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An illuminating collection of inspirational poems by a Nobel Laureate
While traveling through one of the poorest regions in India, W. B. Yeats was amazed to discover the women in the tea fields singing the songs and poems of Rabindranath Tagore. This striking scene led the great Irish poet to appreciate the depth of India's far-reaching tradition of poetry and the fame of this one Indian poet. Tagore's work is without equal and plays an eminent role in twentieth century Indian literature.
The publication of the English edition of Gitanjali in 1911 earned Rabindranath Tagore the Nobel Prize in literature. A collection of over one hundred inspirational poems, Gitanjali covers the breadth of life's experiences, from the quiet pleasure of observing children at play to a man's struggle with his god. These are poems that transcend time and place.
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Song Offerings A collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
Customer Reviews:
Gitanjali.......2007-10-05
Simply one of the best books I have ever read. Very moving, and more importantly gives you a real perspective on life.
What a master of words.......2007-08-20
I don't think I am qualified enough (in Literature) to even comprehend the full meaning of every poem, but his gift is apparent from the first one's. He had an amazing eye for things in life most people will never care to even notice, and he had the talent to put forth those images and feelings in writing. No wonder he is hailed has one of the greatest literary minds in India. for people who want to explore more about Tagore, poetry wasn't his talent..he was a writer (plays and novels), a composer, an artist, and a Humanitarian.
Gitanjali.......2007-08-08
Extremely disappointing to find that the verses of Gitanjali are not numbered in this edition. Important that numbers be included for referencing in communication with others with whom one is discussing this classic.
Great Indian Poet.......2006-03-20
I gave this book to an friend of mine who lives in India and she just raves about it. Tagore is a great poet and this is in my opinion his best colletion.
Awesome.......2005-09-09
A magnanimous spirit's spiritual legacy.
It made me close my eyes and ruminate on the world as it was meant to be.
Reading just one or two poems might be unfulfilling or even boring.
The reader has to allow himself to be drawn in and read 7-8 of them and then perhaps re-read them. That's when the magic truly sets in.
It then indulges the nooks of the mind that daily routines tend to push out of sight.
The poems are easy to read since they are fairly short (9-10 lines often), but they put forth a lot more than that.
The original version in Bengali is supposed to be even better, but the English translation was special enough for me.
Brilliant is an understatement.
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After two tough years practicing law, Stan and his family take a well deserved vacation to Colorado. Unfortunately the vacation is cut short when a client is found standing over the body of a dead IRS agent. It appears to be an open and shut case since Dusty Thomas has had a long feud with the dead agent Bobby Tuttle, and more than enough motive to kill him, yet he claims to be innocent.
Stan's new partner Paula Waters convinces Stan to finish his vacation promising to handle Dusty Thomas' arraignment and get an investigation underway. While Stan is away, she makes good on her promise and even manages to arrange financing for Dusty's defense. But Stan is mortified when he reads in the Colorado papers that a radical paramilitary group, the Citizens Defense Alliance or CDA, is doing the funding.
Since the CDA denies the legitimacy of the federal income tax and has been a target of federal prosecutors for many years, Stan and Paula immediately come under the close scrutiny of the FBI and the press. To further complicate matters, Stan's best client and close friend, Tex Weller, is reported missing by his wife. When Stan investigates his disappearance he finds a letter that leads him to believe Tex is in Ecuador.
While Stan is searching for Tex in Ecuador, Paula continues her investigation of Bobby Tuttle's murder and quickly discovers a long list of enemies with motive to kill him. But her investigation is sidetracked when she learns Stan is missing and may have been kidnaped. As weeks go by and Stan isn't found, she is forced to turn her attention back to the Dusty Thomas case and leave the search for Stan up to the FBI and the local Ecuadorian authorities. Barely able to concentrate, she plods on and day by day and soon becomes convinced that Dusty Thomas is innocent.
Customer Reviews:
A fast-paced adventure.......2004-09-13
The latest Stan Turner thriller revolves around a client accused of killing an IRS agent - involving Stan in the middle of a fight between the FBI and a citizen's committee - and his best friend's disappearance. With more than a single crime in his pot, Stan must uncover many hidden truths in this fast-paced adventure.
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Super Reader.......2007-08-02
Conan's reputation as a thief in Shadizar has grown so much it is starting to cause him problems.
As such, he takes a job that offers the possibility of a big score, and ends up saving Karela the Red Hawk a couple of times, and mixed up with sorcerers, necromancers, soldiers, lizard men and more.
For a pastiche, a pretty good one.
Shallow but fun. .......2007-05-13
Robert Jordan wrote this first Conan book in 1982, and it is a far cry from his later work on the Wheel of Time. That being said, I do think Jordan does a fair job of portraying the most famous sword and sorcery hero of all time. Conan represents an almost unstoppable force with a unique moral outlook, best described as an honorable thief. Jordan's battle scenes are bloody and quick, men are greedy and dirty, wizards are dark and sinister, and (best of all) women are sexy and usually naked.
'Conan the Invincible' tells of Conan accepting a job that turns out to be more than he expected. A strange wizard pays him to steal some jewels from the king of Zamora, but somebody beats him to it. As he tracks the thieves, he encounters a number of interesting characters that'll show up in following novels, including Kerala. Evil wizards and snake men pose quite a challenge to the young Conan, but nothing he can't handle.
Don't expect anything too deep or complicated here and you'll be pleased.
One of the better Conan's by Jordan.......2006-04-14
Jordan is not the best writer of Conan tales since Howard, in my opinion. I think he's maybe the most popular writer of Conan tales next to REH, but that's something else entirely. I typically find Jordan's writings of Conan rather diluted and perhaps too heavy on magic and socery. Nothing against socery, it belongs in Conan novels, but the way Jordan does it reminds me of cheesy '80s made-for-television sci-fi shlock, with green lighting and smoke effects. I think you can make a strong case that the cavalry leader pursuing Conan and the bandits somewhat steals the show in this novel, at least that's the feeling I remember walking away with after finishing this book a few months ago. Despite the terrible cover art, this is a solid piece of story telling with a fast pace and high action uncharacteristic of Robert Jordan.
Classic Conan.......2005-11-16
Aside from the creator of Conan (Robert E. Howard), Jordan is the best Conan author I've read to date. He did his Conan work in the 80's before he began on his epic Wheel of Time, and they are pretty much the antithesis of each other. Jordan's Conan books are clear, concise, and to the point. Plot and background is provided (e.g. where the Necromancer in The Invincible comes from), but only enough to support the action of the novels. Fights are savage and bloody (as Conan novels should be), women are scantily clad and promiscuous, and wizards are almost always the bad guys, opposed to the muscular Cimmerian. Jordan's writing is the closest to the raw energy you can see in Howard's original stories.
Conan The Invincible is my favorite of Jordan's. It's a quick, easy read, but for all that it's really well written in a classic Conan style. Plus this is the novel where we first meet Karela, The Red Hawk, a woman bandit/warrior who appears in several other of Jordan's novels. She serves as a great counterpart for Conan. I've read this book numerous times by this point, and it always satisfies my sword and sorcery hunger.
classic Conan.......2003-09-11
This is not an ambitious novel. Yet it perfectly fulfills the mandates of the sword & sorcery novel: plently of bloodshed, beautiful women, exotic warriors, and soulless necromancy. Jordan wrote it before his sprawling Wheel of Time books, and it offers the quick-pacing, thrill-a-minute style that his current series now lacks (for better or worse). I heartily recommend it; it was one of the original books that hooked me onto reading when I was a kid, and I've read it again a few times since.
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Research suggests that between five and ten percent of all children are dyspraxic. There is much debate about the nature of this disorder and many undiagnosed youngsters are denied access to treatment programs. In most areas there is limited access to specialists, and support, when available, is delivered through parents and teachers.
This second edition of Madeleine Portwood's successful manual aims to give parents, teachers and health professionals the confidence to diagnose and assess dyspraxia. Most importantly, it offers them an intervention program that will significantly improve the cognitive functioning of the dyspraxic child or teenager. Updated in light of the author's new and extensive research, the book provides the reader with background information on the neurological basis of the condition; strategies for identification, diagnosis and assessment; proven programs of intervention that can be monitored by anyone closely involved with the child; strategies to improve curricular attainments; remediation activities to develop perceptual and motor skills; programs to develop self-esteem; and information about where to find help.
Customer Reviews:
Best Dyspraxia/Apraxia book at this time........2007-01-01
If you can have just one book on dyspraxia, this should be it. And if you have a child with some type of apraxia diagnosis, please read this book too. Parents of children with dysgraphia (poor handwriting) may also bennefit.
If your child with apraxia has profound speech problems and cannot communicate verbally at all, this will not be enough by itself, but will be useful to help support speech therapy, especially if your child is also learning sign language but is having some motor problems with that as well.
If you are trying to help a person with aquired apraxia (brain injury or stroke,) you will probably want something different.
