JACK COHEN is an internationally known reproductive biologist and the coauthor, with Ian Stewart, of The Collapse of Chaos and Figments of Reality.
IAN STEWART is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University in the United Kingdom. Among his sixty published books are The Magical Maze and Life?s Other Secret, both from Wiley.
85 Ebooks by Ian Stewart
Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart: What Does a Martian Look Like?
‘A fascinating and useful handbook to both the science and science fiction of extraterrestrial life. Cohen and Stewart are amusing, opinionated, and expert guides. I found it a terrific and …
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Ian Stewart: The Magical Maze
Enter the magical maze of mathematics and explore the surprising passageways of a fantastical world where logic and imagination converge. For mathematics is a maze—a maze in your head—a maze of …
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€18.99
Ian Stewart: Concepts of Modern Mathematics
Some years ago, ‘new math’ took the country’s classrooms by storm. Based on the abstract, general style of mathematical exposition favored by research mathematicians, its goal was to teach studen …
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€15.99
Tim Poston & Ian Stewart: Catastrophe Theory and Its Applications
First integrated treatment of main ideas behind René Thom’s theory of catastrophes stresses detailed applications in the physical sciences. Mathematics of theory explained with a minimum of …
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€37.43
Ian Stewart: Another Fine Math You’ve Got Me Into. . .
Populated by curious creatures whose stories unfold with jokes and puns, this mathematical wonderland of puzzles and games also imparts significant mathematical ideas. Ian Stewart, an active …
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€19.42
Ian Stewart: Game, Set and Math
Twelve essays take a playful approach to the subject, exploring how to play poker over the telephone without the possibility of cheating, how to distinguish plausible fallacies from unbelievable …
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€16.36
Ian Stewart: Developing Transactional Analysis Counselling
`This is an excellent book. Whilst specifically aimed at the ‘newer counsellor’, this book contains much that will be of interest to experienced practitioners both within and outside of TA… this …
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€77.99
Ian Stewart: Transactional Analysis Counselling in Action
Selling over 25, 000 copies across three editions, this book provides an unrivalled introduction to the core concepts and basic techniques of Transactional Analysis (TA). Ian Stewart guides the …
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€62.99
Terry Pratchett & Ian Stewart: Die Gelehrten der Scheibenwelt
Drei unnachahmlich unterhaltsame Sachbücher aus Sicht der Gelehrten der Scheibenwelt – unverzichtbar für alle Terry-Pratchett-Jünger: Als Ergebnis eines missglückten Experiments besitzen die Zauberer …
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Terry Pratchett & Ian Stewart: Die Philosophen der Rundwelt
Drei unnachahmlich unterhaltsame Sachbücher aus Sicht der Gelehrten der Scheibenwelt – unverzichtbar für alle Terry- Pratchett-Jünger: Als Ergebnis eines missglückten Experiments besitzen die …
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€8.99
Terry Pratchett & Ian Stewart: Darwin und die Götter der Scheibenwelt
Drei unnachahmlich unterhaltsame Sachbücher aus Sicht der Gelehrten der Scheibenwelt – unverzichtbar für alle Terry- Pratchett-Jünger: Als Ergebnis eines missglückten Experiments besitzen die …
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Terry Pratchett & Jack Cohen: Das Jüngste Gericht
Die Zauberer der Unsichtbaren Universität haben im Rahmen eines besonders großen Experiments eine Brücke zur Rundwelt geschaffen – und damit eine Erdenbewohnerin auf die Scheibenwelt geholt. Im …
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Ian Stewart: Die Berechnung des Kosmos
Ian Stewarts Führer durch den Kosmos führt uns von der Entstehung der Erde und ihres Mondes zu den Planeten und Asteroiden des Sonnensystems und von dort hinaus in die Galaxie und das Universum. Er …
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€12.99
Ian Stewart: Professor Stewarts mathematisches Sammelsurium
Wie können Sie durch Ihre Finger schneiden, ohne sie abzutrennen? Wie finden Sie heraus, ob das Kaninchen schwarz oder weiß ist, ohne unter den Hut zu schauen? Und was hat das alles mit Mathematik zu …
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Ian Stewart: Professor Stewarts mathematische Schätze
Was war noch mal die Catalan’sche Vermutung? Und woher kommt eigentlich das Wurzelsymbol? Was hat die Zahl Pi mit dem Sternenhimmel zu tun? Wer erfand das Gleichheitszeichen? Der britische Matheguru …
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€9.99
Ian Stewart: Die letzten Rätsel der Mathematik
Es sind die wahrhaft widerspenstigen Nüsse, von denen Stewart in seinem neuen Buch berichtet. Mathematische Rätsel, an denen sich die abstraktesten Köpfe seit Jahrzehnten, Jahrhunderten oder sogar …
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Ian Stewart: Größen der Mathematik
Sie kamen aus allen Schichten und lebten in aller Herren Länder; sie waren Exzentriker wie Isaac Newton, Außenseiter wie Alan Turing oder gehörten zum Establishment wie Pierre de Fermat. Sie starben …
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Frank Strickstrock: Stephen Hawking: Denken ohne Grenzen
