Strategic Thinking: A Step-By-Step Approach to Strategy and Leadership, Wootton Simon, Horne Terry

Автор: Tolkien J.R.R.
Название: Smith of Wootton Major
ISBN: 0007557280 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007557288
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Описание: A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien`s major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings.

Автор: Wootton, Tom
Название: Bipolar in order
ISBN: 0977442349 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780977442348
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Описание: This book argues that Western ideas of freedom have become widely accepted in Asia, as the key determinant for measuring a range of legal, ethical and political practices. The book finds that modern conceptions of freedom become adapted to local contexts throughout Asia. It avoids cultural relativism and generalisations, but does find a number of common ideas relating to freedom across the region.

Автор: Wood Barbara, Wootton Gareth
Название: Night Trains
ISBN: 1596528621 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781596528628
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Автор: Wood Barbara, Wootton Gareth
Название: Night Trains
ISBN: 1630263893 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781630263898
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Автор: Wootton, David
Название: The Invention of Science
ISBN: 0141040831 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141040837
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: We live in a world made by science. How and when did this happen? This book tells the story of the extraordinary intellectual and cultural revolution that gave birth to modern science, and mounts a major challenge to the prevailing orthodoxy of its history. Before 1492 it was assumed that all significant knowledge was already available; there was no concept of progress; people looked for understanding to the past not the future.

This book argues that the discovery of America demonstrated that new knowledge was possible: indeed it introduced the very concept of 'discovery', and opened the way to the invention of science. The first crucial discovery was Tycho Brahe's nova of 1572: proof that there could be change in the heavens. The telescope (1610) rendered the old astronomy obsolete.

Torricelli's experiment with the vacuum (1643) led directly to the triumph of the experimental method in the Royal Society of Boyle and Newton. By 1750 Newtonianism was being celebrated throughout Europe. The new science did not consist simply of new discoveries, or new methods.

It relied on a new understanding of what knowledge might be, and with this came a new language: discovery, progress, facts, experiments, hypotheses, theories, laws of nature - almost all these terms existed before 1492, but their meanings were radically transformed so they became tools with which to think scientifically. We all now speak this language of science, which was invented during the Scientific Revolution. The new culture had its martyrs (Bruno, Galileo), its heroes (Kepler, Boyle), its propagandists (Voltaire, Diderot), and its patient labourers (Gilbert, Hooke).

It led to a new rationalism, killing off alchemy, astrology, and belief in witchcraft. It led to the invention of the steam engine and to the first Industrial Revolution. David Wootton's landmark book changes our understanding of how this great transformation came about, and of what science is.

Автор: Wootton, Tom
Название: Bipolar advantage
ISBN: 0977442306 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780977442300
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Описание: When Anna`s brother Ben is born, the doctors say that he is profoundly disabled and will never live a normal life. Her family struggles to come to terms with their strange baby, but for Anna it`s love at first sight. Her special relationship with Ben gives her the strength to challenge the prejudices of her friends, but how will she cope with the tragedy that follows? A novel of exceptional power which deals powerfully with disability and bereavement, with an unforgettably endearing teenage heroine.