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La valeur de la science Henri Poincaré · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 152p · ≈ 5h · Moderate La recherche de la verite doit etre le but de notre activite ; c'est la seule fin qui soit digne d'elle. Sans doute nous devons d'abord nous efforcer de soulager les souffrances humaines, mais pourquoi ? Shares Filosofie, Mathematics, Philosophie, Science

Fragments of science John Tyndall · 1879 · 589p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Shares Addresses, Science with this book.

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche · 1909 · 18p · ≈ 36m · Moderate Shares Philosophie, Philosophy with this book.

Mathematical Essays and Recreations

Mathematical Essays and Recreations Hermann Schubert · 1899 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Challenging http://uf.catalog.fcla.edu/uf.jsp?st=UF021014217&ix=pm&I=0&V=D&pm=1 Shares Mathematics, Philosophy

Tractatus logico-philosophicus Ludwig Wittgenstein · 1921 · ★ 4.1 · 90p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Wittgenstein's book about the problems of language and his attempt of describing the world and an philosophical accurate and most of all logical language. Shares History & Surveys, Modern, Logic, Philosophie

Cours de philosophie positive Auguste Comte · 1800 · ★ 3.2 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Shares Mathematics, Science, Philosophy with this book.

My Philosophical Development Bertrand Russell · 1959 · 279p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Russell gives an account of his philosophical development. He describes his Hegelian period and includes hitherto unpublished notes for a Hegelian philosophy of science. He deals next with the two-fold revolution involved with his abandonment of idealism and adoption of a mathematical logic founded upon that of Giuseppe Peano. After two chapters on Principia Mathematica (1910-1913), he passes to… Shares Filosofie, Philosophy

Science and the human temperament Erwin Schrödinger · 1935 · 223p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Addresses, Science, Philosophy with this book.

The fundamental questions of philosophy Ewing, A. C. · 1951 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Filosofie, Philosophie, Philosophy with this book.

Unpopular Essays Bertrand Russell · 1901 · ★ 4.1 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A classic collection of Bertrand Russell's more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, *Unpopular Essays* is one of Russell's most characteristic and self-revealing books. Written to "combat... the growth in Dogmatism", on first publication in 1950 it met with critical acclaim and a wide readership and has since become one of his most accessible and popular books. Shares History & Surveys, Modern, Philosophie, Philosophy

La science et l'hypothèse Henri Poincaré · 1900 "Science and Hypothesis is a classic text in history and philosophy of science. Widely popular since its original publication in 1902, this first new translation of the work in over a century features unpublished material missing from earlier editions. Addressing errors introduced by Greenstreet and Halsted in their early 20th-century translations, it incorporates all the changes, corrections and… Shares Mathematics, Philosophie, Science, Philosophy

Jenseits von Gut und Böse Friedrich Nietzsche · 1885 · ★ 4.0 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Since the French Revolution the influence of woman in Europe has DECLINED in proportion as she has increased her rights and claims; and the "emancipation of woman," insofar as it is desired and demanded by women themselves (and not only by masculine shallow-pates), thus proves to be a remarkable symptom of the increased weakening and deadening of the most womanly instincts. Shares History & Surveys, Modern, Philosophie, Philosophy

De la causa Giordano Bruno · 1889 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Giordano Bruno's notorious public death in 1600, at the hands of the Inquisition in Rome, marked the transition from Renaissance philosophy to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. In his philosophical works he addressed such delicate issues as the role of Christ as mediator and the distinction, in human beings, between soul and matter. This volume presents new translations of… Shares History & Surveys, Modern, Philosophie, Philosophy

The common sense of science Jacob Bronowski · 1951 · 154p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Discusses science as a characteristic part of human activity and as an effort to render the world predictable. Shares Science, Philosophy

An introduction to logic and scientific method Morris Raphael Cohen · 1934 · 467p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Logic, Science, Philosophy with this book.

Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme Auguste Comte · 1848 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Positivism is a philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from sensory experience, logical and mathematical treatments is the exclusive source of all authoritative knowledge, that there is valid knowledge (truth) only in scientific knowledge. Verified data received from the senses is known as empirical evidence. This view, when applied to the social as to the natural… Shares History & Surveys, Philosophy

Python Object-Oriented Programming

Python Object-Oriented Programming Steven F. Lott & Dusty Phillips · 2021 · 714p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Shares Mathematics with this book.

C Programming For Dummies

C Programming For Dummies Dan Gookin · 2017 · 413p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares Mathematics with this book.

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