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7 reviews

Springer, 1997

JEEPERS! An interesting book about math?
What a relief to open the pages of this book. I approach mathematics as a subject necessary, but always painful, to learn. Dare I say I love this book? Some of the short stories are humorous, some are endearing, some have common characters. All deal with mathematics in one way or another. Fadiman's book succeeded where so many others failed--it interested me. A LIFE LEARNING POINT: This book ...

The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics

6 reviews

Little Brown & Co (T), 1991

A Big Bang of information
This book is obviously only geared towards those remotely interested in physics, so that's what it does: cater to the contemplative individual. Believe it or not, this collection of writings grabbed me from the first subtitle, 'Atoms in Motion', and literally propelled me through the next 800 pages of lectures and dissertations, ranging from Mr. Isaac Asimov to Albert Einstein. If you've been ...

Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes

6 reviews
Clifton Fadiman, Andre Bernard

Little, Brown and Company, 2000

One of my favorite books
I must admit, I have had this book either by my bed or (forgive me!) in the bathroom for at least 20 years and am on my third - the other two worn out from too frequent reading. Lots of wonderful tidbits on just about anyone you can think of in history/literature/the arts/music. Highly recommended.

World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time

14 reviews

W. W. Norton & Company, 1998

an awesome accomplishment
This is an astonishing volume packed with beautiful poems. I honestly cannot think of a better gift for poetry lovers (or, indeed, plain lovers or anyone else...). Akkadian poetry, Nazim Hikmet, Tagore.... almost every single poet that I love is here. How did the editors manage do it???

The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded

31 reviews
Clifton Fadiman, John S. Major

Collins, 1999

read the preface for goodness sake
I haven't reviewed a book in a long time because customer reviews so often annoy me. Now I'm writing this one because another one has. Another reveiwer here criticizes The New Lifetime Reading Plan and its predecessors for not including the Bible. That would be a good criticism indeed if not for this sentence from the preface to the book, " We assume that nearly every reader of this book will ...

Moby Dick or the Whale

1 review
Herman Melville

The Easton Press, 1977

A deserving edition for a true classic
Moby Dick is one of the great American classic novels. Although it sold very poorly when first published and damaged Melville's established reputation as a writer of exotic novels it has rightfully assumed its place in the canon of great 19th century novels. I won't repeat the story here. Who doesn't already know the plot (which is based on a true story of a whaler rammed by a whale and sunk)? ...

Six by Seuss: A Treasury of Dr. Seuss Classics

8 reviews
Dr. Seuss

Random House, 1991

Classic
This book is great. I was so pleased to find it. I had bought one 16 years ago for my children and bought this one for a great-nephew. I hope I can find it for many years to come.

Great Books of the Western World (60 Volumes)

15 reviews

Encyclopedia Britannica, Incorporated, 1994

Absolutely the Best of Human Civilization
When I was 16, my father bought me a set of the Great Books. They changed my life. Tocqueville, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, et al. They teach compassion, reason, understanding, social responsibility, and every other conceivable virtue.

I May Not Be Totally Perfect, but Parts of Me Are Excellent (Brilliant Thoughts Series No 1)

3 reviews
Ashleigh Brilliant

Brilliant Enterprises, 1997

Wonderfully chuckley humor. Makes me smile.
This book is very humorous. It brings to mind many of the bits of life I have lived. The best part is that it is not isolated issues. In addition, the sketches add a great deal to the total humor. I just happened to come across it in the library. Such a treat. Thank you for brightening my days.

The World Treasury of Children's Literature : Book 1

4 reviews
Clifton Fadiman

Little Brown & Co (Juv), 1984

wonderful,great, magnificent
My husband and I got this book the day our daughter was born. We enjoyed watching her eyes light up at the great stories. When she began reading she would not put the book down unless she had to. I recomend these books to any parent or grandparent.

The Mathematical Magpie

1 review
Clifton Fadiman

Simon & Schuster, 1962

The appearance of mathematical ideas in fiction was both exciting and inspiring
Being a fundamental component of the human experience, it is natural that mathematics will appear in literature. In this book, Fadiman has brought together a collection of fiction works where mathematics plays a role in the plot. The level of involvement is varied, in some stories it is fundamental and in others it is incidental. However, in all cases it is exciting to see how it is used to flesh ...

The World Treasury of Modern Religious Thought

1 review

Little Brown & Co (T), 1990

Apologia Pro Noia Sua
":it is probably accurate to estimate that in any decade of these two centuries more was written about religion in German scholarship alone than had been produced in an entire century of the early church." J. Pelikan, Preface The Courage to Explore: If the Yale eminent scholar, who devoted forty years to the history of religious thought has found it a bit daunting to put it together, do ...

The Birth of Tragedy (Dover Thrift Editions)

29 reviews
Friedrich Nietzsche

Dover Publications, 1995

The Op. 1 of Frederic Niezsche !
The first essay of this giant philosopher is deeply influenced for the echoes of Schopenhauer and Richard Wagner and pretends expose a new conception of the world : the tragic thought, , the intuition of the unity of the things , the converse affirmation of the life and death , the timeless return , the innocence of becoming . Fundamental text if you want to get ready for the Apollonian and ...

The Mathematical Magpie

2 reviews
Clifton Fadiman

Springer, 1997

A great sequel
This anthology might as well be titled Fantasia Mathematica, Volume 2. When Volume 1 first appeared in 1958, readers couldn't get enough, so this work followed in 1962, and is now back in print. I first read Volume 1 as a teenager, so the current title doesn't carry for me the nostalgia of the original, but there's still lots of good stuff. This time, the best section appears first, A Set ...

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