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Robert Oppenheimer
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 37.50Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis in the race to develop the first atomic bomb?a breakthrough that was to have eternal ramifications for mankind and that made Oppenheimer the ?Father of the Atomic Bomb.? But with his actions leading... more...
The Great Philosophers: Russell
Orion 2011; US$ 9.96Bertrand Russell 1872-1970 Bertrand Russell discovered mathematics at the age of eleven. It was, he recalled, a transporting experience: ?as dazzling as first love.? From that moment on, he would pursue his passion with undying devotion and all but erotic fervour. Mathematics might succeed, he felt, where philosophy had failed, reducing thought to... more...
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Random House Group Ltd 2012; US$ 17.34'Monk's energetic enterprise is remarkable for the interleaving of the philosophical and the emotional aspects of Wittgenstein's life' Sunday Times 'Ray Monk's reconnection of Wittgenstein's philosophy with his life triumphantly carries out the Wittgensteinian task of "changing the aspect" of Wittgenstein's work, getting us to see it in a new... more...
Inside The Centre
Random House 2012; US$ 40.04J. Robert Oppenheimer is among the most contentious and important figures of the twentieth century. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb - a breakthrough which was to have eternal ramifications for mankind, and made Oppenheimer the 'father of the Bomb'. Oppenheimer... more...
The Great Philosophers: Russell
Orion 2011; Not AvailableBertrand Russell 1872-1970 Bertrand Russell discovered mathematics at the age of eleven. It was, he recalled, a transporting experience: ?as dazzling as first love.? From that moment on, he would pursue his passion with undying devotion and all but erotic fervour. Mathematics might succeed, he felt, where philosophy had failed, reducing thought to... more...
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