Am 300. Todestag von Galileo Galilei kam er auf die Welt, am Geburtstag von Albert Einstein, dem 139., verließ er sie wieder. Stephen Hawking ist zweifellos der berühmteste Wissenschaftler unserer …
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Ian Stewart: Welt-Formeln
Sie haben die Geschichte des Menschen mindestens ebenso beeinflusst wie Kriege, Revolutionen und die Mächtigen der Welt – Gleichungen fassen in wenigen Symbolen den Fortschritt des Wissens zusammen. …
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Ian Stewart: Professor Stewarts mathematische Detektivgeschichten
Warum haben Ihre Freunde scheinbar mehr Freunde als Sie selbst? Wie kommt der Leopard zu seinen Punkten? Wer lüftet das Geheimnis der 37? Warum sind Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiker schlicht im …
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€9.99
Ian Stewart: Unglaubliche Zahlen
In diesem Buch nimmt der britische Mathe-Guru seine Leser mit auf eine Reise durch das Reich der Zahlen – reelle, rationale, irrationale, komplexe; ganz, ganz kleine und unendlich große, Fraktale, …
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Ian Stewart & David Tall: Foundations of Mathematics
The transition from school mathematics to university mathematics is seldom straightforward. Students are faced with a disconnect between the algorithmic and informal attitude to mathematics at …
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Ian Stewart: How to Cut a Cake
Welcome back to Ian Stewart’s magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut …
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€13.50
Ian Stewart: Math Hysteria
Welcome to Ian Stewart’s strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the …
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€14.47
Ian Stewart: Cows in the Maze
From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon – and how to make one – Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are …
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€9.30
Ian Stewart: Cows in the Maze
From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon – and how to make one – Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are …
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€9.36
Ian Stewart: Math Hysteria
Welcome to Ian Stewart’s strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the …
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€14.56
the late Richard Courant & Herbert Robbins: What Is Mathematics?
For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately, the …
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€16.68
Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart: What Does a Martian Look Like?
"A fascinating and useful handbook to both the science and science fiction of extraterrestrial life. Cohen and Stewart are amusing, opinionated, and expert guides. I found it a terrific and …
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€20.64
David Mason & Ian Stewart: Mr Struth: The Boss
Bill Struth is the most celebrated Manager in the history of Rangers Football Club. In his 34 year tenure, he led the club to 30 major trophies and nurtured many of the club’s greatest players. To …
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€3.99
Ian Stewart: Developing Transactional Analysis Counselling
`This is an excellent book. Whilst specifically aimed at the "newer counsellor", this book contains much that will be of interest to experienced practitioners both within and outside of …
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€50.00
Michael Bleaney & David Greenaway: Companion to Contemporary Economic Thought
* 41 in-depth essays cover current economic theory and applied economics in a single, comprehensive volume
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Interfaces section considers economics as it relates to other disciplines
* Extensive …
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€34.97
Michael Bleaney & David Greenaway: Companion to Contemporary Economic Thought
* 41 in-depth essays cover current economic theory and applied economics in a single, comprehensive volume
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Interfaces section considers economics as it relates to other disciplines
* Extensive …
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€35.05
Ian Stewart: Transactional Analysis Counselling in Action
Selling over 25, 000 copies across three editions, this book provides an unrivalled introduction to the core concepts and basic techniques of Transactional Analysis (TA). Ian Stewart guides the …
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€41.32
Robin Jones & Clive Maynard: Art of Lisp Programming
Many of us already have at least a passing acquaintance with procedural languages such as BASIC or Pascal, but may not have met a functional language like Lisp before. Using the same enjoyable and …
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€55.82
Martin Golubitsky & David G. Schaeffer: Singularities and Groups in Bifurcation Theory
Bifurcation theory studies how the structure of solutions to equations changes as parameters are varied. The nature of these changes depends both on the number of parameters and on the symmetries of …
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€199.77
Robin Jones & Ian Stewart: Art of C Programming
The programming language C occupies an unusual position midway between conventional high-level and assembly languages, allowing the programmer to combine the best features of both. This book is an …
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€93.30
Ian (University of Warwick, UK) Stewart & David (University of Warwick, UK) Tall: Algebraic Number Theory and Fermat”s Last Theorem
