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Out of the Labyrinth: Setting Mathematics Free by Robert Kaplan
$46.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
Who hasn't feared the math Minotaur in its labyrinth of abstractions? Now, in Out of the Labyrinth, Robert and Ellen Kaplan--the founders of The Math Circle, the popular learning program begun at Harvard in 1994--reveal the secrets behind their highly successful approach, leading readers out of the laby ...Show more
The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite by Robert D. Kaplan
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
This work provides a history of the "Arabists", a group of US expatriates who spent much of their lives living and working in the Arab world, in areas such as education and intelligence. It demonstrates their profound influence on American attitudes towards the Middle East.
The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics by Robert Kaplan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
The Art of the Infinite takes infinity, in its countless guises, as a touchstone for understanding mathematical thinking. Robert and Ellen Kaplan guide us through the "Republic of Numbers," where we meet both its upstanding citizens and its more shadowy dwellers; and transport us across the plane of geo ...Show more
The Exceptional Brain and How it Changed the World by Robert M. Kaplan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science | Reading Level: very good
Dr Robert Kaplan, a forensic-psychiatrist and researcher, set out to explore the various brain diseases or conditions that have made some people very famous (or infamous), and often changed the course of history. The Exceptional Brain and How It Changed the World delves into the lives of famous figures ...Show more
The Nothing That Is : A Natural History of Zero by Robert Kaplan; Ellen Kaplan (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Pop Science
A symbol for what is not there, an emptiness that increases any number it's added to, an inexhaustible and indispensable paradox. As we enter the year 2000, zero is once again making its presence felt. Nothing itself, it makes possible a myriad of calculations. Indeed, without zero mathematics as we kno ...Show more
The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate by Robert D. Kaplan
$54.95 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of "Monsoon" and "Balkan Ghosts, " offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world. In "The Revenge of Geography, "Kaplan bu ...Show more
The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power by Robert D. Kaplan
$41.95 AUD
Category: Politics
A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy "Spare, elegant and poignant . . . If there is a single contemporary book that should be pressed into the hands of those who decide issues of war and peace, this is it."--John Gray, New Statesman ...Show more
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