Samuel Johnson is a towering figure of eighteenth-century literature. As well as the celebrated Dictionary of the English Language, Johnson was the leading literary critic of his time, and a celebrated author who contributed to almost every genre from poetry to political pamphleteering. At the same time, an enduring legend developed around him, culminating in James Boswell's classic biography. This book offers a concise introduction to Johnson's many-sided work, and its complex and rich hi...

In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now in print for the first time, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants and an introduction by Stephen Fry.At the dawn of the new atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as “the four horsemen,” the heralds of religion's unraveling—Christopher...

¿Es peligrosa la religión? ¿Y la espiritualidad? ¿Solucionará la ciencia todos nuestros problemas? ¿Es arrogante ser ateo? ¿Es posible criticar una religión sin ofender a sus fieles?Cuando empezaba a despuntar el movimiento del nuevo ateísmo, los heraldos del ocaso religioso que acabarían siendo conocidos como los «Cuatro Jinetes» —Dawkins, Harris, Dennett y Hitchens— se reunieron para tomar una copa y a modo de experimento grabaron la conversación. Así surgió esta...

With the ability to monitor a vast range of physiological parameters, combined with wireless technology, wireless sensor networks and the Internet of Things, wearable sensors are revolutionising the field of digital health monitoring. In addition to applications in health monitoring, such technology is being used to monitor the state of our living environment and even the quality of our foods and the wellbeing of livestock. Written for scientists, engineers and practitioners by an internat...

In 2007, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett filmed a landmark discussion about modern atheism. The video went viral. Now in print for the first time, the transcript of their conversation is illuminated by new essays from three of the original participants and an introduction by Stephen Fry.At the dawn of the new atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as “the four horsemen,” the heralds of religion's unraveling—Christopher...

Mortalidad es la historia ejemplar de la resistencia de un hombre a retroceder al enfrentarse a lo desconocido, así como una penetrante mirada a la condición humana.El 8 de junio de 2010, durante la gira de promoción de su libro de memorias, Hitch-22, un insoportable dolor en el pecho y el tórax dejó postrado a Christopher Hitchens en su habitación de hotel en Nueva York. Como escribiría más tarde en una de sus premiadas columna...

Las memorias de Christopher Hitchens, uno de los intelectuales más impredecibles, combativos e influyentes de las últimas décadas.En Hitch 22, sus esperadas memorias, Christopher Hitchens, el escritor político por excelencia, repasa su vida hasta la actualidad, desde su infancia en Portsmouth, con una madr...