"Number" reassesses conventional views of civilization. It seeks to challenge, provoke and fascinate as it takes the mystery out of the world of number. Ranging from prehistoric times through the world's main civilizations, John McLeish demonstrates that one of the main skills which marks out humans from animals is their ability to calculate. We visit the bed-chambers of the Chinese Emperor as his officials allocate his bed-mate according to a strict mathematical rota. We get to know the people who have shaped numbers - world famous mathematicians such as Pythagoras and Newton, and the lesser known Greek woman mathematician Hypatia who was martyred for her views on logic. The book also looks at the development of the computer and the people behind it, and reassesses today's society in terms of the numbers which rule our lives.

Number: From Ancient Civilisations to the Computer

History

McLeish, John

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Texas Bookman

The psychology of the learning group

Originally published in 1973, this work takes a hard look at the claims made for the small group as a learning medium (lecture, structured discussion, ‘sensitivity’, training groups etc.). Various theories of group dynamics, leadership function and learning process are looked at critically on the basis of actual research findings. It was intended for students of social psychology and anyone teaching or training to teach at Further Education level at the time, and will still be of interest in its historical context today.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Hutchinson

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Theory of Social Change (International Library of Sociology)

Routledge

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Reference

Originally published in 1975, this title sets out to show us the differences between Soviet and other ways of thinking about nature, man, and society. The basic factor distinguishing Soviet psychology is that it views phenomena from the perspective of a highly articulated body of theoretical assumptions, and rejects the inductive ‘eclecticism’ of Western psychology. The theoretical framework within which Soviet psychology functions is the product of a distinctive socio-political and cultural development in Russia profoundly shaped by the institutions of autocracy and Orthodox religion, and the economic system of serfdom, and the radical revolt which grew up in opposition to this and advocated materialism, secularism, and atheism. This radical philosophic tradition in Russia, best represented by the writings of Chernishevski, fused with the doctrines of Marxism and the new science of behaviour developed by Sechenov and Pavlov to create the theoretical framework of Soviet psychology. The book also analyses the discussions, controversies, and decrees which are at the root of the contemporary science of behaviour in the Soviet Union, and points to the impressive body of empirical knowledge which has arisen. Soviet Psychology is unique in presenting Soviet psychology from an ‘inside’ point of view, and in making us appreciate the strongly theoretical stance of Soviet psychology which Professor McLeish claims is unlikely to be much influenced by the new atmosphere of détente.

Soviet psychology: History, theory, content

METHUEN

A look at the history of numbers traces the variety of mathematical concepts through world history, describing math's influence on architecture, time, sex, and more.

Number: From Prehistoric Times to the Computer Age

Fawcett

"Completely fascinating." TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPLEMENT Journeying through time, THE STORY OF NUMBERS explores the history of mathematics to trace the rise of various number sysems in cultures from Mesopotamia to the modern Computer Era. John McLeish reveals how these number systems in turn have shaped the cultures that devised them. From the secrets and the beauty of the Mayan calendar, to Arabaian algebra, the Chinese counting board, from Pythagoras to Newton to Boole, McLeish uncovers the human side of numbers, who used them and how they have shaped our world.

The Story of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization

Random House Publishing Group

The theory of social change: Four views considered (International library of sociology and social reconstruction)

Sociology

Routledge & K.Paul

Cosmology: Science and the Meanings of the Universe

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Bloomsbury Pub Ltd

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Number: From Ancient Civilisations to the Computer

The psychology of the learning group

The psychology of the learning group

The Theory of Social Change (International Library of Sociology)

The Theory of Social Change (International Library of Sociology)

Soviet psychology: History, theory, content

Number: From Prehistoric Times to the Computer Age

The Story of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization

The theory of social change: Four views considered (International library of sociology and social reconstruction)

Cosmology: Science and the Meanings of the Universe