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Compilation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, with illustrations from the original edition by John Tenniel Hardcover Children's Classics Library, wine covers with gold pictorials to cover and binding edge. ... Read more

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When Alice sees a white rabbit muttering, I'm late! as he races by, she follows him down the rabbit hole, and a grand adventure begins. This beautifully detailed edition of the classic story is closely adapted from Lewis Carroll's original text, and it features all the characters familiar to viewers of the Disney animated film. Appropriate for both children and adults, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND is distinguished by the luminous artwork of Greg Hildebrandt. He and his twin brother Tim are widely recognized fantasy and comic book illustrators. During their years of collaborative work in the late 1970s, they became famous for their depictions of Tolkien's characters from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. ... Read more

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"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "withoutpictures or conversations!"

Readers who share Alice's taste in books will be more than satisfiedwith The Annotated Alice, a volume that includes not only picturesand conversations, but a thorough gloss on the text as well. There may besome, like G.K. Chesterton, who abhor the notion of putting Lewis Carroll's masterpiece under a microscope and analyzing it within an inch of its whimsical life. But as Martin Gardner points out in his introduction,so much of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glassis composed of private jokes and details of Victorian manners and moresthat modern audiences are not likely to catch. Yes, Alice can beenjoyed on its own merits, but The Annotated Alice appeals to the nosy parker in all of us. Thus we learn, for example, that the sourceof the mouse's tale may have been Alfred Lord Tennyson who "once told Carroll that he had dreamed a lengthy poem about fairies, which beganwith very long lines, then the lines got shorter and shorter until the poem ended with fifty or sixty lines of two syllables each."And that,contrary to popular belief, the Mad Hatter character was not a parody of then Prime Minister Gladstone, but rather was based on an Oxford furniture dealer named Theophilus Carter.

Gardner's annotations run the gamut from the factual and historical tothe speculative and are, in their own way, quite as fascinating as the text they refer to. Occasionally, he even comments on himself, as when hequotes a fellow annotator of Alice, James Kincaid: "The historicalcontext does not call for a gloss but the passage provides an opportunity topoint out the ambivalence that may attend the central figure and her desireto grow up." And then follows with a charming riposte: "I thank Mr.Kincaid for supporting my own rambling."There's a lot of information inthe margins (indeed, the page is pretty evenly divided between Carroll'stext and Gardner's), but the ramblings turn out to be well worth the time.So hand over your old copy of Lewis Carroll's classic to the kids--this Alice in Wonderland is intended entirely for adults. --Alix WilberBook Description
The culmination of a lifetime of scholarship, The Annotated Alice is a landmark event in the rich history of Lewis Carroll and cause to celebrate the remarkable career of Martin Gardner. For over half a century, Martin Gardner has established himself as one of the world's leading authorities on Lewis Carroll. His Annotated Alice, first published in 1960, has over half a million copies in print around the world and is highly sought after by families and scholars alike--for it was Gardner who first decoded the wordplay and the many mathematical riddles that lie embedded in Carroll's two classic stories: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Forty years after this groundbreaking publication, Norton is proud to publish the Definitive Edition of The Annotated Alice, a work that combines the notes of Gardner's 1960 edition with his 1990 update, More Annotated Alice, as well as additional new discoveries and updates drawn from Gardner's encyclopedic knowledge of the texts. Illustrated with John Tenniel's classic and beloved art--along with many recently discovered Tenniel pencil sketches--The Annotated Alice will be Gardner's most beautiful and enduring tribute to Carroll's masterpieces yet. Celebrating his eighty-fifth birthday in the fall of 1999, the redoubtable Gardner has been called by Douglas Hofstadter "one of the great intellects produced in this country in this century." With The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition, we have this remarkable scholar's crowning achievement. ... Read more

