Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller Engaging ambitious & creative' Guardian Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try & understand the very nature of ourselves & the Universe in which we live Through the endless leaps of human minds it explores the extraordinary depth of our knowledge today & where our curiosity may lead us in the future With groundbreaking insight it reveals how time physics & chemistry came together to create a creature that can wonder at its own existence blessed with an unquenchable thirst to discover not just where it came from but how it can think where it is going & if it is alone Accompanies the acclaimed BBC TV series ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region Free Blu-ray player in order to play Professor Brian Cox explores the evolution of man & their subsequent expansion across the planet & eventually out into the universe in this spectacular series Beautiful location photography & imaginative CGI combine to tell the story of humankind&s past present & future ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play In this spectacular series Professor Cox offers an original new perspective on human life the story of a group of apes that evolved to leave their home planet & step out into the universe Humans are curious creatures Of all the species on Earth we alone ask questions This series tackles the greatest questions we&ve ever asked Where are we in the universe? Why are we here? How did the human brain arise & why did we become consciousness? Will our search for alien life be successful or are we all alone? & what is our future? In search of answers Brian sets off across the globe collecting clues from the people that he encounters & linking them to the latest scientific thinking on each question Combining beautiful location photography imaginative CGI & his own magical storytelling Brian presents a new understanding of the ultimate wonder of the universe
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Written after Nietzsche had ended his friendship with Richard Wagner & had been forced to leave academic life through ill health Human All Too Human (1878) can be read as a monument to his personal crisis It also marks the point when he matured as a philosopher rejecting the German romanticism espoused by Wagner & Schopenhauer & instead returning to sources in the French Enlightenment Here he sets out his unsettling views in a series of 638 stunning aphorisms
- assessing subjects ranging from art to arrogance boredom to passion science to vanity & women to youth This work also contains the seeds of concepts crucial to Nietzsche's later philosophy such as the will to power & the need to transcend conventional Christian morality The result is one of the cornerstones of his life's work
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Who are the Nones? What does humanism say about race religion & popular culture? How do race religion & popular culture inform & affect humanism? The demographics of the United States are changing marked most profoundly by the religiously unaffiliated or what we have to come to call the Nones Spread across generations in the United States this group encompasses a wide range of philosophical & ideological perspectives from some in line with various forms of theism to those who are atheistic & all sorts of combinations in between Similar changes to demographics are taking place in Europe & elsewhere Humanism Essays on Race Religion & Popular Culture provides a much-needed humanities-based analysis & description of humanism in relation to these cultural markers Whereas most existing analysis attempts to explain humanism through the natural & social sciences (the what of life) Anthony B Pinn explores humanism in relation to how life is arranged socialized ritualized & framed This ground-breaking publication brings together old & new essays on a wide range of topics & themes from the African-American experience to the development of humanist churches & the lyrics of Jay Z ...

Religion is currently gaining a much higher profile The number of faith schools is increasingly & religious points of view are being aired more frequently in the media As religion's profile rises those who reject religion including humanists often find themselves misunderstood & occasionally misrepresented Stephen Law explores how humanism uses science & reason to make sense of the world looking at how it encourages individual moral responsibility & shows that life can have meaning without religion Challenging some of the common misconceptions he seeks to dispute the claims that atheism & humanism are 'faith positions' & that without God there can be no morality & our lives are left without purpose Looking at the history of humanism & its development as a philosophical alternative he examines the arguments for & against the existence of God & explores the role humanism plays in moral & secular societies as well as in moral & religious education Using humanism to determine the meaning of life he shows that there is a positive alternative to traditional religious belief ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

This authoritative book provides a comprehensive analysis of the original idea of humanitarianism & its evolution exploring its triangulation with war & politics Tracing the profound changes in the culture & capacities that underpin the sector the authors assess the reinventions that constitute revolutions in humanitarian affairs 344 pages 19 Tables unspecified; 10 Maps; 14 Halftones black & white Hoffman Peter J ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play For years declining birth rates have forced what&s left of the human race to cede more & more territory to other beings who have appeared to take advantage of the emptying ecological niche Now only a handful of humans remain among the remnants of civilization & Earth is dominated by faeries
- tiny ten-inch tall creatures of surprising intelligence But humanity&s importance isn&t over quite yet as young Watashi learns as she makes the decision to return to her hometown & assume her grandfather&s position as an arbitrator between the races Unfortunately the job isn&t going to be anywhere near as simple as she expected & it&s going to take wisdom far beyond her years to achieve her most important mission
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play For years declining birth rates have forced what&s left of the human race to cede more & more territory to other beings who have appeared to take advantage of the emptying ecological niche Now only a handful of humans remain among the remnants of civilization & Earth is dominated by faeries
- tiny ten-inch tall creatures of surprising intelligence But humanity&s importance isn&t over quite yet as young Watashi learns as she makes the decision to return to her hometown & assume her grandfather&s position as an arbitrator between the races Unfortunately the job isn&t going to be anywhere near as simple as she expected & it&s going to take wisdom far beyond her years to achieve her most important mission Language Japanese Number of discs 3 Run Time 300 minutes
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