Combining historical research with an in-depth analysis of our modern political landscape, Erasing History issues a dire warning for America and the the worst fascist movements of humanity's past began in schools; the same place so many of today's right-wing political parties have trained their most vicious attacks. Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Vladimir Put…
In The Math of Life and Death , Yates takes us on a “dizzying, dazzling” ( Nature ) tour of everyday situations and grand-scale applications of mathematical concepts, including exponential growth and decay, optimization, statistics and probability, and number systems. Along the way he reveals the mathematical undersides of controversies over DNA testing, Ponzi schemes, viral marketing, and …
Pada perang Jepang-Tiongkok, tepatnya di Shanghai penghabisan tahun 1931, tiga hari lamanya saya terkepung di belakang jalan bernama North Sichuan Road, tempat peperangan pertama kali meletus. Dari North Sichuan Road tadi, Jepang menembak ke arah Po Shan Road dan tentara Tiongkok dari arah sebaliknya. Di antaranya, persisnya di kampung Wang Pan Cho, saya dengan pustaka saya terpaku. Sesudah dua…
Knowledge emerges only through... the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in this world.
We all have the sense that our economy tilts toward big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in People, Power and Profits, a few corporations have come to dominate entire sectors, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth. This is how the financial industry has managed to write its own regulations, tech companies have accumulated reams of personal data with little oversigh…
This lively and best-selling introduction to Western philosophy explains the ideas of great thinkers - from the ancients who debated freedom and the nature of existence, to modern philosophers who ask if animals have rights and whether computers can truly 'think'
No Contest stands as the definitive critique of competition. Contrary to accepted wisdom, competition is not basic to human nature; it poisons our relationships and holds us back from doing our best. In this new edition, Alfie Kohn argues that the race to win turns all of us into losers.
Have you ever wondered what your pet is thinking? Or asked yourself if aliens really exist? Have you pondered the meaning of life or tried to think about nothing, absolutely nothing at all? These are some of life's biggest questions, and you are a DARING THINKER for even thinking about them! Open your mind and prepare to explore some of philosophy's biggest, BOLDEST IDEAS-from the r…