Diversions and Digressions of Lewis Carroll
Author : Lewis Carroll
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Page : pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Lewis Carroll
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Page : pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Robert D. Sutherland
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,41 MB
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 311080168X
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 25,90 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1470463547
Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This volume, first published in 1966, contains columns originally published from 1959-1961. This is the 1995 MAA edition and contains an extensive postscript and bibliography from Gardner updating the columns.
Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 49,77 MB
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 019150923X
'But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked. 'Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat. 'We're all mad here.' The 'Alice' books are two of the most translated, most quoted, and best-known books in the world, but what exactly are they? Apparently delightful, innocent fantasies for children, they are also complex textures of mathematical, linguistic, and philosophical jokes. Alice's encounters with the White Rabbit, the Cheshire-Cat, the King and Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, Tweedledum and Tweedledee and many other extraordinary characters have made them masterpieces of carefree nonsense, yet they also appeal to adults on a quite different level. Layers of satire, allusion, and symbolism about Victorian culture and politics, as well as revelations about the intricate subconscious problems of their author, add to their fascination and make them impossible to classify. This new edition explores the phenomenal range of reference, and the paradoxical appeal of two of the most inventive books in world literature. It also includes an episode removed by Carroll from the proofs of Through the Looking-Glass, called 'The Wasp in a Wig'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Michael Krausz
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 2007-08-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780271046983
Is there a single right interpretation for such cultural phenomena as works of literature, visual artworks, works of music, the self, and legal and sacred texts? In these essays, almost all written especially for this volume, twenty leading philosophers pursue different answers to this question by examining the nature of interpretation and its objects and ideals. The fundamental conflict between positions that universally require the ideal of a single admissible interpretation (singularism) and those that allow a multiplicity of some admissible interpretations (multiplism) leads to a host of engrossing questions explored in these essays: Does multiplism invite interpretive anarchy? Can opposing interpretations be jointly defended? Should competition between contending interpretations be understood in terms of (bivalent) truth or (multivalent) reasonableness, appropriateness, aptness, or the like? Is interpretation itself an essentially contested concept? Does interpretive activity seek truth or aim at something else as well? Should one focus on interpretive acts rather than interpretations? Should admissible interpretations be fixed by locating intentions of a historical or hypothetical creator, or neither? What bearing does the fact of the historical situatedness of cultural entities have on their identities? The contributors are Annette Barnes, Noël Carroll, Stephen Davies, Susan Feagin, Alan Goldman, Charles Guignon, Chhanda Gupta, Garry Hagberg, Michael Krausz, Peter Lamarque, Jerrold Levinson, Joseph Margolis, Rex Martin, Jitendra Mohanty, David Novitz, Philip Percival, Torsten Pettersson, Robert Stecker, Laurent Stern, and Paul Thom.
Author : Robert M. Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780883853177
This book explores the interplay between the two main currents of mathematics, the continuous and the discrete.
Author : Edward T. Babinski
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1615921672
This riveting new collection offers testimonies of former fundamentalists who became disillusioned with their churches and left. Presenting more than two dozen personal journeys, this book gives a clear picture of what attracts a person to the fundamentalist faith and what can drive believers away from their religion. Photos throughout.
Author : Lewis Carroll
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Page : 454 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : John Fisher
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,51 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Literary Criticism
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Explores Lewis Carroll's activities as an inventor of games and puzzles and adept conjurer. Represents the most comprehensive collection of Carroll's games and puzzles yet compiled.
Author : Edwin Abbott
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 35,64 MB
Release : 2009-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770481299
Flatland (1884) is an influential mathematical fantasy that simultaneously provides an introduction to non-Euclidean geometry and a satire on the Victorian class structure, issues of science and faith, and the role of women. A classic of early science fiction, the novel takes place in a world of two dimensions where all the characters are geometric shapes. The narrator, A Square, is a naïve, respectable citizen who is faced with proof of the existence of three dimensions when he is visited by a sphere and is forced to see the limitations of his world. The introduction to this Broadview Edition provides context for the book’s references to Victorian culture and religion, mathematical history, and the history of philosophy. The appendices contain contemporary reviews; extracts from the work of fellow mathematical fantasy writer/mathematician Charles Hinton; Hermann von Helmboltz’s “The Axioms of Geometry” (1870); and autobiographical passages from Abbott’s The Kernel and the Husk (1886).