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“robert g bill”

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  • Geometry, Geodesics, and the Universe

    The Lines that Led from Euclid to Einstein

    by Robert G. Bill ...
    The story of the development of geometry is told as it emerged from the concepts of the ancient Greeks, familiar from high school, to the four-dimensional space-time that is central to our modern vision of the universe. The reader is first reacquainted with the geometric system compiled by Euclid with its postulates thought to be self-evident truths. A particular focus is on Euclid’s fifth ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Images of Mathematics Viewed Through Number, Algebra, and Geometry

    by Robert G. Bill ...
    Mathematics is often seen only as a tool for science, engineering, and other quantitative disciplines. Lost in the focus on the tools are the intricate interconnecting patterns of logic and ingenious methods of representation discovered over millennia which form the broader themes of the subject. This book, building from the basics of numbers, algebra, and geometry provides sufficient background ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Pursuit of Happiness in a More Perfect Union

    Creating an American Economy of Equal Opportunity

    by Robert G. Bill ...
    The conflict between conservatives and liberals over public economic policy appears to have become a permanent feature of the American political landscape. Conservatives seek economic solutions with the market as virtually the sole organizing economic principle, invoking individualism inspired by the Declaration of Independences right to the pursuit of happiness. Liberals look to an important ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

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    by Albert Einstein ...
    E=mc2: It may be Einstein’s most well-known contribution to modern science, but how many people understand the thought process or physics behind this famous equation?In this collection of his seven most important essays on physics, Einstein guides his reader step-by-step through the many layers of scientific theory that formed a starting point for his discoveries. By both supporting and refuting ... Read more

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  • Philosophy of Physics

    Space and Time

    by Tim Maudlin ...
    Series series Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy
    This concise book introduces nonphysicists to the core philosophical issues surrounding the nature and structure of space and time, and is also an ideal resource for physicists interested in the conceptual foundations of space-time theory.Tim Maudlin's broad historical overview examines Aristotelian and Newtonian accounts of space and time, and traces how Galileo's conceptions of relativity and ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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    A Personal Statement

    by Milton Friedman, Rose Friedman ...
    INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA powerful and persuasive discussion about economics, freedom, and the relationship between the two, from today's brightest economist.In this classic discussion, Milton and Rose Friedman explain how our freedom has been eroded and our affluence undermined through the explosion of laws, regulations, agencies, and spending in Washington. This important analysis reveals what ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Requiem for the American Dream

    The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power

    by Noam Chomsky ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!In his first major book on the subject of income inequality, Noam Chomsky skewers the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism and casts a clear, cold, patient eye on the economic facts of life. What are the ten principles of concentration of wealth and power at work in America today? They're simple enough: reduce democracy, shape ideology, redesign the economy, shift the ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Good Society

    The Human Agenda

    by John Kenneth Galbraith ...
    The legendary economist explains how a nation can remain both compassionate and fiscally sound, with "common sense raised to the level of genius" ( The New Yorker).This compact, eloquent book offers a blueprint for a workable national agenda that allows for human weakness without compromising a humane culture. Arguing that it is in the best interest of the United States to avoid excessive wealth ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Special Theory of Relativity

    by David Bohm ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    In these inspiring lectures David Bohm explores Albert Einstein‘s celebrated Theory of Relativity that transformed forever the way we think about time and space. Yet for Bohm the implications of the theory were far more revolutionary both in scope and impact even than this. Stepping back from dense theoretical and scientific detail in this eye ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Plunder and Deceit

    Big Government's Exploitation of Young People and the Future

    by Mark R. Levin ...
    #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Mark R. Levin delivers a "bracing meditation” (National Review) on the ways our government has failed the next generation.In modern America, the civil society is being steadily devoured by a ubiquitous federal government. But as the government grows into an increasingly authoritarian and centralized federal Leviathan, many parents continue to ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Capitalism and Freedom

    by Milton Friedman ...
    One of the most significant works of economic theory ever written, from the "outstanding [and] unfailingly enlightening" Milton Friedman ( Newsweek).One of Time magazine's All-Time 100 Best Nonfiction BooksOne of Times Literary Supplement's 100 Most Influential Books Since the WarOne of National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the CenturyOne of Intercollegiate Studies Institute's 50 Best ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wealth and Democracy

    How Great Fortunes and Government Created America's Aristocracy

    by Kevin Phillips ...
    For more than thirty years, Kevin Phillips' insight into American politics and economics has helped to make history as well as record it. His bestselling books, including The Emerging Republican Majority (1969) and The Politics of Rich and Poor (1990), have influenced presidential campaigns and changed the way America sees itself. Widely acknowledging Phillips as one of the nation's most ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD