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'Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?' remains the most curious and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Moving away from the narrower paths of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking, the celebrated e...

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From Jim Holt, the New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist? , comes an entertaining and accessible guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries in When Einstein Walked with Gödel : Excursio...

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From Jim Holt, the New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes an entertaining and accessible guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries in When Einstein Walked with Godel: Excursions...

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Tackling the darkest question in all of philosophy with raffish erudition (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This runaway bestseller, whic...

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Whether framed philosophically as Why is there a world rather than nothing at all? or more colloquially as But, Mommy, who made God? the metaphysical mystery about how we came into existence remains the most fractious and fascinating question of a...

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Tracing the evolution of jokes from the after-hours clubs of ancient Athens to those who create them today - stockbrokers and prisoners, apparently - Jim Holt explores the history and philosophy of humour.

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This is a reprint of ISBN 978-0-901-35743-4 Widely acknowledged as the one stop summary of health and safety fundamentals, Principles covers law, safety technology, occupational health and hygiene and safety management techniques. Originally writt...

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This is a reprint of ISBN 978-0-901-35743-4 Widely acknowledged as the one stop summary of health and safety fundamentals, Principles covers law, safety technology, occupational health and hygiene and safety management techniques. Originally writt...

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This is a reprint of ISBN 978-0-901-35743-4Widely acknowledged as the one stop summary of health and safety fundamentals, Principles covers law, safety technology, occupational health and hygiene and safety management techniques. Originally writte...

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This is a reprint of ISBN 978-0-901-35743-4Widely acknowledged as the one stop summary of health and safety fundamentals, Principles covers law, safety technology, occupational health and hygiene and safety management techniques. Originally writte...

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From Jim Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes When Einstein Walked with Godel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought, an entertaining and accessible audiobook guide to the most profound scientific and mathematica...

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This is the true story of a stray cat with an unknown and mysterious past. After showing up at the authors' back door, he decides to hang around and become their pet. As events unfold the cat slowly works his way into their lives. The story chroni...

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'Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?' remains the most curious and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Moving away from the narrower paths of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking, the celebrated essayist Ji...

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Unter Physikern und Mathematikern sind sie legendär geworden, die Spaziergänge über den Campus von Princeton, die den fast 70-jährigen Albert Einstein und den 25 Jahre jüngeren Ausnahme-Mathematiker Kurt Gödel verbanden. Zwei Spaziergänger, die je...

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Unter Physikern und Mathematikern sind sie legendar geworden, die Spaziergange uber den Campus von Princeton, die den fast 70-jahrigen Albert Einstein und den 25 Jahre jungeren Ausnahme-Mathematiker Kurt Godel verbanden. Zwei Spazierganger, die je...

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Es ist die schwierigste und zugleich faszinierendste Frage aller Zeiten: Warum gibt es unser Universum? Weshalb ist es entstanden? Wieso existieren Materie und Bewusstsein, Raum und Zeit? Lÿsst sich überhaupt eine Antwort finden ? oder ist das n...

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Was macht einen guten Witz aus? Warum und worüber lachen wir? Haben Pointen ein Verfallsdatum?Jim Holt lÿdt ein zu einem höchst amüsanten und geistreichen Streifzug durch die Geschichte des Humors: von den Spaÿvögeln aus dem antiken Griechen...

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