This is one of my few cherished books - it gives an overview of the thinking of one of the great philosophers of modern times, Karl Popper. Miller's organization and introduction of the material contributes significantly.

I first became interested in Popper for his view on science. In a nutshell, that falsificationism is the best (only?) approach to practicing science. Popper's view taken literally might not make a full arsenal for a working scientist, but the spirit of his idea - that mistaken but provocative theory contributes importantly to the progress of science - is liberating, even exhilirating. Sounds a little strange? Well, try it and see for yourself. Popper is probably the only philosopher of science who has had an impact on how scientists actually think about their work. Others, who may try to strike a more balanced tone, end up writing mush.

From Miller's fine collection we learn that Popper has done much more, including making important contributions to social and political theory. This book will also introduce the reader to one of Popper's personal wellsprings, the pre-Socratic philosophers. In all, this book is an intellectual treasure.

This is one of my favorites in my bookcase. Popper has a gripping writing style and these essays provide short glimpses into his most important ideas. Probably not for the general reader, but for anyone having an intellectual interest in science and society, this book covers Popper's ideas on the faults of inductive reasoning, his definition of science vs. pseudoscience, his views on intolerant thinking and behavior, and even his idea of 'piecemeal social engineering,' an idea ahead of its time. Throughout this book, Popper emerges as a warm, brilliant thinker, one of the best of the 20th Century. The editors have done a wonderful job compiling these selections, and the book is of fine quality construction and will last for many years on the buyer's bookshelf.

Highly recommended. This short book summarizes all the most important insights of this very influential thinker.

Twenty one lessons comprise the first two thirds of this book. All the real meat, however, is in the last third of the book, which the authors divide into seven "bonus extra credit" chapters. Only in the extra credit chapters do we discover the real power of the Borland Resource Workshop, the Application Expert and the Class Expert. Would that the authors had started their tomb by explaining these resources, and then delving into the code that the resources can create with the mere click of a mouse. How frustrating it was to type in all those little examples through 21 chapters only to find in the bonus extra credit section that I could create a complete windows editor with menus, editing features, etc., with a few clicks. Unfortunately, all that I learned in the first 21 chapters did not help me to better understand what was happening. I would much prefer that they had jumped in feet first with the complexities of the Application Expert and the Resource Workshop, and then explained in 21 chapters how we could use those devices to create useable code. Upon completing the book I felt the need to go out and buy a book on C++ programming so I could learn how to understand what they did not explain in their book.

OWL-WINDOWS Programming starts only after Chapter 14 (OWL 2.5). The first chapters explain you syntax and semantic of Standard C (operators, expressions, loops, arrays, functions etc...)! Chpt. 11: OOP,Chpt 12/13: C++ I/O,string class. Explanations are kept very short -> only after typing the many short programm-codes you will learn something. --- Fazit: Good book for beginners: The codes you have to type are short,understandable & funny. You will quickly create your first programm & learn C language. But dont read everything at once, especially apart from chapter 14 -> OWL Windows programming is only superficially explained. Definitely not for beginners: You can't explain complex theme "OWL Win-Programming" in the same short sentences as in preceding first part of the book! For that topic buy another specialized OOP-Windows programming book.

i am alberto ibhhafidon from nigeria i have been hearing about the C++ text book look for one way to get it. as i was browsing through the net i saw the text book on sells.
please help me out not that i cannot afford the payment of the book but i am in nigeria i have not seen dollar befor and i dont have any other thing to pay,
please i am a computer student and i love reading any book of programming
i will be very greatful if i am help out
albert ibhafidon