Updated to reflect current research, Algebraic Number Theory and Fermat’s Last Theorem, Fourth Edition introduces fundamental ideas of algebraic numbers and explores one of the most intriguing storie …
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€49.95
Ian Stewart: Nature’s Numbers
A mathematical sightseeing tour of the natural world from the author of THE MAGICAL MAZEWhy do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold …
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€3.99
Ian Stewart: Significant Figures
Which mathematician elaborated a crucial concept the night before he died in a duel? Who funded his maths and medical career through gambling and chess? Who learned maths from her wallpaper? Ian Stew …
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Ian Stewart: Calculating the Cosmos
Ian Stewart’s up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos moves from the formation of the Earth and its Moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the unive …
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€10.99
Ian Stewart: Professor Stewart’s Incredible Numbers
Ian Stewart explores the astonishing properties of numbers from 1 to 10 to zero and infinity, including one figure that, if you wrote it out, would span the universe. He looks at every kind of number …
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Ian Stewart: Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
School maths is not the interesting part. The real fun is elsewhere. Like a magpie, Ian Stewart has collected the most enlightening, entertaining and vexing ‘curiosities’ of maths over the years… N …
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Ian Stewart: Professor Stewart’s Hoard of Mathematical Treasures
Ian Stewart, author of the bestselling
Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, presents a new and magical mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. He mingles …
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Ian Stewart: Mathematics Of Life
A new partnership of biologists and mathematicians is picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw fresh light on the behaviour of entire organisms, how they interact and how ch …
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€12.99
Ian Stewart: The Great Mathematical Problems
There are some mathematical problems whose significance goes beyond the ordinary – like Fermat’s Last Theorem or Goldbach’s Conjecture – they are the enigmas which define mathematics. The Great Mathe …
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Ian Stewart: Professor Stewart’s Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries
Like its wildly popular predecessors Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities and Hoard of Mathematical Treasures, Professor Stewart’s brand-new book is a miscellany of over 150 mathematical curios and co …
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Ian Stewart: Seventeen Equations that Changed the World
From Newton’s Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets, equations, are everywhere — and they are fundamental to everyday life.Seventeen Equations that Changed …
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€11.99
Martin Golubitsky & Ian Stewart: Symmetry Perspective
Pattern formation in physical systems is one of the major research frontiers of mathematics. A central theme of this book is that many instances of pattern formation can be understood within a single …
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€99.37
Mark Roberts & Ian Stewart: Singularity Theory and its Applications
A workshop on Singularities, Bifuraction and Dynamics was held at Warwick in July 1989, as part of a year-long symposium on Singularity Theory and its applications. The proceedings fall into two …
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€44.94
Ian Stewart: Does God Play Dice?
Since the dramatic discovery of the mathematical concept of chaos in 1989, the controversy of its contents has settled down. This revised edition of Does God Play Dice? takes a fresh look at its …
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Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart: Collapse of Chaos
Do we live in a simple or a complex universe? Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart explore the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour in nature through ‘the collapse of chaos’. ‘The most …
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€9.49
Jack Cohen & Terry Pratchett: Science Of Discworld II
The acclaimed Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the Wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot …
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€6.99
Jack Cohen & Terry Pratchett: Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch
Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen Univeristy feel vaguely responsible for its safety. They know the creatures …
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Jack Cohen & Terry Pratchett: Science of Discworld IV
The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS, Terry Pratchett s brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very …
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Jack Cohen & Terry Pratchett: Science Of Discworld
The fantastic first book in the Sunday Times bestselling Science of Discworld series When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on …
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€8.99
JoAnne Dahl & Tobias Lundgren: Art and Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy
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Ian Stewart: Do Dice Play God?