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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson... the master of sublime nonsense.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, along with its sequel, Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there, where done by a person ahead of his time. His name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, pen name, Lewis Carroll.
Both are in this modified annotated version combined with the original illustrations by John Tenniel, but not only that, also have the suppressed episode "The Wasp in a wig" in Through the looking glass. Intended for children, this particular book will delight adults as well because it has annotations and information making this even more enjoyable. The information and comments given mostly by Carroll's biographers/scholars/researchers help you understand the meanings behind the puns, word plays, poems, conversation and situations going on behind Carroll's mind (though nobody knows in fact the purpose of the author's intentions, but the annotations or comments were made by hard research or extracted from the author's original manuscript, so they are quite accurate). Mind that this is very useful because most of AAIW and TTLG were made from private jokes, puns, word plays and Victorian manners that not all people knows about. Some were made for England native people, and even further, only friends and collegues of Carroll can understand them. This books are the essence of imagination and fantasy, opening doors to a LOT of authors that in some way or the other included in their works some of Carroll's ideas/themes... so having explanations alongside the story will definately help you to have a better grasp of such masterpiece that had transcended over the centuries.
This book is the one to go, unless another updated version comes along. It has everything you want... both books included with explanations and Tenniel's illustrations... it can't get better than that! :-).
Oh!... btw... handle with care. The book is a bit fragile, specially the dust cover jacket.

~ Life, what is it but a dream~

Down the Rabbit Hole with (a) Gardner
Ever wondered what the originals for the song parodies in the "Alice" books are? Or what famous person the rabbit, dutchess, or lion are supposed to look like in Tenniel's famous illustrations? Or why the dormouse is stuffed down the tea kettle? This--and much, much more--is answered in Gardner's wonderful book.

Gardner gives us the context--usually the Victorian proverb, song, person or mannerism needed to undestand the joke (or the illustration), or else the chess, boating, Latin, or logical term needed for the same purpose. (Victorian children kept a dormice in old tea kettle as pets.) He also gives us rough drafts of particularly striking or famous poems and illustrations from "Alice" (i.e., "Jabberwocky"), the lost "Wasp in the Wig" chapter cut out of "Through the Looking Glass", and much interesting biographical information about Carroll and Tenniel.

Gardner doesn't promote some lit-crit theory concerning Alice's alleged feminism, or pretends to write a history of Victorian England or a biography of Carroll. His goal is simply to make the reader enjoy "Alice" more by explaining the numerous jokes and references they previously (almost) certainly missed, or telling the reader more about the men who create "Alice" and how they came to do so.

In this he succeeds beyond all expectations. Though you've been reading and re-reading "Alice" for years, Gardner will show you there is a *lot* in it you never imagined existed. He achieves the annotator's supreme goal of making the book new again.

Wonderful
I bought this to read with my 7yr old daughter, figuring it would entertain us both, and it has. Even if you've only a passing interest in why hatters would be mad in Victorian England (mercury poisoning), or answers to the many riddles Carroll poses, this book will have you reading footnote after footnote, and give new pleasure and insight into the books.

Wonderful Background and Analysis, but no academic description
This book is a wonderful collection of both Alice books, accompanied by full annotations and examples of the original poems and concepts that many of the musings in the works are based on. Anyone who is interested in Alice, Wonderland, and/or the Looking-Glass should get this book, as it provides wonderful analysis and background of the author and the girl the protagonist is modeled after. It also explains some of the less obvious jokes by explaining their origins.

I also like how the annotations reference other works of analysis on Alice. There is also a list in the back of many Alice-related works sorted by category. This shows that a lot of effort was put into this book and its integrity.

Unfortunately, there are a few cons. If you are looking to buy this for assistance on a book report or project, I must warn you that the notes in this book aren't tailored for academic analysis, but more broad literary analysis. In other words; the symbols and motifs aren't as important to the author as the linguistic jokes, puns, and concepts are. Also, the wonderfully designed cover is really only a paper cover, something not discernible from the online picture.

