Questo autore seleziona i libri con grande cura, come dimostrano le alte valutazioni che conferisce alle opere che ama e ammira. Le sue preferenze letterarie si orientano prevalentemente verso la letteratura classica, con una predilezione particolare per gli autori britannici come Jane Austen, Charles Dickens e Anthony Trollope. Pur essendo influenzato da un'ampia gamma di letture, le sue ispirazioni coscienti derivano in modo significativo dalle intuizioni filosofiche di Bertrand Russell e David Hume.
Paradoxien enthüllt, wie seltsam es in der Welt des Denkens aussehen kann. In acht Kapiteln nimmt dieses Buch Sie auf eine atemberaubende Reise mit. Ihnen begegnen Dinge, die jeglicher Intuition trotzen oder sogar an das Absurde grenzen. Paradoxien enthält eine Fülle von Gedankenexperimenten, praktischen Beispielen und Übungsaufgaben, und Sie lernen einige große Namen kennen, die sich mit Paradoxien beschäftigt haben, von altgriechischen Philosophen bis hin zu Albert Einstein.
Few brigades of the Civil War can boast of a record as distinguished as that of New York's 69th, yet it has never fully received the attention warranted by its record of military excellence, distinctive reputation, and the unusual perspective its members brought to the Civil War. In fact, the69th was engaged in nearly every major action of the eastern theater; its military reputation was well deserved and its combat casualties, which are some of the highest of the war, are testimony to the soldiers' collective bravery and patriotism. In his post as war correspondent for the New York Herald, Capt. David Power Conygham was required to be an eyewitness to the many battles on which he reported - some of the experiences he would later describe when writing the history of the Irish Brigade. Conygham's account of the Irish Brigade isone of the best - filled with vivid accounts of battle, wit and humor, and an appendix of scrupulously gathered biographical data on the men who served the unit.