It’s a universal truth: Everyone—including you—will eventually die. Other forms of life on our planet will also die, but we might be the only living creatures who cannot help but contemplate our own mortality. After thousands of years of pondering it, we still find death one of life’s most perplexing mysteries—yet it doesn’t have to be the most frightening.
Introducing robots, bacteriophage, toroid, and omniscient Rational Advance Calculators of Local Events in a thoroughly delightful and perplexing collection of science fiction puzzle tales.
8 lectures on 8 audio cassettes. Lecture 1: Shakespeare and Stratford; lecture 2: Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theater; Lecture 3: Shakespeare and English history: Richard II; Lecture 4: kings and Commoners: Henry IV 1 & 2 and Henry V; Lecture 5: Twelfth Night and Shakespearean Comedy; Lecture 6: the Merchant of Venice and the Reinterpretation of Shakespeare; Lecture 7: Hamlet and the Perplexing World; Lecture 8: King Lear
What happens to your Social Security number when you die? Why are ground nut listed as an ingredient in plain M&Ms? Why is Barbie's hair made out of nylon, but Ken's hair is plastic? What makes up the ever-mysterious "new-car smell"? Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Do Penguins Have Knees? - the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing questions. This book arms readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have.
This book offers an introduction to Socrates, ideal for undergraduate students taking courses in Ancient and Greek Philosophy. Socrates is regarded as the founder of Western philosophical inquiry. Yet he left no writings and claimed to know 'nothing fine or worthy'. He spent his life perplexing those who encountered him and is as important and perplexing now as he was 2500 years ago. Drawing on the various competing sources for Socrates that are available to us, "Socrates: A Guide for the Perplexed" guides the reader through the main themes and ideas of Socrates' thought.