Nice so far.
I haven't had the chance to delve deeply into this one yet, but I love the layout.The original story is in the middle and the notes are on the outside margins.They provide excellent insight into the depth of the story and the outside motivating factors. ... Read more

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Alice places a hand on the mirror above the fireplace and, to her surprise, steps into a new world -- a Looking-Glass world. In this magical place, knitting needles turn into oars and big beautiful cakes cut themselves into slices.There are Bread-and-Butterflies hovering in the air, a garden full of talking flowers, and two big-bellied brothers -- Tweedledum and Tweedledee -- running round and round the mulberry bush. This is a land where everything from a frog to a lion to a plate of food has something to say ... and a little girl can become a queen.

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The most childish book ever!
Through the Looking Glass by Louis Carrol is a great book if you like imaginary places and mixed up things as well as little kid stories I would recamend this book to kids 11 and under because it seems like a really little kid book!The main place the character goes is the looking glass and she finds a magical world where everything is backwards! The first thing Alice see's is the garden and not just any old garden with any old flowers in it. It was a magical garden with talking flowers. Alice is now strolling through the flower jungle when all of a sudden she bumpes into Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum. After that they take her to meet the white queen. Will Alice meet the white queen? If she does will the white queen be as polite as nice as Alice expected? After Alice got out of the flower forest she wan'ts to meet the white king so Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum take her to see the white king and while Alice was talking to him the king took her to the castle to meet some of the people he knows and really the things wern't really people they were................?


The next part of my paragraph that I wan't to talk to you about the characters of through the looking glass. The main character is Alice she is so smart and so pretty and so young. The next two people I want to talk to you about are two idiots who are not so- smart and not so-small that are Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum they are so loud and rude they make a slob look neat. Another character is the white queen she is such a vrat she is ro rude Alice thinks she will explode if she said one more word. The white king is the last character that I want to talk to you about he is nice to Alice and not even as close to rude as the white queen is!

Peake is the man!
Illustrations are plenty, and the introduction is a nice addition. The best illustrated version I have ever seen, great for fans of Carroll and Peake both.

how many people can recall their dreams?
I read some of the reviews here... and there was a comment in one of them that says: "it's NOT QUITE a sequel to Alice In Wonderland because although Alice is older, she doesn't recall her past experience in wonderland."

Well...isn't that to be expected?How many dreams to you remember for the long term?None?

Alice DID change by the end of the first book -- but she may have forgotten exactly WHY she changed... because dreams just don't stay with people very well.

Also keep in mind that the author was a wierd drugged up stoner.So -- yeah... on all accounts -- I think this can be expected.

It's a good read.

Wierd
I just finished reading this classic children's story to my younger son. It is just SO weird. Of course I - and both my sons - had been introduced to Alice via Golden Books as so many children have been for so long. So there are recognitions all the way through. But the strangeness seems intensified because of that. Some of it is the dated language (looking glass instead of mirror), the dated social customs (like the telling of stories in poetry). But the humour is not of the 'ha ha' type, it is definitely of the peculiar type.

Despite those reservations my son enjoyed the book, as he did 'Sylvie and Bruno' which we read earlier (even weirder and certainly less familiar - but it might be more inventive too).

An unusually good recorded version
This is an abridged version of Through the Looking Glass. The story does not suffer, since much of the omitted material is not essential.

The quality of the reading by Fiona Shaw is flawless. The numerous sound effects are well done and contribute to enjoying the story.

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The multi-award-winning classic and its timeless sequel — now in a beautiful boxed set that makes a gift to treasure.

