  • Nietzsche's Anti-Darwinism

    by Dirk R. Johnson ...
    Friedrich Nietzsche's complex connection to Charles Darwin has been much explored, and both scholarly and popular opinions have tended to assume a convergence in their thinking. In this study, Dirk Johnson challenges that assumption and takes seriously Nietzsche's own explicitly stated 'anti-Darwinism'. He argues for the importance of Darwin for the development of Nietzsche's philosophy, but he ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

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  • The Voyage Of The Beagle

    by Charles Darwin ...
    Voyage of the Beagle chronicles Charles Darwin's five years as a naturalist on board the H.M.S. Beagle. The notes and observations that he recorded in his diary included Chile, Argentina and Galapagos Islands and encompasses the ecology, geology and anthropology of the places he visits. A fascinating travel memoir the ideas that were later to evolve into Darwin's theory of natural selection find ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Zero

    The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

    by Charles Seife ...
    A New York Times Notable Book.The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Now it threatens the foundations of modern physics. For centuries the power of zero savored of the demonic; once harnessed, it became the most important tool in mathematics. For zero, infinity's twin, is not like other numbers. It is both nothing ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Great Philosophers: Sir Karl Popper, Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault

    by Jeremy Stangroom, James Garvey ...
    Series series The Great Philosophers
    No matter how you view philosophy, regardless of what you think it is, this series from The Independent will give you a strong sense of the life and work of the very best thinkers in the philosophical neighbourhood, dealing carefully and rationally with the most human of questions, the hardest questions, the questions which matter most.William James, in his last great work Some Problems of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Real Planet of the Apes

    A New Story of Human Origins

    by David R. Begun ...
    The astonishing new story of human originsWas Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not Africa, where apes evolved the most important hallmarks of our human lineage—such as dexterous hands and larger brains. In this compelling and accessible book, David Begun, one of the world's leading paleoanthropologists, ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Aha!

    The Moments of Insight that Shape Our World

    by William B. Irvine ...
    Great ideas often develop gradually after studying a problem at length--but not always. Sometimes, an insight hits like a bolt from the blue. For Archimedes, clarity struck while he was taking a bath. For Gustav Mahler, it came as the blades of his oars touched the water. And for Albert Einstein, it emerged while he was talking to a friend. Why do these moments of insight strike so suddenly? Why ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy

    by Michael F. Patton, Kevin Cannon ...
    Philosophy like you've never seen it beforeThe latest in the celebrated Cartoon Introduction series, The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy is an authoritative and engaging guide to the fundamental questions about our existence. In this indispensable primer, Kevin Cannon—one of the talented illustrators behind Evolution and The Stuff of Life—and the philosopher Michael F. Patton introduce the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • 11 Explorations into Life on Earth

    Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution

    by Dr Helen Scales, Sir David Attenborough ...
    Series Book 2 - The RI Lectures
    The second in a series of books in association with the Royal Institution on their world-renowned Christmas Lectures, this time exploring the secrets of the natural world – with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough.Following on from the success of 13 Journeys Through Space and Time, which took us on a voyage of astronomical discovery through past Christmas Lectures given at the Royal Institution ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Man's Place in Nature

    by Thomas H. Huxley, Stephen Jay Gould ...
    Series series Modern Library Science
    Thomas H. Huxley was one of the first supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and he did more than any other writer to advance its acceptance among scientists and nonscientists alike. His most famous book, Man’s Place in Nature, published only five years after Darwin’s The Origin of Species, offers a compelling review of primate and human paleontology, and is the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Textbook of Evolutionary Psychiatry

    The origins of psychopathology

    by Martin Brüne ...
    In the past couple of decades studies investigating the genetic background of psychiatric disorders have mushroomed. Research into brain mechanisms and the regions of the brain involved in certain dysfunctions have greatly improved our knowledge of the relationship between brain pathology and psychopathology. By contrast, we know far less about 'why' certain individuals remain vulnerable to ... Read more

    $50.39 USD

  • Existentialism and Romantic Love

    by S. Cleary ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book is an existential study of romantic loving. It draws on five existential philosophers to offer insights into what is wrong with our everyday ideas about romantic loving, why reality often falls short of the ideal, sources of frustrations and disappointments, and possibilities for creating authentically meaningful relationships. ... Read more

    $116.99 USD