Описание: Do all questions have answers? How much can we know about the world? Is there such a thing as an ultimate truth?To be human is to want to know, but what we are able to observe is only a tiny portion of what`s out there." In The Island of Knowledge , physicist Marcelo Gleiser traces our search for answers to the most fundamental questions of existence. In so doing, he reaches a provocative conclusion: science, the main tool we use to find answers, is fundamentally limited.These limits to our knowledge arise both from our tools of exploration and from the nature of physical reality: the speed of light, the uncertainty principle, the impossibility of seeing beyond the cosmic horizon, the incompleteness theorem, and our own limitations as an intelligent species. Recognizing limits in this way, Gleiser argues, is not a deterrent to progress or a surrendering to religion. Rather, it frees us to question the meaning and nature of the universe while affirming the central role of life and ourselves in it. Science can and must go on, but recognizing its limits reveals its true mission: to know the universe is to know ourselves.Telling the dramatic story of our quest for understanding, The Island of Knowledge offers a highly original exploration of the ideas of some of the greatest thinkers in history, from Plato to Einstein, and how they affect us today. An authoritative, broad-ranging intellectual history of our search for knowledge and meaning, The Island of Knowledge is a unique view of what it means to be human in a universe filled with mystery.
Описание: This book proposes a critical interpretation of the current predicament of the province of Quebec within the Canadian federation. It uses the approaches of political theory and intellectual history to suggest that Quebec is presently exiled within Canada: it is not adequately integrated, and it seems extremely unlikely that it will be successful in any attempt to exit from the federation.
Автор: Lopes De Souza Marcelo, White Richard J., Springer Simon Название: Theories of Resistance: Anarchism, Geography, and the Spirit of Revolt ISBN: 1783486678 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783486670 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15414 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Part two of an innovative trilogy on anarchist geography, this text examines how we can better understand the ways in which space has been used for resistance
Автор: Caruso Marcelo Название: Classroom Struggle ISBN: 3631629257 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783631629253 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 11192 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: During the institutionalization of mass schooling in the 19th century, teaching large groups of children became both a necessity and a matter of regulation. For officials and inspectors the systematization of classroom interactions was important for effective results. However, while systematization could bring about the constant attention of children and their uninterrupted work, interactions themselves were difficult to control. Rationalized models of classroom organization provided alternatives for managing large groups before age grading became the dominant pattern of organizing interactions. The contributions in this volume explore diverse paths of transition towards modern classroom organization in different countries, allowing transnational perspectives and comparisons.
Автор: Moutinho Marcelo Название: Book of Rio ISBN: 1905583680 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781905583683 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1714 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This anthology brings together ten short stories that go beyond the postcards and snapshots, and introduce us to real residents of Rio - young dancers training to be the next stars of samba, exhausted labourers press-ganged into meeting an impossible deadline, nostalgic drag queens... that make Rio the `marvellous city` it is.
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