The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe

5 best books like The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (Arthur Koestler): The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature, The Riddles of Epsilon, Искренне ваш Шурик, A Presocratics Reader, The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600

The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Author	C.S. Lewis
ISBN	0521477352

To me, this might be C. S. Lewis' best book. I will have to cop to not really liking the Narnia books (too allegorical and those British schoolchildren are pretty annoying), and while I do quite like his "Space Trilogy" I think that Lewis was much better as a writer of academic non-fiction than he was as a...

The Riddles of Epsilon

Author	Christine Morton-Shaw
ISBN	0060728213

Something dark has awoken on the remote island of Lume

Jess is not pleased when her parents drag her off to live on the weird little island of Lume. But then she encounters an eerie presence in an abandoned cottage, and her anger turns to fear when it begins to lead her through a series of creepy riddles....

Искренне ваш Шурик

Author	Lyudmila Ulitskaya
ISBN	5699099999

В этой книге нет тех претензий на серьезный разговор. Здесь локальная проблема взаимоотношений сына и матери, подчинение человека чувству долга и связанные...

A Presocratics Reader

Author	Patricia Curd
ISBN	0872203263

"What are the Isles of the Blest? Sun and Moon. What is the oracle at Delphi? The tetractys, which is the harmony in which the Sirens sing."
Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras


This is a brilliant but compact collection of Presocratic thought. If you haven't yet read much of the early philosophers...

The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600

Author	Alfred W. Crosby
ISBN	0521639905

The Measure of Reality discusses the epochal shift from qualitative to quantitative perception in Western Europe during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. This shift made modern science, technology, business practice, and bureaucracy possible. It affected not only the obvious - such as measurements...