Welcome back to a Wonderland that is as astonishingly new as it is joyously familiar! Lavishly illustrated by the incomparable Helen Oxenbury, these exuberant editions of Lewis Carroll’s beloved classics brim with warmth and humor as they depict a spirited Alice who is truly a child of our times. Featuring a handsome slipcase holding hardcover editions of both ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, this collectible set offers contemporary children their own utterly accessible view into the whimsical world of Lewis Carroll. ... Read more

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Charming but not Teniel
The volumes are excellent in many ways but although the illustrations are very charming, I
was shocked to see they were not Teniel. When anyone thinks of "Alice" those are the illustrations
that leap to mind. I am sure the description stated clearly who the illustrator was but I missed it.
Don't know quite what I will do with this set. Do not want my granddaughter to have these images
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Check the contents. Do you really need a COMPLETE set!
'The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works, Deluxe Edition' of lewis Carroll's works may actually be more than you really want. While three of Carroll's works, the two Alice fantasy novels and the long poem, 'The Hunting of the Snark' are major classics of English literature, Carroll wrote an equal or greater amount of pretty dull stuff, primarily the two 'Sylvia and Bruno' novels, which I have never been able to finish.

My suggestion to all but the Carroll scholar and people who want to see his logical works is to buy the annotated versions of the two Alice novels and the annotated 'Snark', all annotated by Martin Gardiner. This way, you are also guaranteed of getting Henry Holiday's illustrations for 'The Hunting of the Snark', which are not in all 'Complete' collections.
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Conceived by a shy British don on a golden afternoon to entertain ten-year-old Alice Liddell and her sisters, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass have delighted generations of readers in more than eighty languages. “The clue to the enduring fascination and greatness of the Alice books,” writes A. S. Byatt in her Introduction, “lies in language. . . . It is play, and word-play, and its endless intriguing puzzles continue to reveal themselves long after we have ceased to be children.” ... Read more

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Excellent edition of an enduring classic
The Modern Library edition is a nice choice for the adult reader, featuring all the wonderful original illustrations (by British political cartoonist John Tenniel), a thoughtful forward by A.S. Byatt, and just enough notes and commentary to provide some additional historical and cultural context.

Lewis Carroll was an imaginitive genius and has created some of the most unforgettable and timeless characters with this work - the Mad Hatter, Tweedledee & Tweedledum, the hookah-smoking Caterpiller, the perpetually late White Rabbit - and the absurd situations Alice finds herself in are poignant and amusing at the same time.

However, one thing I did not realize coming back to these stories for the first time as an adult was just how largely character and situation-driven these stories are.Carroll moves rather disjointedly from one nonsensical scenario to the next, paying very little attention to a cohesive narrative thread.Indeed the world of Alice is best experienced as a whole, when the menagerie of characters can come to life, but these stories could just as easily be read out of order or taken out piece by piece.The creative work doesn't suffer a bit because of this, but readers should not come to these books expecting a novelistic experience.

These are creatures to love, lines to savor, and the most curious things to consider.

A Trip Down The Rabbit Hole All Grown Up
There is one thing that all potential customers must keep in mind when buying any Alice book: Do not purchase one that does not include the illustrations of John Tenniel!This edition includes all of them and the quality of the reproductions on the pages are excellent.Tenniel's illustrations help add to the childish excitement of Carroll's stories and will be especially invaluable to teenagers and adults, having just by nature of growing up lost some of the imaginative innocence, that ability to stretch reality, that we all possessed as kids.

Of course, the illustrations wouldn't mean jack if they didn't have a captivating story to work with.Carroll's amusing tale of nonsense is targeted as a kid's book, and that is always where many of our fondest memories of it will remain, but as a college student reading it I was amazed by its power to suspend reality and return me to a level of imagination that I had simply thought I lost somewhere along the way.The trip down the rabbit hole can be quite a different experience from a different point of view.