In the US our children tend to get the diagnosis of "apraxia" "developmental apraxia" "speech dyspraxia" "childhood apraxia" "verbal dyspraxia" or "global apraxia" more often than they get a "developmental dyspraxia" diagnosis. These different lables are supposed to indicate subtle differences in the problems and needs these people face. However, from a practical standpoint, most of the methods designed to help someone with one of these developmental dyspraxia will help someone with one of the related diagnosises, sometimes with just slight modifications.
This book is full of strategies and specific sugestions to help people facing problems with apraxia that is present since birth or childhood (developmental dyspraxia, childhood apraxia) as opposed to people who have suffered from a brain injury or stroke. It covers a wide range of ages and the sugestions are concrete and very doable. I am a parent of both a child with autism and another child with developmental dypraxia/speech dyspraxia and this is one of the most valuable resources I own for helping my boys overcome their motor planning and coordination problems. It is also very helpful for speech problems as well. I am able to create a useful home program to suppliment the activities done at school and in therapy using this book. And the school personel have also been impressed with this book. I like this book much better than the Marshalla books which seem geared to kids whose impairment is so profound. (Don't misunderstand me, her books a very good, I do like them, just less complete.) Her books don't offer many suggestions for children whose issues include other motor functions (like handling silverware) but which many children with speech apraxia also face. (Of course she is an SLP and not an OT so it's not really the point of her work, but we parents will be concerned with both.) Also, she offers few suggestions once an apraxic child becomes verbal but is still not making sense where as this book is aimed more at those kids who have a range of issues and who can talk to some degree. Not only is word pronunciation linked to motor skills, but also word order in sentences, use of pronouns and many other skills require an internal coordination that mirrors external coordination. If we can remediate these oganizational factors in our children then their other therapies (speech, ABA, floortime, social skill building, etc.) become more effective. There is so little information on this group of disorders that is truely useful to parents and teachers, but this book is very complete. It is very well done and has information useful in both settings. Indeed, most of the examples given in the book involve school settings, so professionals should also find this book to be very valuable.
Good luck to all of you parents and teachers who work daily with these kids!
First-Rate Book -- Also known as Apraxia in US.......2000-02-09
I actually have a copy of her first edition (which was published only in the UK). It is excellent. As a parent of a child with severe motor and oral dyspraxia/apraxia I know exactly how difficult it can be to find qualified info on this subject. Most of what you can find (which isn't much) deals with identifying it. I already know my son has this. I need to know what to do about it. This is one of the few books that deals with exactly how to "treat" the motor dyspraxia. If you have a child or student with dyspraxia/apraxia, get this book. When I read it I said, "finally, a book that adequately describes my child." By the way, this affliction is generally known as dyspraxia in the UK and as apraxia in the US. Also, there are 2 types - motor and oral, but most people will find that their afflicted child has some of both types. I hope this helps someone!
Practical help for all ages.......1999-06-13
This book does not dwell greatly on ideals or hypotheses, nor on soothing chat. The reader will find practical, well-organized information on a good variety of ways to assess and train a child's abilities without highly specialized equipment.
I was impressed by the differences that generalized training in motor skills seemed to make in specific tasks such as handwriting, and also by the reports that "normal" children helping with lunchtime training programs enjoyed the experience, and felt closer to the previously isolated "clumsy" children, with their associated tendency to be irritable and easily distracted (not to mention distracting!). The scope of the book really does cover both parents and schools -- this book is grounded in solid observation and experience.
Ms. Portwood stresses that intervention helps at all ages, often bolstering self-esteem and social skills along with growing achievement in motor skills.I am looking forward to using this book with my son.
I believe that Dyspraxia is also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder in the U.S.
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- Dishes you will repeatedly make!
- 450 recipes - only 200 if you don't cook with alcohol
- Pleasure Reading!
- BUY IT...end of story!
- Great food, wonderful suggestions
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Barbara Doyen
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Book Description
This cookbook is for health-conscious carnivores who are tired of the vegan rhetoric.
Customer Reviews:
Dishes you will repeatedly make!.......2005-10-22
This recipe book is full of so many dinner foods your family will ask for for years!
450 recipes - only 200 if you don't cook with alcohol.......2005-08-10
None of the other reviews have mentioned that at least half of the recipes use wine or beer as one of the ingredients. If you like cooking with alcohol, it's a great cookbook. If you don't cook with alcohol, there are still over 200 very yummy recipes for you to try.
Pleasure Reading!.......2004-12-30
I have not had the opportunity to explore the vast reaches of this book. But every time I pick a new recipe from it... It is wonderful. The first time I went on the Atkins Diet, I thought I never wanted to see another slab of cream cheese in my life!
