Borin Van Loon Livres

Insurgency and the Artist explores not merely how Indian printmakers and artists responded to the freedom struggle but also how the art they fashioned their own conception of the nation.

With innovative graphics, "Introducing Sociology" traces the discipline's history, and explains the intricacies of its major thinkers from Comte and Marx to Baudrillard and beyond.

This book describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, this book also shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth individually and by inspiration which is passed from teacher to student.

Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to such topics as number-systems, geometry and algebra, calculus, the theory of the infinite, statistical reasoning and chaos theory.

This book describes in detail a culture and way of thinking which predates Western philosophy by several centuries. It is an ideal guide for the Western reader to the historical and philosophical basis of Eastern cultures.

Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to topics such as algebra and chaos theory.

Provides information in graphic novel format about the wealth of critical theories from sources including deconstructionists, poststructuralists, postmodernists, second-wave feminists, new historicists, and cultural materialists.

The media has become a condition of our existence. Introducing Media Studies explores media history and the complex relationship between the media, ideology, knowledge, and power, presenting a coherent view of the media industry, media theory, and methods in media research.

Provides an incisive tour through this complex subject, charting its origins in Britain and its migration to the U.S.A.

Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being.

Brand-new INTRODUCING guide to the subject that makes the world go round

"Disenchantment with the underlying materialism of much of present-day society is driving many Westerners towards the integrated approach of Eastern philosophy, but often in a vague and generalized form." "In this introduction to the world's oldest philosophies, Richard Osborne and Borin Van Loon brilliantly elucidate the complex strands of Eastern thought from Confucius to Buddha and Islam to Tao. They explain the emphasis on the "nature of being", and on ethical and communal principles." "They also illuminate the search for Enlightenment, showing how these ideas are set within a cosmic whole rather than a framework of practical, scientific, and individual thought."--Jacket

An innovative graphic guide to Hinduism, the world's third-largest religion.

From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics are routinely 'damning', 'horrifying', or, occasionally, 'encouraging'. Yet, for all their ubiquity, most of us really don't know what to make of statistics. Exploring the history, mathematics, philosophy and practical use of statistics, Eileen Magnello - accompanied by Bill Mayblin's intelligent graphic illustration - traces the rise of statistics from the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese, to the censuses of Romans and the Greeks, and the modern emergence of the term itself in Europe. She explores the 'vital statistics' of, in particular, William Farr, and the mathematical statistics of Karl Pearson and R.A. Fisher.She even tells how knowledge of statistics can prolong one's life, as it did for evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, given eight months to live after a cancer diagnoses in 1982 - and he lived until 2002. This title offers an enjoyable, surprise-filled tour through a subject that is both fascinating and crucial to understanding our world.

Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field.

Wstrząsająca autobiografia chłopca wychowanego w odizolowanym gospodarstwie pod okiem despotycznego przywódcy sekty... a jednocześnie jego ojca. W niedzielę 13 października 2019 roku uciekłem z rodzinnej farmy, na której spędziłem pierwsze dwadzieścia pięć lat życia bez jakiegokolwiek kontaktu ze światem zewnętrznym, wypełniając wolę mojego ojca założyciela sekty. Nigdy nie chodziłem do szkoły. Nie miałem żadnych przyjaciół. Towarzyszami mojej codzienności były tylko duchy i modlitwy do Boga. Wiara i przekonania ojca porządkowały najdrobniejsze aspekty znanej mi rzeczywistości. Dorastałem w nieustannym lęku, w smutku i poczuciu winy, bo osoba, która powinna być moim opiekunem i wsparciem, traktowała mnie raczej jak narzędzie do religijnych rytuałów niż syna. Coraz częściej czułem, że coś jest nie tak. Pełen grzechu i niebezpieczeństw świat zewnętrzny, którego tak się bałem, przedzierał się powoli do mojej świadomości, a kiedy wreszcie zdecydowałem się na ucieczkę, nie miałem pojęcia, co mnie czeka. Co się dzieje z psychiką człowieka dorastającego w całkowitej izolacji od świata, dręczonego fizycznie, wystawianego na silną psychiczną presję i poddawanego dzień po dniu praniu umysłu? Czy da się zacząć zwyczajnie funkcjonować po 25 latach życia w takich warunkach?

Kniha předkládá zábavnou komiksovou formou přehled důležitých myšlenek a konceptů východní filozofie. Zvláště se zabývá myšlenkovými proudy, které se zrodily v Číně a Indii, mají prastaré kořeny a dnes stále víc ovlivňují myšlení a náboženské vnímání západního světa. Brilantním a zároveň humorným způsobem se zde vysvětlují základy různých škol indického hinduismu a buddhismu nebo čínská konfuciánská a taoistická. Seznámíme se tak se základy východní eschatologie, neosobní etiky, s pojmy osvícení a nirvána v kontrastu se západním pojetím individualismu a vědeckého pohledu na svět. Kniha je určena studentům filozofie a religionistiky.

The authors provide a brief introduction to the life and theories of Charles Darwin.

This book explains psychology as taught in schools, colleges and universities, and also sets it in a broader context, considering philosophical and social issues that concern all human beings today.