Uncertainty is everywhere. It lurks in every consideration of the future – the weather, the economy, the sex of an unborn child – even quantities we think that we know such as populations or the tran …
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€17.99
Ian Stewart: Know Thyself
Addictions and compulsive behaviors seem to be the normal currently. Many new people to 12-Step programs are kept back from completing the 12 Steps of recovery. There doesn’t seem to be much informat …
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Robin Wilson: Four Colors Suffice
On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history–one that would confound thous …
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€29.99
Ian Stewart: What’s the Use?
‘Stewart is Britain’s most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths’ Alex Bellos ‘The instructive equivalent of a Michelin-starred tasting menu’ Tim Radford Many people think mathematics is useles …
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€11.99
Ian Stewart: Eye of the Tiger
Eye of the Tiger is the story of one of the most legendary figures in Glasgow Rangers’ rich history, a man who epitomised what it meant to be a Ranger. Jock Shaw was a no-nonsense full-back whose …
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€12.41
Ian Stewart: Wetter, Viren und Wahrscheinlichkeit
Wir leben in unsicheren Zeiten, manches scheint gerade ungewiss − Corona und das Klima etwa. Wir möchten unsere Zukunft gerne kennen, statt den Ereignissen einfach ausgesetzt zu sein: Ob es um das …
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Shyam Wuppuluri & Ian Stewart: From Electrons to Elephants and Elections
This highly interdisciplinary book, covering more than six fields, from philosophy and sciences all the way up to the humanities and with contributions from eminent authors, addresses the interplay b …
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€106.99
Ian (University of Warwick, UK University of Warwick, Coventry, UK University of Warwick University of Warwick University of Warwick, Coventry, UK) Stewart: Galois Theory
Since 1973, Galois theory has been educating undergraduate students on Galois groups and classical Galois theory. In Galois Theory, Fifth Edition, mathematician and popular science author Ian Stewart …
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Ian (University of Warwick, UK University of Warwick, Coventry, UK University of Warwick University of Warwick University of Warwick, Coventry, UK) Stewart: Galois Theory
Since 1973, Galois theory has been educating undergraduate students on Galois groups and classical Galois theory. In Galois Theory, Fifth Edition, mathematician and popular science author Ian Stewart …
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NewScientist & Stephen Battersby: Nothing
The writers behind New Scientist explore the baffling concept of nothingness from the fringes of the universe to our minds’ inner workings. It turns out that nothing is as curious or as …
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€14.89
Ian Stewart: Loophole
Don’t poke your nose down a wormhole – you never know what you might find.
Two universes joined by a wormhole pair that forms a ‘loophole’, with an icemoon orbiting through the loophole, shared bet …
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Ian Stewart: Die Welt als Zahl
Wozu brauchen wir im täglichen Leben Mathematik?
Warum es ganz und gar nicht «sinnlos» ist (wie viele zu Schulzeiten denken), sich mit Mathematik zu beschäftigen, erklärt der renommierte Professor …
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Ian Stewart: Ian Stewart’s Addiction Recovery Handbook
In this autobiographical work, Ian Stewart shows his vulnerability in sharing his recovery story. He has written the answers to the questions he posed in his previous book, Know Thyself. Ian has incl …
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€10.99
Max Skjonsberg & Ian Stewart: Adam Ferguson’s Later Writings
This volume will publish for the first time thirty-six, until now, unpublished letters, as well as a new essay on the French Revolution, by the moral philosopher, historian and man-of-letters Adam …
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€106.13
Max Skjonsberg & Ian Stewart: Adam Ferguson’s Later Writings
This volume will publish for the first time thirty-six, until now, unpublished letters, as well as a new essay on the French Revolution, by the moral philosopher, historian and man-of-letters Adam …
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€106.20
