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The Young Descartes
Rene Descartes is best known as the man who coined the phrase "I think, therefore I am." But though he is remembered most as a thinker, Descartes, the man, was no disembodied mind, …
The Secret Lore of London
With a foreword by Iain Sinclair. London is an ancient city, whose foundation dates back literally thousands of years into the legendary prehistory of these islands. Not …
Ways of Making and Knowing – The Material Culture of Empirical Knowledge
Although craftspeople and artists often work with natural materials, the notion that making art can constitute a means of knowing nature is a novel one. This book, with …
Young Descartes
Rene Descartes is best known as the man who coined the phrase "e;I think, therefore I am."e; But though he is remembered most as a thinker, Descartes, the man, was no …
Global Movements, Local Concerns
Matters of Exchange
A new and unexpected history of the Dutch pursuit of commerce in the 16th and 17th centuries and how it triggered the Scientific Revolution In this wide-ranging and stimulating …
The Post-Cold War Presidency
With the end of the Cold War, U.S. presidential leadership has become both more important and more difficult. Post-war periods have historically posed challenges to leadership, and …
Ways of Making and Knowing
"Making" and "knowing" have generally been viewed as belonging to different types and orders of knowledge. "Craft" and "making" have been associated with how-to information, …
Matters of Exchange
In this wide-ranging and stimulating book, a leading authority on the history of medicine and science presents convincing evidence that Dutch commercenot religioninspired the …