A collection of essays, which attempt to probe the hidden assumptions by which we live. The author delves into history, psychology and the more esoteric fringes of theology to try to explain why we go through the contortions that we do in our public and private lives.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 21.6 cm
Breite: 14 cm
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978-0-333-38976-8 (9780333389768)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 Two themes: socialism, bacteria and the obsessions of Pasteur; Pasteur II - Hitler's bacteria; commandoes from the invisible world. Part 2 In America: creating the "New York Times"; Mozart and Bruce; the American executive. Part 3 Some history: money and personality. Part 4 Consolations: a quiet afternoon.
