The Meaning Of Everything

Author : Simon Winchester
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192805768
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Everything written by Simon Winchester and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We visit the ugly corrugated iron structure that Murray grandly dubbed the Scriptorium -- the Scrippy or the Shed, as locals called it -- and meet some of the legion of volunteers, from Fitzedward Hall, a bitter hermit obsessively devoted to the OED, to W.C. Minor, whose story is one of dangerous madness, ineluctable sadness, and ultimate redemption. The Meaning of Everything is a scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument ever erected to a living language. Simon Winchester's supple, vigorous prose illuminates this dauntingly ambitious project -- a seventy-year odyssey to create the grandfather of all word-books, the world's unrivaled uber-dictionary. Book jacket."--Jacket.

Author : David Bellos
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0865478724
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is That a Fish in Your Ear? written by David Bellos and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learned their neighbors' languages—as did many ordinary Europeans in times past (Christopher Columbus knew Italian, Portuguese, and Castilian Spanish as well as the classical languages). But today, we all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. Without translation there would be no world news, not much of a reading list in any subject at college, no repair manuals for cars or planes; we wouldn't even be able to put together flat-pack furniture. Is That a Fish in Your Ear? ranges across the whole of human experience, from foreign films to philosophy, to show why translation is at the heart of what we do and who we are. Among many other things, David Bellos asks: What's the difference between translating unprepared natural speech and translating Madame Bovary? How do you translate a joke? What's the difference between a native tongue and a learned one? Can you translate between any pair of languages, or only between some? What really goes on when world leaders speak at the UN? Can machines ever replace human translators, and if not, why? But the biggest question Bellos asks is this: How do we ever really know that we've understood what anybody else says—in our own language or in another? Surprising, witty, and written with great joie de vivre, this book is all about how we comprehend other people and shows us how, ultimately, translation is another name for the human condition.

Author : Steve Stewart-Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139490990
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin, God and the Meaning of Life written by Steve Stewart-Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you accept evolutionary theory, can you also believe in God? Are human beings superior to other animals, or is this just a human prejudice? Does Darwin have implications for heated issues like euthanasia and animal rights? Does evolution tell us the purpose of life, or does it imply that life has no ultimate purpose? Does evolution tell us what is morally right and wrong, or does it imply that ultimately 'nothing' is right or wrong? In this fascinating and intriguing book, Steve Stewart-Williams addresses these and other fundamental philosophical questions raised by evolutionary theory and the exciting new field of evolutionary psychology. Drawing on biology, psychology and philosophy, he argues that Darwinian science supports a view of a godless universe devoid of ultimate purpose or moral structure, but that we can still live a good life and a happy life within the confines of this view.

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786739142
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of It All written by Richard P. Feynman and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many appreciate Richard P. Feynman's contributions to twentieth-century physics, but few realize how engaged he was with the world around him -- how deeply and thoughtfully he considered the religious, political, and social issues of his day. Now, a wonderful book -- based on a previously unpublished, three-part public lecture he gave at the University of Washington in 1963 -- shows us this other side of Feynman, as he expounds on the inherent conflict between science and religion, people's distrust of politicians, and our universal fascination with flying saucers, faith healing, and mental telepathy. Here we see Feynman in top form: nearly bursting into a Navajo war chant, then pressing for an overhaul of the English language (if you want to know why Johnny can't read, just look at the spelling of "friend"); and, finally, ruminating on the death of his first wife from tuberculosis. This is quintessential Feynman -- reflective, amusing, and ever enlightening.

Author : Mira Kirshenbaum
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 1400083214
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everything Happens for a Reason written by Mira Kirshenbaum and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2005-04-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can it really be true that everything happens for a reason? As amazing as it sounds, it is. There is significance in every event of our lives, from the most joyful and empowering to the inexplicable or seemingly unjust. In Everything Happens for a Reason, psychotherapist Mira Kirshenbaum encourages us to discover the meaning in what has happened to us, seeing these experiences as gifts, lessons, or opportunities. Building on more than twenty-five years of clinical research, Kirshenbaum helps us decode the confusing or unfortunate moments in our lives and find solace and strength.

Author : Jeffrey Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909130432
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Chocolate written by Jeffrey Young and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : W. E. Andre
Publisher : Whealth Builders
ISBN 13 : 9780976194309
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everything Is Meaningless written by W. E. Andre and published by Whealth Builders. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel like you are spinning your wheels, repeating the same actions and getting the same meaningless results? What do you do when enough is not enough? Consider this. If you could do anything you want to do; if you knew you could not fail; if you were guaranteed sucess; what would you try? In Everything Is Meaningless, author W.E. Andre challenges you to transform your wildest dreams into your day to day reality. Using a simple, four-step approach that has never failed, W.E. Andre shows you how to accumulate riches, build strong, long-lasting relationships, creat unwavering good health and find spiritual meaning. Whether your goal is to Create financial independence, Build stronger, more meaningful relationships, Achieve good health, Find meaning through everyday spirituality. By the end of this journey, you will become aware of your gifts, understand your natural talents, acccept responsibility for your success and take power and romantic love to fulfill your life's destiny. You will create an exciting new "life plan" utilizing the four simple steps outlined in this book to create the life you were meant to live.

Author : Jacob Needleman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0385262426
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Money and the Meaning of Life written by Jacob Needleman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1994-09-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we understood the true role of money in our lives, writes philosopher Jacob Needleman, we would not think simply in terms of spending it or saving it. Money exerts a deep emotional influence on who we are and what we tell ourselves we can never have. Our long unwillingness to understand the emotional and spiritual effects of money on us is at the heart of why we have come to know the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Money has everything to do with the pursuit of an idealistic life, while at the same time, it is at the root of our daily frustrations. On a social level, money has a profound impact on the price of progress. Needleman shows how money slowly began to haunt us, from the invention of coins in Biblical times (when money was created to rescue the community good, not for self gain), through its hypnotic appeal in our money-obsessed era. This is a remarkable book that combines myth and psychology, the poetry of the Sufis and the wisdom of King Solomon, along with Jacob Needleman's searching of his own soul and his culture to explain how money can become a unique means of self-knowledge. As part of the Currency paperback line, it includes a "User's Guide" an introduction and discussion guide created for the paperback by the author -- to help readers make practical use of the book's ideas.

Author : Douglas Adams
Publisher : Pan
ISBN 13 : 9781529034547
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life, the Universe and Everything written by Douglas Adams and published by Pan. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a number of stunning catastrophes, which have involved him being alternately blown up and insulted in ever stranger regions of the Galaxy, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot possibly get worse, they suddenly do. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lords, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons. Escaping the end of the world for a second time, Arthur, Ford, and their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots. Not bad for a man in his dressing gown.

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ISBN 13 : 9781435291102
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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