Frogs, Cats and Pyramids
Wild Journeys in Search of Knowledge
1st Edition
Published on 25. April 2014
215 pages
978-1-78279-409-7 (ISBN)
Description
Imagine a group of people in a mountain retreat seeking to understand why we categorize knowledge into various academic disciplines, each with its own way of looking at reality. Mathematics; the Arts, Language; Humanities; Science; Computer Technology, and Religion, Faith and Ethics -- that is the way we learn to see the world. Each discipline locks us into a way of seeing that separates us from other ways. Imagine a cynic, a professional thief who seeks only to exploit others. Imagine if a specialist academic wanted to tell a story, relate an adventure that in some way resonates with his or her way of seeing things. How would the mixed company enjoy these various ways of seeing the world?
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
File size
2,07 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78279-409-7 (9781782794097)
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04/2014
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Person
Tony Cleaver has been a journalist, hippy, teacher, road sweeper, mountain guide, university lecturer and writer. He has lived and worked in five countries on three continents and after almost two decades at the University of Durham, UK, he has now moved to Colombia where he lectures part-time, plays cricket and writes.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. Mathematics: Shadows: A Hyper-story
- Chapter 2. English Literature: The Student's Tale
- Chapter 3. Foreign Languages: The Colony of Frogs
- Chapter 4. Geography: Road Transport
- Chapter 5. History: Environmental Impact
- Chapter 6. Science: A Hitch in Time
- Chapter 7. Computer Studies: The Millennium Bug
- Chapter 8. Economics: Across the Wide Star Paths
- Chapter 9. Faith & Ethics: The Moonlight Cat
