Schroedinger's Universe and the Origin of the Natural Laws
This book explains the origin of mass, charge and spin of elementary "particles" which are really just interacting spherical waves that appear to be particles in the fabric of space. Dr. Wolff explains the underlying principles very well. As usual, Dr. Wolff combines humor, intellect and imagination in explaining advanced concepts of physics.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin is gradually emerging as one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. This claim will strike many as extravagant, since a number of factors have until recently conspired to obscure his importance. Beyond the difficulties usually attending the careers of powerful but eccentric thinkers, there are, in Bakhtin's case, complications that are unique.
John Ford's classic films--such as Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, The Quiet Man, and The Searchers--have earned him worldwide admiration as America's foremost filmmaker, a director whose rich visual imagination conjures up indelible, deeply moving images of our collective past.
Imagination and the Arts in C. S. Lewis - Journeying to Narnia and Other Worlds
Imagination has long been regarded as central to C. S. Lewis’s life and to his creative and critical works, but this is the first study to provide a thorough analysis of his theory of imagination, including the different ways he used the word and how those uses relate to each other.
The Dramatic Imagination - Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, Reissue
The Dramatic Imagination is one of the few enduring works written about set design. Robert Edmond Jones's innovations in set design and lighting brought new ideas to the stage, but it is greater understanding of design - its role at the heart of theatre - that has continued to inspire theatre students. The volume includes 'A New Kind of Drama,' 'To a Young Stage Designer' and six other of Jones's 'reflections.'
