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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A compelling survey of the ideas, discoveries, individuals, and cultural expressions that comprise the intellectual history of the twentieth century covers the gamut, from Freud's psychotherapy to the War in Kosovo. Reprint.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A compelling survey of the ideas, discoveries, individuals, and cultural expressions that comprise the intellectual history of the twentieth century covers the gamut, from Freud's psychotherapy to the War in Kosovo. Reprint.

Zustand: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Moving from London to New York and Athens, this is an international thriller set in the world of fine art.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Moving from London to New York and Athens, this is an international thriller set in the world of fine art.

Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

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Zustand: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In The Great Divide, acclaimed author and historian Peter Watson explores the development of humankind between the Old World and the New, and offers a groundbreaking new understanding of human history. By 15,000 BC, humans had migrated from northeastern Asia across the frozen Bering land bridge to the Americas. When the last Ice Agecame to an end, the Bering Strait refilled with water, dividing America from Eurasia. This division continued until Christopher Columbus voyaged to the New World in the fifteenth century. The Great Divide compares the development of humankind in the Old World and the New between 15,000 BC and AD 1,500. Combining the most up-to-date knowledge in archaeology, anthropology, geology, meteorology, cosmology, and mythology, Peter Watson's masterful study offers uniquely revealing insight into what it means to be human.…

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Watson, Mary & Peter (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day&#8212from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul&#8212offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day&#8212from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul&#8212offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. British Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. AMERICAN ed. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Alexandra Miller (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Alexandra Miller (illustrator).

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. A brilliant history of science over the past 150 years that offers a powerful new argument--that the many disparate scientific branches are converging on the same truths. Convergence is a history of modern science with an original and significant twist. Various scientific disciplines, despite their very different beginnings, have been coming together over the past 150 years, converging and coalescing. Intimate connections have been discovered between physics and chemistry, psychology and biology, genetics and linguistics. In this groundbreaking book, Peter Watson identifies one extraordinary master narrative, capturing how the sciences are slowly resolving into one overwhelming, interlocking story about the universe. Watson begins his narrative in the 1850s, the decade when, he argues, the convergence of the sciences began. The idea of the conservation of energy was introduced in this decade, as was Darwin's theory of evolution--both of which rocketed the sciences forward and revealed unimagined interconnections and overlaps between disciplines. The story then proceeds from each major breakthrough and major scientist to the next, leaping between fields and linking them together. Decade after decade, the story captures every major scientific advance en route to the present, proceeding like a cosmic detective story, or the world's most massive code-breaking effort. Watson's is a thrilling new approach to the history of science, revealing how each piece falls into place, and how each uncovers an emerging order. Convergence is, as Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg has put it, The deepest thing about the universe. And Watson's comprehensive and eye-opening book argues that all our scientific efforts are indeed approaching unity. Told through the eyes of the scientists themselves, charting each discovery and breakthrough, it is a gripping way to learn what we now know about the universe and where our inquiries are heading.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. January of 1900 marked the first review of a book by a doctor from Vienna. The book was called The Interpretation of Dreams, the doctor was Sigmund Freud, and the flood of new ideas that would revolutionize Western thought in the 20th century had just begun. The Modern Mind is a provocative and reasoned examination of the ideas and individuals that have shaped 20th century culture. From Freud to Sartre, from the Theory of Relativity to the Great Society, this is an engaging and intelligent look at recent history. Focusing on the most influential individuals, breakthroughs, and events, Peter Watson has produced an illuminating and thought-provoking analysis of modern thought and culture.Peter Watson was educated at the universities of Durham, London, and Rome. He has written for the Sunday Times, the Times, the New York Times, the Observer, and the Spectator, and is the author of War on the Mind, Wisdom and Strength, The Caravaggio Conspiracy, and other books. He lives in London."Splendidly readable and hugely informative." -- Boston Globe.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. January of 1900 marked the first review of a book by a doctor from Vienna. The book was called The Interpretation of Dreams, the doctor was Sigmund Freud, and the flood of new ideas that would revolutionize Western thought in the 20th century had just begun. The Modern Mind is a provocative and reasoned examination of the ideas and individuals that have shaped 20th century culture. From Freud to Sartre, from the Theory of Relativity to the Great Society, this is an engaging and intelligent look at recent history. Focusing on the most influential individuals, breakthroughs, and events, Peter Watson has produced an illuminating and thought-provoking analysis of modern thought and culture.Peter Watson was educated at the universities of Durham, London, and Rome. He has written for the Sunday Times, the Times, the New York Times, the Observer, and the Spectator, and is the author of War on the Mind, Wisdom and Strength, The Caravaggio Conspiracy, and other books. He lives in London."Splendidly readable and hugely informative." -- Boston Globe.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The justification for the atomic bomb was simple: it would defeat Hitler and end the Second World War faster, saving lives. The reality was different. Fallout dismantles the conventional story of why the atom bomb was built. Peter Watson has found new documents showing that long before the Allied bomb was operational, it was clear that Germany had no atomic weapons of its own and was not likely to. The British knew this, but didn't share their knowledge with the Americans, who in turn deceived the British about the extent to which the Soviets had penetrated their plans to build and deploy the bomb. The dark secret was that the bomb was dropped not to decisively end the war in the Pacific but to warn off Stalin's Russia, still in principle a military ally of the US and Britain. It did not bring a hot war to an abrupt end; instead it set up the terms for a Cold one to begin. Moreover, none of the scientists recruited to build the bomb had any idea that the purpose of the bomb had been secretly changed and that Russian deterrence was its new objective. Fallout vividly reveals the story of the unnecessary building of the atomic bomb, the most destructive weapon in the world, and the long-term consequences that are still playing out to this day.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Talking with Twentieth Century Women is not a history book, although the 21 famous women interviewed in it all died last century. Now they take part in live discussions between their souls on the Other Side and the author, Peter Watson Jenkins. The dialogue is channeled by America's foremost Clear Channel psychic, Toni Ann Winninger. The book's intriguing list of women is impressive: Jane Addams, Marian Anderson, Maria Callas, Rachel Carson, Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart, Ella Fitzgerald, Anne Frank, Judy Garland, Barbara Jordan, Helen Keller, Margaret Mead, Golda Meir, Carmen Miranda, Marilyn Monroe, Georgia O Keeffe, Sylvia Plath, Selena Quintanilla-Perez, Mother Teresa, Wilma Rudolph, and Sharon Tate. We learn about Mother Teresa s reaction to public fame and inner doubts; Barbara Jordan reveals that she was the philosopher Plato in a past life; Golda Meir explains how she felt to be Prime Minister during Israel s Six Day War; Anne Frank tells of lost diaries and what finally happened to her in the concentration camp. Ella Fitzgerald is much more than a popular singer. She is a very old soul who was engaged in the early development of music and language in the universe. Sylvia Plath and Judy Garland explain what led up to their committing suicide, and we learn from Marilyn Monroe and Maria Callas whether they died accidentally or were murdered. We learn how Helen Keller and Wilma Rudolph felt about their severe disabilities, and discovered what really happened to pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart. And there s much more besides. Second in the series of Dialogues with Masters of the Spirit World this lively and challenging study raises important questions of life and death and after death, with the help of 21 fascinating women who know all the answers now they are back home.…

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