As I'm sitting here writing this review I'm sipping a delicious beverage that cannot stop drinking. Absolutely fabulous stuff! Made from roasted soya that you brew like coffee. My doctor said my cholesterol dropped 30 points thanks to this. Look for it online at www.s oycoffee.com.
As for the book, it's pure pleasure reading. Thanks to books like this one, it is becoming a joy to be on a low-carb, high protein diet! In short... BUY IT!
BUY IT...end of story!.......2004-10-21
I keep this book in my kitchen at all times. So many recipes, so many ideas AND EASY!! There's no need to say more...just buy the book--it's my "meat bible". (Good shrimp recipes & interesting exotic game recipes)
Great food, wonderful suggestions.......2002-01-14
If you don't have this cookbook in your collection of low-carb cookbooks, you may be missing many excellent ideas and recipes. There is a large section of recipes for ground beef patties (or ground chicken or turkey)which for me offer a needed change from eggs for breakfast. There are tons of chicken, beef, pork, and seafood main entree recipes, all quick to make, and very tasty. I have cooked up many of the recipes in this cookbook. Many of my friends who have been the beneficiary of the recipes in this book have asked where I got the recipe. I have sent a lot of friends to Amazon.com to get this cookbook! The chicken pizza is one of my favorites, as well as the chili without beans, and the lasagna recipe. This is my primary low-carb cookbook. It uses all normal ingredients I usually keep on hand. I don't need to buy special spices and condiments just to cook these yummy recipes. I might add I have lost 25 pounds in five months using these recipes and recipes from two of my other favorites: Lauri's Low-Carb cooking, and Everyday Low-Carb Cookery.
Book Description
A book paying homage to the designs of Philip J. Handel, whose vision for The Handel Company of Meriden, Connecticut, was to combine individual craftsmanship with creative accomplishment.
Customer Reviews:
Defalco captures the very best of the beauty of Handel.......1998-12-06
This is the absolute best reference book on Handel lighting - period. Defalco & Company show that they are the number one authority on the subject of Handel. I have seen many reference publications with examples of Handel lighting but never such a comprehensive work such as this.
Book Description
• Full range of paper-crafting techniques
• Author is an expert on paper art, with work in major museums
• Exciting, upscale projects
From richly textured handmade paper to elegant pop-ups, Paper in Three Dimensions brings paper crafting to new levels. Author Diane Maurer-Mathison uses the 3-D concept as a springboard to creativity, so her readers can do the same. The hottest paper-crafting topics are all here, including origami, pop-ups, paper sculpture, cast and handmade papers, dimensional sculpture, and boxes and baskets, each presented with fresh projects. Lavishly illustrated step-by-step directions make it simple to create an origami bowl with origami lilies; a greeting card in the shape of the Eiffel Tower; and a pop-up sculpture garden, complete with trees, gated walls, and flowers. Unusual and sophisticated, Paper in Three Dimensions is sure to delight paper crafters from the ground up, up, up!
Customer Reviews:
best in its field (of one).......2007-10-01
This is the best book I've seen (and I've looked through EVERYTHING at Barnes and Noble and Borders stores) on making all kinds of three-dimensional paper creations. In fact, it's pretty much one of a kind. True, as another reviewer says, it doesn't have patterns for the illustrated projects, but it does have good instructions. I would think that most people would want to come up with their own works by using the illustrated techniques, and being inspired by the author's finished projects. After all, the idea is to be creative, isn't it?
Where are the patterns?.......2007-06-27
The illustrations were beautiful, and I was disappointed to learn that patterns were not included.
Good artistic selections.......2007-04-03
Diane Maure-Mathison does a good job of putting together a nice selection of creative ideas with paper. She focuses on creativity and simple ideas that can be easily expanded. Her work on pop-ups which I was looking for covers the basics but does not go into the details of more complex design.
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good.......2006-04-26
There models aren't all boxes
You have
The easiest box, A4 traditonal
All-purpose box, two squares
Row of boxes, 12 X 4 inches/30cm x 10cm
Desktop basket, square
Classic Japanese box, two squares traditonal
Banded box, two squares 10 inches/25cm
Nested boxes, eight squares
Box of cards, 18 playing cards
Patchwork box, 8 sheets
Gift bag, gift wrap
Triangle box, 8 inches/ 20 cm
Money basket, money bill traditonal
Color cube, six squares
Star basket, square traditonal
Triangle gift box 9x 12/22cm x 30cm
Five happiness bowl, square traditonal
Mystery box, square
Hexagon box,four A4
Four thirsty birds 8 inches/20cm
Round bowl 10 inches/25cm
One piece box, 8 x 10 inches/ 20cm x 25 cm
no origami
Plant pot cover, 12 pieces of newsprint 6 x 22 inches/15cm x 55cm
Flower gift wrap, two sheets of tissue paper
no box
Stand-up frame, A4
Book Description
Original designs by origami artists from Europe and Japan.
