Mathematics is a wonderfully austere science, but it also has a very human side. It is embedded in a colorful history filled with extraordinary personalities, deep philosophical debates, and breath-taking advances in knowledge. This book offers a brief but penetrating synopsis of that history.Several important philosophical topics such as infinity and Platonism, are pursued throughout the text.The book is intended for anyone who wants to understand how mathematics grows out of, and nourishes, the total human experience.
Инновационный УМК “Millie-Starter” для 1-го класса с мультимедиа приложением сочетает традиционные и новейшие разработки в области преподавания английского языка младшим школьникам с помощью информационно-компьютерных технологий. MILLIE STARTER is intended for students aged 6-7 (first grade).
The history of psychiatry is complex, reflecting diverse origins in mythology, cult beliefs, astrology, early medicine, law religion, philosophy, and politics. This complexity has generated considerable debate and an increasing outflow of historical scholarship, ranging from the enthusiastic meliorism of pre-World War II histories, to the iconoclastic revisionism of the 1960s, to more focused studies, such as the history of asylums and the validity and efficacy of Freudian theory. This volume, intended as a successor to the centennial history of American psychiatry published by the American Psychiatric Association in 1944, summarizes the significant events and processes of the half-century following World War II. Most of this history is written by clinicians who were central figures in it.
An outstanding book. It is very readable, remarkably clear, consistently interesting and often provocative. The subject matter is treated in a very thorough manner, yet a wide variety of topics are covered. The book will be entirely accessible to its intended audience -- beginning students. –Laurel Brinton, University of British Columbia
