The Nothing That Is (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Kaplan
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Mathematics, science, philosophy, and history
- Time of Work: 5000 to the present
- Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, History, Science and technology
- Subjects: Science or scientists, India or East Indian people, Italy or Italians, Mathematics or mathematicians, Greece or Greek people, Physics or physicists, Numerals
Book publishing, like culture more generally, is subject to “trends” that suddenly appear, flare into prominence, and, after a short burst or a surprisingly long run, fade away. One trick for publishers, writers, investors, and trend spotters of all kinds is to estimate the probable life span of a given trend, while others—columnists, media gurus, and so on—discourse on the trend’s meaning.
Why, for instance, has there been a proliferation of popular books about mathematics? Such books have been around for a very long time, but still the average book browser would have...
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