Origami is an ancient art, yet modern paper folders continue to innovate and invent new and fascinating folds. The origami projects in this book are some of the best ever created and range from practical projects for everyday use to intricate art rooted in ceremony and tradition.
Advanced Origami features 60 designs using exotic folds not typically seen in North American origami. Each project is fully illustrated with line drawings and the finished piece is showcased in color photography. An introductory section explains basic folding techniques and terminology followed by five sections:
- Boxes and containers
- Animals
- Cards, envelopes and wallets
- Magic folds
- Airplanes and helicopters.
Advanced Origami is an exceptional collection to challenge paper folders at all levels. Boursin excels in designing new folds and in finding the best new origami from around the world -- practical, durable objects of beauty to hone the talents of fans of this ancient art.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2007-03-29
clear instructions & wonderful color pictures make it easy to make complex origami shapes.
Advanced? No. Good? No........2003-01-07
Like other reviewers have stated, this book doesn't come even close to being targeted toward advanced folders. In fact, I'm sure most beginners could pick up this book and fold pretty much anything in it.
Yes, there are some practical models, but these are mediocre at best.
My main complaint is the way the author "cheats" on his models. Many, many, many models use odd sized paper (yeah, this maybe okay occasionaly, but he uses this too often.) By using non-square paper, the author is either trying to make it easier on the reader (Why? Isn't this an "advanced" book) or, more likely, is trying to cover up his ineptness at folding.
What is even more frustrating is his liberal use of the "scissors" icon, signalling the folder to cut a portion of the paper during the folding process. Not only is this a slap in the face to true folders, but it is just another way the author is "cheating." For example, the model for the grasshopper requires the folder to, get this, literally cut out legs and antennae! Yes, insects and other many-legged creatures can be difficult to fold, but 1)this is an "advanced" book and 2)to me at least, if you're cutting the paper to make legs, you are no longer in the realm of "origami."
Finally, despite what other reviewers have said, I don't think the diagrams are all that great nor are the pictures that beautiful. You are much better off buying any other origami book than this.
One more thing...WAY too many paper airplanes!
Advanced origami? No, not really.......2001-02-28
I must agree with the other reviewers. The models in this book are not advanced, but it does have some wonderful practical origami. The diagrams are very clear and the photographs are great as well. The models in the second half of the book are nothing special though there are a couple of nice airplanes. If you are interested in practical origami, by all means buy this book; just keep in mind the models are at an intermediate level at best.
For practical users, 5 stars. For others, 3 stars........2001-02-05
I agree with Alan's review above, the title of this book is very misleading. When I first got this book I was quite disappointed that the designs here are not advanced. In fact, they are too easy to fold for advanced and experianced folders (for me they only ranked at too-easy to intermediate level). But just forget about it and then I find this book contains the richest practical origami models in a single book so far. These wonderful models are collected in the first half of the book. We can learn how to fold a purse, a clip holder, a booknote, a bookmarker, etc. In fact now my clipholder and bookmarker are folded as this book did by myself. In my opinion this part is this book's (true) merit. Models in the latter half are a bit trite and too easy. If you are interested on the practical usage of origami, this is a 5 star book. If not, this is only 3 stars. So take an average, 4 stars ^^
Pretty good book, not so good title.......2001-01-31
This is a pretty good book, mostly focused on "practical" origami, with models such as envelopes, wallets, letter holders, etc. These models are fairly nice and useful as well. The few animal models are un-inspired and better versions can be found elsewhere.
There are some nice photographs and the diagrams are pretty good.(although non-standard notation does pop-up)
The title however is VERY misleading. This is an advanced-beginner to intermediate-level book.
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Chinese Traditional Residential Architecture
Wang Zhili
Manufacturer: Shandong Science & Technology Pub
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A timeless introduction to the field and a landmark in symbolic logic, showing that classical logic can be treated algebraically.
Customer Reviews:
Boole was the founder of probabilistic interval estimates.......2007-03-28
The most important part of this very important book is chapters 16-21 on the application of Boole's unique approach to standard algebra to probability(Boolean algebra is NOT the algebra of George Boole).Boole developed a method that allows one to calculate probability intervals.J M Keynes discovered Boole's approach and adapted it into a formal mathematical technique for the estimation of probability estimates.Theodore Hailperin ,in 1965,showed how Boole's approach could be translated into a linear programming problem formulation using integer and mixed integer solution approaches based on the standard simplex algorithm.The linear programming approach is the modern version ,then,of Boole's original technique used by him in 1854 and in two later journal articles published after 1854.The failure(ignorance) of modern logicians and philosophers to acknowledge(recognize) the priority of Boole in probability theory is a major shortcoming in this profession.Koopman and Good,rather than Boole and Keynes,are credited with developing the interval estimate approach technically.All one has to do is read Boole and Keynes to see that they had a fully operational mathematical technique.An Investigation of the Laws of Thought
This Edition Introduces Boole to a New Generation.......2006-06-09
Instead of writing an original review, I decided to quote excerpts from a review by Prof. James Van Evra, a noted authority on Boole and on the history of logic since 1800. The entire review can be found in the journal PHILOSOPHY IN REVIEW; Volume 24 (2004) pages 167-169. The words below are all by Prof. Van Evra.
The body of this book is a replica of the 1854 edition of George Boole's great work in logic. While it has been widely available in this form for over a century, what sets this edition apart is the inclusion of John Corcoran's extensive and penetrating introduction both to the text and to Boole's logical thought more generally. The result is a valuable addition to Boole scholarship conveniently bound with Boole's major work.
Corcoran's commentary is valuable to those already familiar with Boole's work, but is especially helpful to those approaching it for the first time. Many existing commentaries approach Boole from a present day perspective, i.e. as anticipating, however imperfectly, things to come (W. V. O. Quine's review of Desmond MacHale's biography of Boole ("In the Logical Vestibule") is an excellent example of this approach). There is some justification for doing this--Boole, after all, tended to be forward looking and had little positive to say about the tradition which preceded him. The effect of such an approach, however, is a tendency to stress what is lacking in Boole, rather than his positive contribution. Corcoran, by contrast, uses Aristotle's theory of logic as a baseline for his analysis. Starting with simple sentences and immediate inference, Corcoran clearly and accurately shows how Boole's logic covers the same ground. As he puts it, `Boole was one of the last logicians to take [the subject-connector-predicate view of simple propositions] seriously' (xiii). The result of Corcoran's approach is a view in which Boole's logic is seen to be simpler than Aristotle's in one respect (i.e. as a unified system), and more complicated in another (extending the range of propositions covered within it). By beginning with Aristotle, Corcoran's analysis provides an exceptionally clear account of Boole's positive contributions to logic.
At the same time, Corcoran also describes things that Boole's system lacks. Thus he points out that Boole never recognized indirect inference, and he notes problems that arise when Boole attempts to use algebraic devices (such as solving equations) as a warrant for logical inference (not all algebraic operations result in logically valid inferences). By detailing both the strengths and weaknesses in Boole's theory, Corcoran provides a balanced and accurate account Boole's proper place in the modern development of logic.
Another welcome feature of Corcoran's introduction is the inclusion of references, often to recent encyclopedia articles, at just those points at which readers with relatively little technical background encounter concepts that require some further explanation. Such an addition makes it easier for those with modest backgrounds in logic and algebra to work through Laws of Thought.
This year is the sesquicentennial anniversary of the publication of Laws of Thought. So much of what has happened in the meantime bears the mark of Boole's influence that it is appropriate to mark the occasion with a fresh look at the work. Corcoran's excellent introduction does this with clarity and rigor.
Boole's LT Breaks Ancient Mold , Founds Math Logic.......2003-08-03
. Aristotle and Boole are the two most original logicians before the era of modern logic. Aristotle presented the world's first system of logic. His system involves the standard three parts: first, a limited formalized predicational language; second, a formal method of step-by-step deductions for establishing validity of arguments having unlimited numbers of premisses; and third, an equally general method of countermodels for establishing invalidity. Boole's LAWS OF THOUGHT showed that logic is mathematical. Its stated aims were to refine, systematize, and complete the project started by Aristotle and, more ambitiously, to demonstrate the mathematical character of logic. His two-part system involves, first, a limited formalized equational language capable of expressing tautologies or "laws of thought", a breakthrough dramatically altering Aristotle's plan, and, second, a semi-formal method of derivation using equational reasoning totally absent from previous systematic logic. Boole's primary goals included construction of a method for generating solutions to sets of equations regarded as conditions on "unknowns", an unprecedented innovation with radical implications for the future development of logic. As for the third part of a system of logic, a method of establishing invalidity, surprisingly, Boole's book contains no systematic discussion of independence nor does it contain anything like a method of countermodels. Boole's LAWS OF THOUGHT set in motion forces that would lead to the ultimate fulfillment many of his goals including the establishment of mathematical logic.
NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO STUDY BOOLE........2003-07-11
The publication of The Laws of Thought in 1854 launched modern mathematical logic. The author George Boole (1815-1864) was already a celebrated mathematician specializing in what is known as analysis. If, as Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) tells us, we do not understand a thing until we see it growing from its beginning, then those who want to understand modern mathematical logic should begin with The Laws of Thought. There are many wonderful things about this book besides its historical importance. For one thing, the reader does not need to know any mathematical logic. There was none available to the audience for which it was written-even today a little basic algebra and a semester's worth of beginning logic is all that is required. For another thing, the book is exciting reading. The reader comes to feel through Boole's intense, serious, and sometimes labored writing that the birth of something very important is being witnessed. Of all the foundational writings concerning mathematical logic, this one is the most accessible to the nonexpert and it has the most to offer the nonexpert. The secondary literature on Boole is lively and growing, as can be seen from an excellent recent anthology (A BOOLE ANTHOLOGY by J.Gasser 2000) and a complete bibliography that is now available (Nambiar 2003). Boole's manuscripts on logic and philosophy, once nearly inaccessible, are now in print (Grattan-Guinness and Bornet 1997). This is a good time to start to study Boole.
It is true that Boole had written on logic before, but his earlier work did not attract much attention until after his reputation as a logician was established. Today he is known almost exclusively for his logic. In 1848 he published a short paper "The Calculus of Logic" (Boole 1848) and in 1847, at his own expense, he published a pamphlet The Mathematical Analysis of Logic (Boole1847). By the expression `mathematical analysis of logic' Boole did not mean to suggest that he was analyzing logic mathematically or that he was using mathematics to analyze logic. Rather his meaning was that he had found logic to be a new form of mathematics, not a form of philosophy as had been previously thought. More specifically, his point was that he had found logic to be a form of the branch of mathematics known as mathematical analysis, which includes algebra and calculus. (For a short description of this branch of mathematics, see the article "Mathematical Analysis" in the 1999 Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy (Audi 1999, 540-41).
Although this book begins mathematical logic, it does not begin logical theory. The construction of logical theory begins, of course, with Aristotle whose logical writings were known and admired by Boole. In fact, Boole explicitly accepted Aristotle's logic as "a collection of scientific truths" (1854, 241) and he regarded himself as following in Aristotle's footsteps. He thought that he was supplying a unifying foundation for Aristotle's logic and that he was at the same time expanding the range of propositions and deductions that were formally treatable in logic. Boole thought that Aristotle's logic was "not a science but a collection of scientific truths, too incomplete to form a system of themselves, and not sufficiently fundamental to serve as the foundation upon which a perfect system may rest" (Boole 1854, 241). As has been pointed out by Grattan-Guinness (2003; Grattan-Guinness and Bornet 1997), in 1854 Boole was less impressed with Aristotle's achievement than he was in 1847. In "The mathematical analysis of logic" (Boole 1847) Aristotle's logic plays the leading role, but in The Laws of Thought (Boole 1854) it occupies only one chapter of the fifteen on logic. Even though Boole's view of Aristotle's achievement waned as Boole's own achievement evolved, Boole never found fault with anything that Aristotle did in logic, with Aristotle's positive doctrine. Boole's criticisms were all directed at what Aristotle did not do, with what Aristotle omitted doing. Aristotle was already fully aware that later logicians would criticize his omissions, but unfortunately he did not reveal what he thought those omissions might be (Aristotle, Sophistical Refutations, Ch. 34).
The new 2003 edition by Prometheus Books(ISBN 1-59102-089-1, Paper ...)contains an accessible 25-page introduction by a modern logician.
difficult, but a classic--and worth the effort........2002-03-21
Yes, this is the Boole of Boolean algebra. No, this is not a primer. But if you have any interest at all in intellectual history or where the tools of computer science came from, then you will find this book worth the effort.
