The Mystery of Things

Grayling, Prof A.C.

ISBN 10: 0753820196 / ISBN 13: 9780753820193

Published by W&N, 2004

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Mystery of Things
• Publisher: W&N
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753820196
• ISBN 13: 9780753820193
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 222.3 grams

About this title

Synopsis

In is new book, A. C. Grayling shows how much understanding people can gain about themselves and their world by reflecting on the lessons offered by science, the arts, and history. In the book's essays, Grayling illustrates what each area offers to thought, and in doing so, he covers subjects as wide-ranging as Jane Austen's Emma, The Rosetta Stone, Shakespeare, the Holocaust, and the brain.

About the Author

A.C. Grayling is Master of the New College of the Humanities, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. Until 2011 he was Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of numerous books, and is also a distinguished literary journalist and broadcaster. He has been a columnist for the Guardian and The Times, is a Contributing Editor of Prospect magazine, and Editor of Online Review London. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts. His website can be visited at www.acgrayling.com.