- By : Randall Collins
- Fiction
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring by Dr. John H. Watson
Author: Randall Collins
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
It is the summer before the outbreak of World War I. Holmes, at his Baker Street flat, receives a telegram from the brilliant young philosopher, Bertrand Russell, begging him to come to Cambridge to investigate the theft of a uniquely precious treasure - the mind of Ludwig Wittgenstein. --Provided by publisher.
- By : Randall Collins
- English fiction
The Case of the Philosophers' Ring
Author: Randall Collins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780855274580
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
- By : Robert Kanigel
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Author: Robert Kanigel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476763496
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The book gives a detailed account of his upbringing in India, his mathematical achievements, and his mathematical collaboration with English mathematician G. H. Hardy. The book also reviews the life of Hardy and the academic culture of Cambridge University during the early twentieth century.
- By : Danny L. Jorgensen
- Religion
The Esoteric Scene, Cultic Milieu, and Occult Tarot
Author: Danny L. Jorgensen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000691500
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Originally published in 1992, The Esoteric Scene, Cultic Milieu, and Occult Tarot examines beliefs, practices, and activities described as mystical, psychical, magical, spiritual, metaphysical, theophysical, esoteric, occult, and/or pagan, among other possible labels, by their American disciplines. The book is comprised using a mixture of field work and interviews and provides a broad overview of the esoteric community and the social meanings of occultism. The book describes and analyses social meanings of ‘esoteric culture’ as it is experienced, defined, structured and enacted by societal members and examines the sociological significance of esoteric culture as a formulation of alternative sociocultural realities. It provides a sociological understanding of esoteric culture and the cultural milieu.
- By : Hennepin County Library. Cataloging Section
- Cataloging
Cataloging Bulletin
Author: Hennepin County Library. Cataloging Section
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cataloging
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
- By :
The Sherlock Holmes Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
- By : Ronald Burt De Waal
- Literary Criticism
The International Sherlock Holmes
Author: Ronald Burt De Waal
Publisher: Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
- By : John Watson
- Philosophy
Philosophical Essays Presented to John Watson
Author: John Watson
Publisher: Kingston [Ont.] : Queen's University
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
- By : Sanford Berman
The Joy of Cataloging
Author: Sanford Berman
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
- By :
- American literature
The Cumulative Book Index
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3010
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.