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  • Genius

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Homer, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy; Curie, Darwin, Einstein, Galileo, and Newton. What do these world-famous artists and scientists have in common?- apart from the fact that their achievements predate our own time by a century or more. Most of us would probably answer: all ten possessed something we call genius, which in each instance permanently changed the way that ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Einstein on the Run

    How Britain Saved the World's Greatest Scientist

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    A "highly readable" account of the role Britain played in Einstein's life—by inspiring his teenage passion for physics and providing refuge from the Nazis ( The Wall Street Journal).In late 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England. There, he toiled peacefully at mathematics, occasionally stepping out for walks or to play his violin. But how had ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Last Man Who Knew Everything

    Thomas Young

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    No one has given the polymath Thomas Young (1773–1829) the all-round examination he so richly deserves—until now. Celebrated biographer Andrew Robinson portrays a man who solved mystery after mystery in the face of ridicule and rejection, and never sought fame.As a physicist, Young challenged the theories of Isaac Newton and proved that light is a wave. As a physician, he showed how the eye ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Audiolibro

    Einstein on the Run

    How Britain Saved the World’s Greatest Scientist

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    Narrado por Antony Ferguson ...

    Completo

    9 hora 24 minutos

    The first account of the role Britain played in Einstein’s life—first by inspiring his teenage passion for physics, then by providing refuge from the NazisIn autumn 1933, Albert Einstein found himself living alone in an isolated holiday hut in rural England. There, he toiled peacefully at mathematics while occasionally stepping out for walks or to play his violin. But how had Einstein come to ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

  • The Indus

    Lost Civilizations

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    Series Libro 1 - Lost Civilizations
    The Indus civilization flourished for half a millennium from about 2600 to 1900 BC, when it mysteriously declined and vanished from view. It remained invisible for almost four thousand years, until its ruins were discovered in the 1920s by British and Indian archaeologists. Today, after almost a century of excavation, it is regarded as the beginning of Indian civilization and possibly the origin ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • India

    A Short History

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    Series series A Short History
    This concise history tells India's unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present day, with a new preface and postscript.Throughout its long history, India has signified many things. To pilgrims from ancient China, India was the birthplace of the Buddha; to Alexander the Great it was a land of philosophers and indomitable, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Apu Trilogy

    Satyajit Ray and the Making of an Epic

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    "I can never forget the excitement in my mind after seeing 'Pather Panchali'", noted Akira Kurosawa. Satyajit Ray's three films about the boyhood, adolescence and manhood of Apu, Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956) and The World of Apu (1959) - collectively known as The Apu Trilogy - are established classics of world cinema. The Trilogy was the chief reason for Satyajit Ray's receiving an ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • The Riemann Notebook

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    Did the 19th century German mathematician Bernhard Riemann discover more about the intricacies of prime numbers than he published? Did a notebook survive the clear-out of his papers following his sudden death in Italy? Could this notebook enable the breaking of 21st century internet security?Part biography, part thriller, The Riemann Notebook is the story of the search for a lost notebook and the ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Writing and Script

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Without writing, there would be no records, no history, no books, and no emails. Writing is an integral and essential part of our lives; but when did it start? Why do we all write differently and how did writing develop into what we use today? All of these questions are answered in this Very Short Introduction. Starting with the origins of writing five thousand years ago, with cuneiform and ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    “Highly readable . . . a fitting tribute to the quiet outsider who taught the professionals their business and increased our knowledge of the human past.”—Archaeology OdysseyMore than a century ago, in 1900, one of the great archaeological finds of all time was made in Crete. Arthur Evans discovered what he believed was the palace of King Minos, with its notorious labyrinth, home of the Minotaur. ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye

    The Biography of a Master Film-Maker

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    Akira Kurosawa said of the great director: 'Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.' Martin Scorsese remarked on Ray's birth centenary in 2021: 'The films of Satyajit Ray are truly treasures of cinema, and everyone with an interest in film needs to see them.'Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye is the definitive biography, based on extensive ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Traces of the Trinity

    Signs, Sacraments and Sharing God's Life

    de Andrew Robinson ...
    The essential argument of this new work by Andrew Robinson is that we live, move and have our being within a sea of signs, but that we are largely unaware of this for most of the time. When the structure of these signs is analysed it turns out to rest onthree recurring 'elemental grounds', which the author calls Quality, Otherness and Mediation. The kaleidoscopic, ramifying patterns of Quality, ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD