Nicholas Rees's Books

Cinema in the Digital Age

By: Nicholas Rombes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Have digital technologies transformed cinema into a new art, or do they simply replicate and mimic analogue, film-based cinema? Newly revised and expanded to take the latest developments into account, Cinema in the Digital Age examines the fate of cinema in the wake of the digital revolution. Nicholas Rombes considers Festen (1998), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Timecode (2000), Russian Ark (2002), and The Ring (2002), among others. Haunted by their analogue pasts, these films are interested not in digital purity but rather in imperfection and mistakes—blurry or pixilated images, shaky camera work, and other elements that remind viewers of the human behind the camera. With a new introduction and new material, this updated edition takes a fresh look at the historical and contemporary state of digital cinema. It pays special attention to the ways in which nostalgia for the look and feel of analogue disrupts the aesthetics of the digital image, as well as how recent films such as The Social Network (2010) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)—both shot digitally—have disguised and erased their digital foundations. The book also explores new possibilities for writing about and theorizing film, such as randomization.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

250

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0231851189

ISBN 13

9780231851183

Spy Runner

Ronnie Reed and Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and the Cambridge Spies

By: Nicholas Reed

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Spy Runner

Ronnie Reed and Agent Zigzag, Operation Mincemeat and the Cambridge Spies

By: Nicholas Reed

Most of us remember the seventh of September 1940 as the day the London docks were bombed and devastated by fire. I remember it as the day I was called up. But the police car that collected me took me to Wormwood Scrubs Prison . . . Major Ronnie Reed never spoke about what he did in the Second World War. He was only 23 when it broke out; an amateur radio enthusiast who was working as a maintenance engineer for the BBC. And yet, despite minimal money and qualifications, he became one of the men behind some of the most remarkable spy stories of all time. Recruited in the dead of night from his Anderson shelter, Ronnie became a case officer for double agents, including Eddie Chapman, known then as Agent Zigzag. The passport photo of The Man Who Never Was, was a photo of Ronnie Reed. For ten years after the Second World War, he headed the anti-Russian department of MI5, dealing with notorious spies such as Philby, Burgess and Maclean. In 1994, shortly before Ronnie's death, he revealed the truth of his remarkable past to his son, Nicholas. In Spy Runner he reveals his father's fascinating story with a collection of recently released reports and photos from The National Archives, and intimate family snaps.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

183

Publisher

The History Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0750994541

ISBN 13

9780750994545

Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales

Vol. II

By: Thomas Nicholas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales

Vol. II

By: Thomas Nicholas

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

546

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

3382146282

ISBN 13

9783382146283

Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Cold War, 1945-1950

By: Nicholas Tarling

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Cold War, 1945-1950

By: Nicholas Tarling

This detailed study throws light on the evolution of British policy in South-east Asia in the turbulent post-war period. Through extensive archival research and insightful analysis of the British mindset and official policy, Tarling demonstrates that South-east Asia was perceived as a region consisting of mutually co-operating new states, rather than a fragmented mass. The book covers the immediate post-war period until the Colombo plan and the outbreak of hostilities in Korea. A companion volume to Tarling's Britain, Southeast Asia and the Onset of the Pacific War, it finds parallels between Britain's approach to the threat of Japan and its approach to the threat of communism. It also shows that the British sought to shape US involvement, in part by involving other Commonwealth countries, especially India. This is a major contribution to the diplomatic and political history of South-east Asia.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

508

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521632617

ISBN 13

9780521632614

Operation Banner

The British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969 – 2007

By: Nicholas van der Bijl

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Operation Banner

The British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969 – 2007

By: Nicholas van der Bijl

The book opens by setting the historic backdrop to The Troubles.In summer 1969 the annual Loyalist marching season sparked violence in Londonderry which spread rapidly. After three days of violence the British Government deployed troops in support of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Initially the Catholic community welcomed the Armys presence but this was to change over the years.The first soldier was killed in 1971 and a further 48 died that year. January 30 1972 Bloody Sunday galvanized IRA recruitment and the British Embassy was burnt in Dublin. The Official IRA bombed Aldershot HQ of the Parachute Regiment and in August 1972 the Army launched Op MOTORMAN to clear No Go areas. Internment followed and the Province was firmly in the grip of sectarian violence. The next 30 years saw a remorseless counter-terrorist campaign which deeply affected the lives of all the people of Northern Ireland and several generation of the British Army.The Peace Process ground on for over ten years but the campaign formally ended in 2007 with the establishment of hitherto unimaginable power sharing.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

173

Publisher

Pen and Sword

Published Date

ISBN 10

1781599262

ISBN 13

9781781599266

Multinationals and European Integration

Trade, Investment and Regional Development

By: Nicholas A. Phelps

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Multinationals and European Integration

Trade, Investment and Regional Development

By: Nicholas A. Phelps

This book examines the role of the multinational firms in processes of European integration. It is primarily concerned with the implications of market integration and industrial restructuring for peripheral European regions. Nicholas Phelps argues that, because of the complex relationship between competition and economies of scale, the persistence of market segmentation, and because of the embeddedness of multinational investment in established production locations, there is considerable inertia in the existing trade and investment patterns of multinationals in the EU. This argument is explored empirically in relation to multinationals operating in Wales. This study suggests that processes of restructuring accompanying market integration are slow to take effect and based on a diversity of motives.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

193

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136036164

ISBN 13

9781136036163

A Cultural Dictionary of Punk

1974-1982

By: Nicholas Rombes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Cultural Dictionary of Punk

1974-1982

By: Nicholas Rombes

Neither a dry-as-dust reference volume recycling the same dull facts nor a gushy, gossipy puff piece, A Cultural Dictionary of Punk: 1974-1982 is a bold book that examines punk as a movement that is best understood by placing it in its cultural field. It contains myriad critical-listening descriptions of the sounds of the time, but also places those sounds in the context of history. Drawing on hundreds of fanzines, magazines, and newspapers, the book is-in the spirit of punk-an obsessive, exhaustively researched, and sometimes deeply personal portrait of the many ways in which punk was an artistic, cultural, and political expression of defiance. A Cultural Dictionary of Punk is organized around scores of distinct entries, on everything from Lester Bangs to The Slits, from Jimmy Carter to Minimalism, from 'Dot Dash' to Bad Brains. Both highly informative and thrillingly idiosyncratic, the book takes a fresh look at how the malaise of the 1970s offered fertile ground for punk-as well as the new wave, post-punk, and hardcore-to emerge as a rejection of the easy platitudes of the dying counter-culture. The organization is accessible and entertaining: short bursts of meaning, in tune with the beat of punk itself. Rombes upends notions that the story of punk can be told in a chronological, linear fashion. Meant to be read straight through or opened up and experienced at random, A Cultural Dictionary of Punk covers not only many of the well-known, now-legendary punk bands, but the obscure, forgotten ones as well. Along the way, punk's secret codes are unraveled and a critical time in history is framed and exclaimed. Visit the Cultural Dictionaryof Punk blog here.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

327

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

1441105050

ISBN 13

9781441105059

Genes and Common Diseases

Genetics in Modern Medicine

By: Alan Wright,Nicholas Hastie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Genes and Common Diseases

Genetics in Modern Medicine

By: Alan Wright,Nicholas Hastie

This book examines the role of genetics in modern medicine, reflecting the strengths and limitations of a genetic perspective.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

525

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521833396

ISBN 13

9780521833394

Consuming Cities

The Urban Environment in the Global Economy after Rio

By: Ingemar Elander,Brendan Gleeson,Rolf Lidskog,Nicholas Low

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Consuming Cities

The Urban Environment in the Global Economy after Rio

By: Ingemar Elander,Brendan Gleeson,Rolf Lidskog,Nicholas Low

This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment, and the spread of policies to reduce their impact. It looks at these issues by examining the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference. Consuming Cities examines this impact using case studies from around the world including: the USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, China, India, Sweden, Poland, Australia and Indonesia The contributors all have direct experience of the urban environment and urban policies in the countries on which they write and offer an authoritative commentary which brings the urban 'consumption' dimension of sustainable development into focus.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

337

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134661118

ISBN 13

9781134661114

Biological Control

By: George E. Heimpel,Nicholas J. Mills

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Biological Control

By: George E. Heimpel,Nicholas J. Mills

This book enhances our understanding of biological control, integrating historical analysis, theoretical models and case studies in an ecological framework.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

393

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521845149

ISBN 13

9780521845144

Tort Law

By: Nicholas J McBride,Roderick Bagshaw

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tort Law

By: Nicholas J McBride,Roderick Bagshaw

Written by two leading scholars, Tort Law combines detailed coverage of the legal principles, supported by hypothetical case scenarios and guided further reading, with critical discussion of the key academic debates and literature in the subject making it ideal for use by anyone studying tort law at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Extensively updated, this new edition covers all important case-law and legislative developments, including the expansion of vicarious liability in Mohamud v Wm Morrison Supermarkets, the treatment of the notion of ‘defect’ under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in Wilkes v Depuy International Ltd, the reinvigoration of the tort in Wilkinson v Downton by O (a child) v Rhodes, the recognition of a tort of the malicious institution of civil proceedings in Willers v Joyce, and the attempts to reform the law on the defence of illegality in Patel v Mirza.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1202

Publisher

Pearson UK

Published Date

ISBN 10

129220785X

ISBN 13

9781292207858

News Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy

Tracing Mediatization Through Actor–Network Theory

By: Nicholas Richardson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

News Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy

Tracing Mediatization Through Actor–Network Theory

By: Nicholas Richardson

In this book, Richardson's research spans a decade and two cities - Sydney, Australia and Montreal, Canada - focusing on three metro-style rail infrastructure case study projects: one ongoing, one failed and one upgraded after reaching fifty years of age – to build an irrefutable case that the news media is highly influential to policy, and that these influences are complex, messy and changing. News Media Influence on Rail Infrastructure Policy offers scholars and industry practitioners in the arenas of policy analysis, politics and media communications a method for astutely guiding large-scale projects through the complex and changing landscape of 24/7 news media. It is underpinned by empirical research that identifies and endeavors to close a considerable gap in current understanding and practice. This gap represents a failure to recognise and respect mediatization – the many powerful influences impacting a policy arena that has drawn the ire of the news media. The result of this failure is ineffective communication that does little to advance the policy piece and, in the worst instances, leads to policy immobilisation or poor policy decision-making. Drawing significantly on Actor–Network Theory, Richardson identifies the influential actors and alliances at play when policy is subjected to media discourse, and he proposes a framework for tracing and managing them. In doing so, he demonstrates that such a framework is not only vital for the successful negotiation of policy and projects in the media, but also to an (r)evolutionary recasting of public, expert and media actors in the development and decision-making process.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

1501387464

ISBN 13

9781501387463

Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War

By: Nicholas Smart

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War

By: Nicholas Smart

The six years of prolonged world-wide conflict spawned some 340 serving generals in the British Army. A number are household names (Montgomery, Slim, Wavell) and others well known to historians (Horrocks, Dempsey, Leese). But the vast majority are forgotten except by their families and regiments. Yet there were a number of extraordinary characters, ranging from highly competent to downright inadequate. The Author has researched and written entries on all, varying in length, according to the subjects importance.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

733

Publisher

Casemate Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1783460369

ISBN 13

9781783460366

Advances in Engineering Fluid Mechanics: Multiphase Reactor and Polymerization System Hydr

By: Nicholas P Cheremisinoff

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Advances in Engineering Fluid Mechanics: Multiphase Reactor and Polymerization System Hydr

By: Nicholas P Cheremisinoff

This volume of the Advances in Engineering Fluid Mechanics Series covers topics in hydrodynamics related to polymerization of elastomers and plastics. Emphasis is given to advanced concepts in multiphase reactor systems often used in the manufacturing of products. This volume is comprised of 30 chapters that address key subject areas such as multiphase mixing concepts, multicomponet reactors and the hydrodynamics associated with their operations, and slurry flow behavior associated with non-Newtonian flows.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

785

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

0080526292

ISBN 13

9780080526294

The Tidal Disruption of Stars by Supermassive Black Holes

An Analytic Approach

By: Nicholas Chamberlain Stone

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Tidal Disruption of Stars by Supermassive Black Holes

An Analytic Approach

By: Nicholas Chamberlain Stone

This book provides a general introduction to the rapidly developing astrophysical frontier of stellar tidal disruption, but also details original thesis research on the subject. This work has shown that recoiling black holes can disrupt stars far outside a galactic nucleus, errors in the traditional literature have strongly overestimated the maximum luminosity of “deeply plunging” tidal disruptions, the precession of transient accretion disks can encode the spins of supermassive black holes, and much more. This work is based on but differs from the original thesis that was formally defended at Harvard, which received both the Roger Doxsey Award and the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award from the American Astronomical Society.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

162

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319126768

ISBN 13

9783319126760

AQA A-level Law for Year 2

By: Jacqueline Martin,Richard Wortley,Nicholas Price

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

AQA A-level Law for Year 2

By: Jacqueline Martin,Richard Wortley,Nicholas Price

Exam board: AQA Level: A-level Subject: Law First teaching: September 2017 First exams: Summer 2019 This title has been selected for an AQA approval process. Accurately cover the breadth of content in the new 2017 AQA A-level specification with this textbook written by leading Law authors, Jacqueline Martin, Richard Wortley and Nicholas Price. This engaging and accessible textbook provides coverage of the new AQA A-level Law specification and features authoritative and up-to-date material on the important changes to the law. - Book 2 includes the second section of all mandatory units and both the Human Rights Law and Contract Law optional units. - Important, up-to-date and interesting cases and scenarios highlight key points. - Discussion and activity tasks increase your students' understanding of more difficult concepts. - Practice questions and 'check your understanding' questions to help you prepare for your exams. Authors: - Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years' experience as a practising barrister and has taught law at all levels. - Richard Wortley has taught law at all levels. He has held a number of examining and assessing roles over the past 25 years. He retired from a management position in a large FE College to work freelance in law teacher support, writing and assessment work. - Nicholas Price is an experienced teacher of Law and an A-Level Law textbook author.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

870

Publisher

Hodder Education

Published Date

ISBN 10

151040144X

ISBN 13

9781510401440

John Stuart Mill

A Biography

By: Nicholas Capaldi

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

John Stuart Mill

A Biography

By: Nicholas Capaldi

Nicholas Capaldi's biography of John Stuart Mill traces the ways in which Mill's many endeavours are related and explores the significance of Mill's contribution to metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of education. He shows how Mill was groomed for his life by both his father James Mill, and Jeremy Bentham, the two most prominent philosophical radicals of the early nineteenth century. Yet Mill revolted against this education and developed friendships with both Thomas Carlyle and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who introduced him to Romanticism and political conservatism. A special feature of this biography is the attention devoted to his relationship with Harriet Taylor. No one exerted a greater influence than the woman he was eventually to marry. Nicholas Capaldi reveals just how deep her impact was on Mill's thinking about the emancipation of women.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

472

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1139449206

ISBN 13

9781139449205

Sport Psychology

Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, Individuals, and Teams

By: Nicholas T. Gallucci

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sport Psychology

Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, Individuals, and Teams

By: Nicholas T. Gallucci

Sport Psychology, 2nd Edition provides a synthesis of the major topics in sport psychology with an applied focus and an emphasis on achieving optimal performance. After exploring the history of sport psychology, human motivation, and the role of exercise, there are three main sections to the text: Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, and Individuals and Teams. The first of these sections covers topics such as anxiety, routines, mental imagery, self-talk, enhancing concentration, relaxation, goals, and self-confidence. The section on Performance Inhibition includes chapters on choking under pressure, self-handicapping, procrastination, perfectionism, helplessness, substance abuse, and disruptive personality factors. While much of the information presented is universally applicable, individual differences based on gender, ethnicity, age, and motivation are emphasized in the concluding section on Individuals and Teams. Throughout, there are case studies of well-known athletes from a variety of sports to illustrate topics that are being explored.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

879

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134641710

ISBN 13

9781134641710

Whitchurch & Llandaff North Through Time

By: Steve Nicholas

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Whitchurch & Llandaff North Through Time

By: Steve Nicholas

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Whitchurch & Llandaff North have changed and developed over the last century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

191

Publisher

Amberley Publishing Limited

Published Date

ISBN 10

1445626225

ISBN 13

9781445626222

Terra Incognita

By: John Nicholas Murphy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Terra Incognita

By: John Nicholas Murphy

Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

802

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

3385208327

ISBN 13

9783385208322

The Reign of Constantius II

By: Nicholas Baker-Brian

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Reign of Constantius II

By: Nicholas Baker-Brian

Constantius II, son of Constantine the Great, ruled the Roman Empire between 337 and 361 CE. Constantius’ reign is characterised by a series of political and cultural upheavals and is rightly viewed as a time of significant change in the history of the fourth century. Constantius initially shared power with his brothers, Constantine II and Constans, but this arrangement lasted a short period of time before Constantine II was killed in a contest over authority by Constans. Further threats to the stability of the empire arose with the usurpation of the ambitious Roman general Magnentius between 350 and 353, and additional episodes of imperial instability occurred as Constantius’ relations with his junior Caesars, Gallus and Julian, deteriorated, the latter to the point where civil war would have been on the cards once again if Constantius had not died on 3 November 361. This book examines the dynastic, political and cultural impact of Constantius' reign as a member of the Constantinian family on the later empire, first as a joint ruler with his brothers and then as sole Augustus. The chapters investigate the involvement of Constantius in the imperial, administrative, legal, religious and cultural life of the Roman Empire in the fourth century. Constantius’ handling of various threats to Roman hegemony such as the ambitions of the neighbouring Sasanian Empire, and his relationships with Gallus and with Julian are explored. The book’s analysis is guided by the epigraphic, iconographic, literary and legal evidence of the Roman and Byzantine periods but it is not a conventional imperial ‘biography’. Rather, it examines the figure of Constantius in light of the numerous historiographical issues surrounding his memorialisation in the historical and literary sources, for instance as ‘Arian’ tyrant or as internecine murderer. The over-arching aim is to investigate power in the post-Constantine period, and the way in which imperial and episcopal networks related to one another with the ambition of participating in the exercise of power. The Reign of Constantius II will appeal to those interested in the Later Roman Empire, the Constantinian imperial family, Roman-Sasanian relations, and the role of religion in shaping imperial dynamics with Christianity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

