Philip Davis Books

This volume discusses the life and work of William James (1842-1910), a founder of the study of psychology. It concerns life-writing and writing for the sake of existence and combines literature, psychology, philosophy, and biography.

Davis presents original case-histories of readers to delve into just what reading is and how it works. Each chapter begins with a poem or excerpt which becomes the scene either of a reading-group transcription or of a thought- piece from an interviewed reader to explore therapeutic reading and how culture might impact upon health.

Explores the foundations of mathematics, looking at the history and philosophy of the field, and includes biographical sketches of people who have made mathematics their life's work.

Reading and the Reader defends the value of reading serious literature, investigating the role of the reader in the human search for meaning outside as well as inside of books.

Can reading literature really help our mental health? This book shows how and why,not by instruction or prescription, but by emotion and exploration. Offering case histories of individual readers and reading groups, the authors showcase the health and wellbeing benefits which come from our access to written human stories and imagined situations

Discusses the impact that mathematics and computers have on our intellectual and emotional lives.

These provocative essays take a modern look at the seventeenth-century thinker's dream, examining the influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances. They survey the conditions that elicit the application of mathematic principles; the applications' effectiveness; and how applied mathematics transform perceptions of reality. 1987 edition.

Die philosophierende Katze und der etwas exzentrische Mathematikhistoriker aus Cambridge suchen in Kopenhagen auf kuriosen Wegen ein verlorengegangenes Manuskript H.C. Andersens.