This particular edition also includes a good introduction and very helpful explanatory notes organized chapter by chapter.The introduction and notes offer insights to Carroll's life and his relations with the real life Alice and her family that, from a student viewpoint, reveal an interesting and more personal side of the Alice tales. ... Read more

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Alice in Wonderland...
The book was for my 21 yr. old daughter.She requested the book for Christmas.She was very pleased.

a classic read!
it should be law that every child read this wonderfully written book, actually that might be going a bit far, but I LOVE this book, it was read to me as a little girl (given it was the Disney version) and later I purchased it again to read as an adult and I still have to same love and excitement from the story that I all those years ago.
While I could go on about the way this book is written mine is a purely sentimental review!
following Alice down the Rabbit whole is the perfect bed time or rainy day story ... Read more

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Only Two Stars for the Penguin Edition
It's a fantastic book, of course, and it certainly doesn't need me to praise it as millions have done before.It's probably one of the most unique things ever written: the only book that could be considered both completely a children's story and completely a book for adults.The only problem with the Penguin edition is that it's grossly over-annotated.For scholars this may be very helpful, but sadly enough a lot of the notes are either irrelevant to non-professors or provide critical instead of historical or biographical commentary which, in my opinion, ruins the greatest delight of the book: AAIW/TLG are highly interpretable and symbolic stories, but unfortunately the commentator is always interrupting like a nagging pedant before the reader has a chance to reflect.Once again, both stories well deserve their status as true English classics but another edition might be a better choice.

Delightfully silly and witty
I had not read these books since I was probably seven or eight, and I am glad that I finally got around to reading them again.These are some of the most fun childrens books (or any books for that matter) ever written.A previous reviewer gave this book a poor rating because it was only a childrens book.I fail to understand how being a childrens book means that a book is bad.Many childrens book are among the best books that I have ever read.Just because a book is a childrens book does not mean that it is a book just for children.Lewis Carroll wrote this for children, but it is probably even more enjoyable for me to read now than it was when I was a child, for now I understand many of the double meanings and world plays that you would never understand as a child.Carroll is better with word plays than any other author that I can recall reading.He is a master of molding sentences that simply slide right off of your tongue because they flow so smoothly.This is definitely one of the best childrens books ever written.

Overall grade:A+

pay noattention to the fool below me
I was shocked when i saw thatthe Alice books got 3 stars. theseare literary classics , the two most complicated "children books" with many levels of interpretation.I know people have differenttastes but this deserved an overall score of at least four.

Just rent the movie
The first thing that must be said for anyone who's seen Disney's Alice in Wonderland and wants to read the book because they loved it so much is beware. The book and the movie, while following the same story line, are nothing alike, and if you expect them to be you'll most likely end up as disappointed as I was.

Perhaps it's because I grew up with the fluidly poetic Dr Zeus, or perhaps I just expected something that the book simply was not, but I found Carroll's tale bland and void of the essential, natural art to story-telling that all "absurd" imaginative pieces need to be enjoyable.

Though I must give credit to Carroll for what I feel he deserves- in his time, this was a wildly fantastic book with a plethora of crazy characters, riddles, poetry and inspired plot twists that carry the reader around Wonderland with the famous protagonist.
The Characters however, were truly brought to life by Disney to a degree unrealizable within the written format. I don't fault Carroll for this, but when you've seen the movie first...
I also found the transitions between scenery and scenes to be lacking in impact because there is little distinction made between one place and the next. I realize that Carroll was describing a dream (which is vague by nature), but I feel that his writing could have accentuated the transitions to give the reader more involvement in the fading between one land and the next- what we have instead is something close to "Alice was walking in a forest and now she's crossing a river." Call me picky, but such a lackluster transition is bound to bore.

Most agitating were Penguin Classic's annotations that literally littered the text with information completely irrelevant to the story. Boasting on the back that my copy is "the most comprehensively annotated edition available", they weren't lying. To get this title though, they stuck an annotation into every nook and cranny manageable. By the end of the fifth chapter I almost threw the book out of the bus window because I had read more about Lewis Carroll's diary entries and queer habit of wearing gloves everywhere than of Alice herself. At that point I more or less stopped regarding the annotations at all- content instead to deny their existence rather than try my patience at reading them. I was upset at this because there were several places where an explanation, allusion or elaboration was truly helpful, but they were one in stack of fifty and the remaining forty-nine were just too painfully superfluous to sift through

Through The Looking Glass also failed to leave an impression on me. It was a very simple extension of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but in the same exact format, with the same trite transitions and utterly lackluster performances.

