Met zijn scherpe denken veranderde Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) de koers van de twintigste eeuw voorgoed. Dat laat de Britse filosoof Ray Monk zien in zijn veelgeprezen biografie, die inmiddels de status van een klassieker heeft.  Meer

In this biography of Wittgenstein, the author interleaves the philosophical and emotional aspects of his subject's life.  Meer

Having formed suspicious connections in the 1930s, in the wake of the Allied victory in World War Two, Oppenheimer’s attempts to resist the escalation of the Cold War arms race would lead many to question his loyalties – and set him on a collision course with Senator Joseph McCarthy and his witch hunters.  Meer

Edward Elgar rose from obscurity to become the most popular English composer of his day. Elgar's music is known world-wide and works such as the 'Enigma Variations' and 'The Dream of Gerontius' together with the two symphonies and the two concertos have established him as one of the greatest British composers of all time.  Meer

Edward Elgar rose from obscurity to become the most popular English composer of his day. Elgar's music is known world-wide and works such as the 'Enigma Variations' and 'The Dream of Gerontius' together with the two symphonies and the two concertos have established him as one of the greatest British composers of all time.  Meer

'Ray Monk here presents what is surely the best short introduction to the work of this wonderful thinker' John Banville, Irish Times  Meer