Historian and journalist Stephen Budiansky crafts compelling narratives that delve into military history, science, and nature. His work often explores pivotal historical moments and their profound human consequences. Budiansky meticulously examines periods of significant social upheaval, such as the aftermath of the American Civil War, highlighting struggles against rising violence and the fight for fundamental rights. His writing is characterized by a deep engagement with historical detail and a keen eye for the human element within tumultuous eras.
No single human invention has changed war more than the aeroplane. The potential of air power to revolutionize the very nature - perhaps even the meaning - of combat was strikingly evident almost from the moment the Wright brothers first flew.
What does it mean to be a horse? The definitive and bestselling book explaining the mysteries of the horse using insights of modern science.
A remarkable account of the brilliant, troubled mathematician and philosopher Kurt Goedel. From his famous Incompleteness Theorem, which shook the foundations of mathematical truth, to his perilous escape from Nazi Vienna, this book weaves together his creative genius, mental illness, and idealism in the face of adversity.
Documents the story of a small group of scientists who applied intellectual strategies to battle techniques and revolutionized the process of waging wars, citing the contributions of future Nobel winner Patrick Blackett.
From the author of the best-selling 'The Nature of Horses' comes this scientific look at the canine world. Readers will never look at their four-legged friends in the same way again!
Western Isles Folk Tales is a representative collection of stories from the geographical span of the long chain of islands known as the Outer Hebrides.
Ecological science has begun to make sense of the baffling paradoxes of natural systems, finding the answers in a "mathematical ecology" - the mathematical relationships that link all creatures and plants in a natural community. This book introduces and examines this theory, aiming to bring to a general audience an understanding and appreciation of wildlife, as well as the means to make sense of and assess the steps society is taking to manage, preserve and protect species whose fate is increasingly in our hands.
Kurt Gödel und die schwerste Krise der Mathematik | Die Biografie eines der größten Denker des 20. Jahrhunderts
»Der absolute Prinz der Dunkelheit der modernen Mathematik« David Foster Wallace über Kurt Gödel Mit seinem Unvollständigkeitssatz stürzte Kurt Gödel die Mathematik in ihre schwerste Krise: Er entdeckte, dass jedes sinnvolle logische System Sätze enthalten muss, die wahr, aber niemals beweisbar sind. Stephen Budiansky erzählt das Leben des brillanten Denkers – vom Wien der Vorkriegszeit über Gödels Flucht in die USA bis zu seinem neuen Wirkungskreis in Princeton, wo er auf Albert Einstein trifft, mit dem er später eng befreundet war. Reise zu den Grenzen der Vernunft kann sich erstmals auf Gödels vollständigen Nachlass stützen und erkundet so auch die lähmenden Anfälle von Paranoia, die diesen genialen, aber zerquälten Menschen zuletzt das Leben kosten sollten.
Stephen Budiansky, Journalist und Buchautor, gehörte lange Zeit zur Redaktion der Zeitschrift Nature, ehe er zu The Atlantic Monthly überwechselte. Er lebt in Leesburg, Virginia. Seine bekanntesten Buchveröffentlichungen sind „Covenant of the Wild“, "Nature's Keepers„, “The Nature of Horses„ und “The Truth About Dogs".
Il libro è una ricostruzione delle attività dei servizi di spionaggio e controspionaggio nel corso della Seconda guerra mondiale. Dagli studi di Budiansky su un patrimonio di documenti (circa un milione di pagine) resi pubblici nel corso degli ultimi cinque anni dalla marina britannica, emerge per la prima volta il quadro completo di uno degli aspetti più affascinanti e misteriosi del conflitto. La ricostruzione storica è arricchita da mappe, diagrammi e immagini e offre una serie di considerazioni di notevole interesse sui rapporti tra i comandi militari e i vertici politici da un lato e i servizi di spionaggio e controspionaggio dall'altro.