I thought it was a painful struggle to finish Through The Looking Glass, and then found myself face to face with Carroll's original short story Alice's Adventures Underground- the original short story that he had written for the young daughter of a close friend which his friends had urged him to elaborate upon. Following that, I found an essay written by Carroll, Alice On Stage, about his thoughts on the cinematic production of his tale. I'm sorry; I just couldn't bring myself to bother. That was enough of Lewis Carroll for me.

As I implied at the start, stick to Disney's movie. I love to read, but Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a story meant to be seen and heard, not read about. ... Read more

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This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus. Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and informative.

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the editorial review math is exactly correct!
Ok, since there is some confusion on the issue, let me explain how the 2/3 comes about.We are looking for the probability that the second marble is white, given that the first one pulled out of the bag was.

First intuitively - if you think about it, if there had been 2 white marbles in the bag to start with you're more likely to have pulled out a white marble on the first draw than you would have if the bag started with one white and one black.That is, knowing that you pulled out a white marble, it's more likely that both marbles were white than it is that there was one of each.

Now mathematically - this is called conditional probability. Because of the problem description, before drawing the bag could either contain one of each color or two white marbles, each of these options with probability .5 (50%).If the bag has one of each, your probability of drawing white first is .5, and if it has two whites your probability of drawing white first is 1 (100%).

So, the (compound) probability that the bag has one of each *and* you get white first is .5 x .5 = .25 and the probability that the bag has both white and you get white first is .5 x 1 = .5.So, the total probability of getting white first is the sum of the probabilities of these two possible ways of that occuring, .75.

Now, the actual probability that was requested was that of there being a white marble in the bag after taking out a white one...that is, what's the probability of the bag having had 2 white marbles if you know it had at least one.This should be the same as the probability of getting two white marbles divided by the probability that the first marble was white.

Probability notation for this conditional probability is
P(W2|W1) = P(W1 & W2)/P(W2)

Which then is .5/.75, which is equal to 2/3 - the number given in the editorial.The result does maybe initially seem to be a strange number, but there is no wiggle room here.It's correct.

Letter to the editorial review
The Editorial has single handedly solved a modern dilemma in the world of Mathematics.I do believe it has been said that it is better to be assumed a fool then to open your mouth and remove all doubt.The final conclusion is that the contradiction leads us to realize a possible incompleteness in the system.Here is how:

Solution #1 As the state of the bag, after the operation, is necessarily identical with its state before it, the chance is just what it was, viz. 1/2. Solution #2 Let B and W1 stand for the black or white counter that may be in the bag at the start and W2 for the added white counter. After removing white counter there are three equally likely states:

Inside bag------Outside bag
W1--------------W2
W2--------------W1
B ---------------W2

In two of these states a white counter remains in the bag, and so the chance of drawing a white counter the second time is 2/3.This contradiction of the first solution might indicate that the system offers an incomplete answer (not that the first answer was wrong).

Essential for Lewis Carroll fans
Lewis Carroll was in "real life" Charles Dodgson, lecturer in mathematics at Oxford University and author of books on geometry and logic.Mathematics intrudes into his children's books, especially Sylvie and Bruno.There is nobody better qualified to explain this side of Lewis Carroll to the non-mathematician than Martin Gardner, author of the Annotated Alice and for many years the compiler of the Mathematical Puzzles column in Scientific American.This book will delight Carroll's many fans and may intrigue many who would not normally be attracted to children's fiction.I also recommend the two books on Lewis Carroll's puzzles by Edward Wakeling; as a professional mathematician, he brings a complementary perspective. ... Read more

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Thought Experiments in Physics
This book by Epstein is one of my better investments for secondary school (or undergraduate/graduate) physics books. Although I do not use it as a text, I have taken advantage of the problems posed within as warm-up questions to engage the students on the topics at hand(in addition to the hands-on demonstrations.)My students can really get fired up by some of the classical problems and the illustrations that accompany every questions within. The answer keys are highly intelligible as well as entertaining.

