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Modern library of the world's best books volume 208
Galaxy book volume GB 65-67
100 greatest books ever written
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Galaxy book volume GB 65-67
100 greatest books ever written
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Language
English
Description
The historical and cultural significance of Dante Alighieri s masterpiece The Divine Comedy cannot be overstated. Dante s poetry takes the reader on a multi-layered journey, one through which he or she experiences this literary masters unique aesthetic and spiritual sensibilities. The Divine Comedy also presents the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of medieval Italian thought and its bearing on Western theology and culture. This lyrical...
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume GB17
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1958
Physical Desc
378 p. 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume GB18
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1958 [c1948]
Physical Desc
191 p. illus. 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The object of the following chapters is not to teach mathematics, but to enable students from the very beginning of their course to know what the science is about, and why it is necessarily the foundation of exact thought as applied to natural phenomena." Thus begins this volume by the prominent English philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead, a concise statement on the nature and meaning of mathematics for the general student. Expertly...
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Galaxy book volume GB36
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1960
Physical Desc
256 p. illus. 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume GB41
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1960
Edition
[4th ed.]
Physical Desc
356 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1964
Edition
[2d ed.].
Physical Desc
xxiv, 342 p. illus. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This classic study of Yeats' verse examines the poet's development of theme, symbol, style, and pattern. Through his knowledge of Yeats' life as well as his published and unpublished work, Ellmann recreates Yeats' ways of thinking, seeing, and writing and clarifies his difficult poems.
Author
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Galaxy book volume GB117
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1964
Physical Desc
xii, 227 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume GB119
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1964
Physical Desc
512 p.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1965
Edition
3d ed. rev.]
Physical Desc
xviii, 252 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This classic undergraduate treatment examines the deductive method in its first part and explores applications of logic and methodology in constructing mathematical theories in its second part. A thought-provoking introduction to the fundamentals and the perfect adjunct to courses in logic and the foundations of mathematics. Exercises appear throughout.
Author
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Galaxy book volume GB177
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1967
Physical Desc
524 p. illus. 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume GB188
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c1967
Physical Desc
xiv, 350 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume GB228
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[1968]
Physical Desc
284 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume GB314
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1970
Physical Desc
x, 407 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
17) The art of war
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Series
Language
English
Description
Like Machiavelli's The Prince and the Japanese Book of Five Rings, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is as timely for business people today as it was for military strategists in ancient China. Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining not only...
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume GB350
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1971
Physical Desc
xviii, 261 p. maps. 21 cm.
Language
English
19) Collected plays
Author
Series
Galaxy book volume 392
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1973
Physical Desc
v. 20 cm.
Language
English
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