491

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000619915

ISBN 13

9781000619911

Ian Fleming's Commandos

The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit

By: Nicholas Rankin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ian Fleming's Commandos

The Story of the Legendary 30 Assault Unit

By: Nicholas Rankin

Rankin tells the story of a secret intelligence outfit conceived and organized by Ian Fleming during World War II, named "30 Assault Unit", a group who was expected to seize enemy codebooks, cipher machines, and documents in high-stakes operations, and which inspired his creation of the James Bond character.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

424

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199782822

ISBN 13

9780199782826

The Algorithm of Creation

Universalism's Algorithm of the Infinite and Space-Time, the Oneness of the Universe and the Unitive Vision, and a Theory of Everything

By: Nicholas Hagger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Algorithm of Creation

Universalism's Algorithm of the Infinite and Space-Time, the Oneness of the Universe and the Unitive Vision, and a Theory of Everything

By: Nicholas Hagger

2023 SMN Book Prize Winner - Significant Contribution to its Field The Algorithm of Creation is the last of Nicholas Hagger’s quartet on the unity of the universe and humankind, and follows The Universe and the Light (1993), The One and the Many (1999) and The New Philosophy of Universalism (2009). It offers an algebraic formula written out for him by Junzaburo Nishiwaki, Japan’s T.S. Eliot, in Tokyo in October 1965, that sums up the wisdom of the East: “+A + –A = 0.” Based on ancient Chinese thinking, yin (dark) + yang (light) = the Tao, it shows all opposites reconciled in the underlying unity of the One Void whose emptiness is also a fullness. During a dinner at a conference of leading scientists at Jesus College, Cambridge in September 1992, watched by Nobel physics prizewinner Roger Penrose, Hagger reversed the formula to 0 = +A + –A when he wrote down the maths for his view of the origin and creation of the universe and showed the first two particles emerging from the Void’s singularity, influenced by the 1992 discovery of ripples in the cosmic microwave background radiation and the Presocratic Anaximander of Miletus. In this work Hagger shows how this algebraic formula has worked as a universal algorithm, 0 = +A + –A = 0. Its many variations have acted as rules that have controlled the creation and development of the expanding universe, its evolution and the rise of human history, religion and science, and its ultimate fate. The formula is behind many of Hagger’s works, and his application of this algorithm to all human knowledge of the universe and all disciplines takes him to a first-ever Theory of Everything, which is set out at the end: the algorithm of Creation containing 100 mathematical symbols (reflecting all the variations) that can be summed up in the above algorithm. This startling achievement has been made possible by his Universalist cross-disciplinary approach which focuses on the fundamental oneness of the universe and humankind, and the unitive vision.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

291

Publisher

John Hunt Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1785351389

ISBN 13

9781785351389

Land Law

Text, Cases and Materials

By: Ben McFarlane,Nicholas Hopkins,Sarah Nield

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Land Law

Text, Cases and Materials

By: Ben McFarlane,Nicholas Hopkins,Sarah Nield

Land Law: Text, Cases, and Materials has been designed to provide students with everything they need to approach their land law course with confidence. Experts in the area, the authors combine clear and insightful commentary with carefully chosen extracts to offer students a full account of the subject. Using the popular Text, Cases and Materials format the authors take a critical approach to the subject, presenting thought-provoking analysis of the leading case-law in the area and inviting students to develop their own analytical skills ready for exams. The book can be used as a stand-alone resource, or as a complement to Land Law: Core Text, written by the same authors. Covering a broad range of topics, the authors have used their unique approach to land law to provide a consistent structure with which students and lecturers can tackle the subject. This approach arms students with the tools needed to analyse content autonomously by seeing how individual rules fit into a broader structure, leading students towards a comprehensive and advanced understanding of this complex subject area. Digital formats and resources The fifth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks A range of resources for this book are available online: - Self-test questions with feedback - Exclusive online chapters - Guidance on answering end-of-chapter questions - Links to further research and websites

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1169

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198868529

ISBN 13

9780198868521

Book's by Nicholas Rees

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email