However, do not underestimate the questions as merely for the beginning students of physics: they are far from that realm.Some of the questions are challenging enough even for the professional physicists, and in fact even for Newton himself.

If you are intrigue, go buy it.

A must for every teacher
Simple, but non trivial, conceptual problems with clear, insightful, elegant solutions without math. For everyday use to challenge students' minds.

Really makes you think.
Think you know physics?The simple questions posed in this book will show you if you do.It is approachable enough for a lay person to pick it up and take a crack at it.The solutions give great insight for the seasoned physicists and newbies.

Elegant, brilliant answers
Epstein presents a bunch of physics problems, and solves them all -- almost without any math -- with clear, insightful, elegant solutions. A brilliant book useful from grade 10 to grad school.

Very Useful Book
No, this isn't a perfect book.Some of Lewis' explanations are a bit vague and some are incomplete but despite these minor flaws this book does a wonderful job of explaining important concepts of physics in very simple terms.

I can't think of anyone who wouldn't benefit from reading this book.Oh yes, it's a fun read too! ... Read more

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Great book; better illustrations.
The story of Alice in Wonderland is repeated in a very readable text and is as delightful as ever.This is not, however, a childrens' book.BarryMoser's illustrations tell the story of Alice in a different, dark andsomewhat menacing way.Is the rabbit hole just the means to reach anamusing world of people and animals with strange names and stranger habits,or is it the path to a nether region where the normal rules of socialconduct and the shape and size of "people" don't apply?If hisillustrations mean anything, Moser thinks perhaps it is the latter.Forexample, the Queen of Hearts appears not as the crazy, but ultimatelyharmless, creature of a Disney movie.Moser shows her as a dark andforeboding character and by his illustartion suggests that "off withher head" is a real threat.The text of the book is standard Alice,but the real reason to buy it is to get Moser's illustrations.This isdefinitely not a book for 10 year olds.But those of us who grew up onAlice as half comedy, half light hearted spoof will enjoy this twist on atraditional tale.Moser's other illustrations of classical works such asMoby Dick and The Devine Comedy are also well worth acquiring. ... Read more

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Both of the original Lewis Carroll tales “Alice in Wonderland” written in 1865 and “Alice Through the Looking-Glass” written in 1872.“Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”and “Through the Looking-Glass” are works of nonsense literature written by English author Charles Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.The Adventures of Alice are considered a classic children’s books. They tell story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantastic realm populated by peculiar and strange animals and people. ... Read more

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GOLD GUILDED EDGESCONTAINS, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK, A TANGLED TALE, SYLVIE AND BRUNO, RHYME? AND REASON? THREE SUNSETS AND OTHER POEMS. ... Read more

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Best Compendium Around
Found this book at a Borders or Barnes & Noble - Cost me somewhere around $40-$50, definitely NOT $150.00 as some sellers claim.But it is the BEST collection of Lewis Carolls works I have ever seen.Beautiful gold-trimmed edges, and real leather.This is made to last.If you love Lewis Carrolls works, this is a keeper and must-have. ... Read more

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Children and adults alike have never grown tired ofthe exciting and fantastical adventures of master story-tellerLewis Carroll. Lavishlyillustrated, here are his finest works, including Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, The Hunting of the Snark, A Tangled Tale, Phantasmagoria, and Nonsense from Letters. ... Read more

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Alice in Wonderland
As far apart from the Disney classic as the movie version of Moby Dick is to its literary partner, Alice in Wonderland portrays the fanciful tale of the little girl, Alice, wandering about in a world of her own childhood imaginings and storybook recollections.If you have never actually READ the book, than you have a chance to know what your mother always thought would scare you as a little child, but really just adds to the fantastical wonderland which was the author's intention. ... Read more