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George Boole (1815-1864) is renowned as the first logician to apply algebraic methods to logic successfully. His Mathematical Analysis of Logic, first published in 1847, was the ground-breaking work that laid the foundations for what is known today as Boolean algebra and the propositional calculus. Written in response to the altercation between Sr. William Hamilton and Augustus de Morgan over the quantification of the predicate within syllogistic theory, its remarkable innovations led other logicians, among them William Stanley Jevons, John Venn, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Ernst Schrder, to refine and develop Boole's system. In turn, their efforts were incorporated by Alfred North Whitehead and Bertrand Russell into the monumental system of Principia Mathematica. In short, modern symbolic logic was founded in the pages of this book.
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Modern mathematical logic would not exist without the analytical tools first developed by George Boole in The Mathematical Analysis of Logic and The Laws of Thought. The influence of the Boolean school on the development of logic, always recognised but long underestimated, has recently become a major research topic. This collection is the first anthology of works on Boole. It contains two works published in 1865, the year of Boole's death, but never reprinted, as well as several classic studies of recent decades and ten original contributions appearing here for the first time. From the programme of the English Algebraic School to Boole's use of operator methods, from the problem of interpretability to that of psychologism, a full range of issues is covered. The Boole Anthology is indispensable to Boole studies and will remain so for years to come.
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CELEBRATING BOOLE AFTER 150 YEARS.......2004-04-01
This review begins with three excerpts from a review by the Finnish historian of logic Risto Vilkko (pronounced REES-toh FEEL-koh) in THE REVIEW OF MODERN LOGIC. His whole review is well worth reading.
(1) James Gasser's A Boole Anthology is a collection of seven classical and ten recent studies on George Boole's work, its background, and its intellectual frame of reference. Two of the classical articles were published during the 1860s, with the rest appearing during the latter half of the 20th century. The recent ones are based on lectures given at Lausanne on the occasion of the conference entitled "Boole 1997: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Mathematical Analysis of Logic". Gasser's anthology is a valuable contribution to the renaissance experienced by Boole studies since the publication of Desmond MacHale's biography of Boole in 1985. In addition to MacHale's book, three recent new editions of Boole's ground-breaking The Mathematical Analysis of Logic (1996; 1998; 2001), an important selection of his manuscripts on logic and its philosophy [Grattan-Guinness & Bornet 1997], and the present volume are telling examples of the current lively interest in the life and thought of George Boole. Indeed, in the editor's words, "the present anthology constitutes an attempt to capture some of the 'buzz about Boole'" (p. vii).
(2) All in all, Gasser's Boole Anthology draws us a picture of George Boole, not as the founder of modern logic, but as an important mediator between traditions, and an initiator of an on-going and ever increasing development of the field of logical theory. On the one hand he was a historically sensitive scientist whose work emerges seamlessly from the Scholastic-Aristotelian tradition. On the other his novel ideas in the field of the algebra of logic paved the way for the break-through of a modern, mathematically-oriented logic at the turn of the 20th century. He was not an isolated miracle but an exceptionally gifted mathematician who was greatly influenced by several of his contemporaries. All the contributors of the volume seem to agree with Dummett that "there can be no doubt that Boole deserves great credit for what he achieved, in the sense that in those historical circumstances what he did must have been very difficult to do" (p. 79).
(3) James Gasser's A Boole Anthology is an important collection of first-rate Boole-studies.
Although, I realize how risky it is to disagree with someone as wise and learned as Prof. Vilkko, I think that the picture he gets from Gasser's BOOLE ANTHOLOGY is incorrect. I think that Boole should be honored as the founder of mathematical logic. As people come to a deeper and more nuanced view of the nature of logic, they will find that Boole had contributed much more to its transformation into a mathematical science than they had thought. So many of Boole's ideas have become so deeply entrenched in modern thinking about logic that it takes concentration to identify them and to realize that we owe our knowledge of them to Boole.
Gasser's book will help people to decide whether Prof. Vilkko is right. Another book that will help is the 2003 Prometheus edition of Boole's 1854 LAWS OF THOUGHT, ISBN 1 59102 089 1, which includes an introduction by John Corcoran, who by coincidence is one of the contributors to the Gasser anthology. Let me end this review by quoting the last paragraph of Corcoran's introduction: "It has been said that Galileo's greatest achievement was to persuade the world's scientists that physical reality is mathematical, or at least that science should be pursued mathematically. In his words, "The Book of Nature is written in mathematical characters." In a strikingly similar spirit, Boole stated: "it is certain that [logic's] ultimate forms and processes are mathematical" (Boole 1854, 12). Perhaps Boole's greatest achievement was to persuade the world's logicians that logical reality is mathematical, or at least that logic should be pursued mathematically." - Frango Nabrasa, Manatee, FL.
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