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Ideas

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51 books at Phrontisterion

Title Author Accession Location
100 ideas that changed photography / Mary Warner Marien Mary Warner Marien 5542 -
A Blake dictionary : the ideas and symbols of William Blake / S. Foster Damon ; new index by Morris Eaves S. Foster Damon, Morris Eaves 17458 -
Affectionately Marcel : the selected correspondence of Marcel Duchamp / edited by Francis M. Naumann and Hector Obalk ; translation by Jill Taylor Marcel Duchamp, Francis M. Naumann, Hector Obalk, Jill Taylor 17131 -
Art after conceptual art Alexander Alberro, Sabeth Buchmann 2073 -
Arts and ideas / William Fleming William Fleming 21915 Ground, W1 bay 14, shelf 2
A terrible beauty : the people and ideas that shaped the modern mind : a history / Peter Watson Peter Watson 18597 -
Avant gardeners : 50 visionaries of the contemporary landscape / Tim Richardson ; foreword by Martha Schwartz Tim Richardson, Martha Schwartz 18240 -
Brief candle in the dark : my life in science / Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins 13997 Ground, W1 bay 2, shelf 3
Chen Zhen : 1991-2000 unrealized /​ [editing, Ilse Lafer ; text, Gerald Matt, Isle Lafer ; translations, Wolfgang Astelbauer] Chen Zhen, Gerald Matt, Ilse Lafer, Wolfgang Astelbauer 5733 Ground, S1 bay 16, shelf 5
Common sense / Thomas Paine Thomas O. Paine 11019 Mezzanine, S3 bay 25, shelf 2
Comparing political thinkers / edited by Ross Fitzgerald Ross Fitzgerald 20315 -
Confronting Leviathan : a history of ideas / David Runciman David Runciman 18106 -
Contagious ideas : on evolution, culture, archaeology and Cultural Virus Theory : collected writings / Ben Sandford Cullen ; collected writings edited by James Steele, Richard Cullen and Christopher Chippindale Ben Cullen, James Steele, Richard Cullen, Christopher Chippindale 3053 Mezzanine, N4 bay 3, shelf 5
Design as art / Bruno Munari ; translated by Patrick Creagh Bruno Munari, Patrick Creagh 2864 -
Farm together now : a portrait of people, places, and ideas for a new food movement / Amy Franceschini, Daniel Tucker ; photographs by Anne Hamersky ; foreword by Mark Bittman Amy Franceschini, Daniel Tucker, Anne Hamersky, Mark Bittman 18352 Mezzanine, S3 bay 11, shelf 5
Fashion, faith, and fantasy in the new physics of the universe / Roger Penrose Roger Penrose 11727 Ground, W1 bay 5, shelf 4
Generation : 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland : reader / Edited by Moira Jeffrey Moira Jeffrey 7782 -
Harald Szeemann : museum of obsessions / an exhibition by Glenn Phillips and Philipp Kaiser, with Doris Chon and Pietro Rigolo Glenn Phillips, Philipp Kaiser, Doris Chon, Pietro Rigolo 14555 -
Heisenberg probably slept here : the lives, times, and ideas of the great physicists of the 20th century / Richard P. Brennan Richard P. Brennan 30242 -
Herman Hertzberger : space and the architect, lessons in architecture Herman Hertzberger 11841 -
Historical present : essays of the 1970s / by Joseph Masheck Joseph Masheck 17979 -
How things are : a science tool-kit for the mind / editors, John Brockman and Katinka Matson John Brockman, Katinka Matson 16963 -
Innovation : the basis of cultural change / H. G. Barnett H. G. Barnett 32711 Ground, W1 bay 2, shelf 3
Isaac Newton / James Gleick James Gleick 4546 -
I want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now Damien Hirst, Jonathan Barnbrook, Robert Violette 1497 Ground, S1 bay 7, shelf 2
Kleine Welt, großer Traum: Die Erfolgsgeschichte der Gründer des Miniatur Wunderlandes = Small world, big dream : the success story of the founders of the Miniature Wonderland / Frederik Braun & Gerrit Braun Frederik Braun, Gerrit Braun 19054 -
Matthew Barney Hans Ulrich Obrist 7634 -
More than real : art in the digital age / edited by Daniel Birnbaum, Michelle Y. Kuo Daniel Birnbaum, Michelle Kuo 20373 -
Number story : from counting to cryptography Peter Higgins 2867 -
On the way to work Damien Hirst, Gordon Burn 1685 Ground, S1 bay 7, shelf 2
Peter Sculthorpe : his music and ideas, 1929-1979 / Michael Hannan Michael Hannan 25838 -
Roman Signer : skizzen / sketches 1970-2020 / edited by Stephan Kunz, Aleksandra Signer, Peter Zimmermann ; text, Stephan Kunz Roman Signer, Stephan Kunz, Aleksandra Signer, Peter Zimmermann 17709 Ground, S1 bay 13, shelf 3
Rosemarie Trockel : a cosmos / Lynne Cooke Rosemarie Trockel, Dore Ashton, Suzanne Hudson, Anne Wagner 5462 -
Sanin / by Mikhail Artsybashev ; translated by Michael R. Katz ; introduction by Otto Boele ; afterword by Nicholas Luker Mikhail Artsybashev, Michael R. Katz, Otto Boele, Nicholas Luker 21384 Mezzanine, S4 bay 4, shelf 2
Science : she loves me / edited by Mary Anne Moser ; foreword by Jay Ingram Mary Anne Moser, Jay Ingram 5643 -
Searching for art's new publics Jeni Walwin 4113 -
Six years : the dematerialization of the art object from 1966 to 1972 : a cross-reference book of information on some esthetic boundaries : consisting of a bibliography into which are inserted a fragmented text, art works, documents, interviews, and sympo Lucy R. Lippard 2155 -
The age of uncertainty / John Kenneth Galbraith John Kenneth Galbraith 10908 -
The book of skulls / Faye Dowling Faye Dowling 5539 -
The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes : volume VII : the general theory of employment interest and money John Maynard Keynes 10903 -
The evolution of cultural entities Michael Wheeler, John Ziman, Margaret A. Boden 3422 -
The invention of air : a story of science, faith, revolution, and the birth of America / Steven Johnson Steven Johnson 12029 -
The open work / Umberto Eco ; translated by Anna Cancogni ; with an introduction by David Robey Umberto Eco, Anna Cancogni, David Robey 10795 -
The paper trail : an unexpected history of the world's greatest invention / Alexander Monro Alexander Monro 11553 -
This idea must die : scientific theories that are blocking progress / edited by John Brockman John Brockman 9158 -
Trigger warnings : political correctness and the rise of the right / Jeff Sparrow Jeff Sparrow 14848 -
What about Darwin? : all species of opinion from scientists, sages, friends, and enemies who met, read, and discussed the naturalist who changed the world /​ Thomas F. Glick Thomas Glick 3404 -
What should we be worried about? : real scenarios that keep scientists up at night / John Brockman John Brockman 18143 -
When Einstein walked with Gödel : excursions to the edge of thought / Jim Holt Jim Holt 15214 -
Yves Klein / [edited by Timo Vuorikoski and Karin Hellandsjo] Yves Klein, Timo Vuorikoski, Karin Hellandsjø 16181 -