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Stop me if you've heard this : a history and philosophy of jokes / by Holt, Jim,1954-(CARDINAL)354467;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-128) and index.
Subjects: Wit and humor;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Why does the world exist? : an existential detective story / by Holt, Jim,1954-(CARDINAL)354467;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index.A quick proof that there must be something rather than nothing, for modern people who lead busy lives -- Confronting the mystery -- Interlude : Could our world have been created by a hacker? -- Philosophical tour d'horizon -- Interlude : The arithmetic of nothingness -- A brief history of nothing -- The Great Rejectionist -- Finite or infinite? -- Interlude : Night thoughts at the Café de Flore -- The inductive theist of North Oxford -- Interlude : The supreme brute fact -- The Magus of the Multiverse -- Interlude : The end of explanation -- The ultimate free lunch? -- Interlude : Nausea -- Waiting for the final theory -- Interlude : A word on many worlds -- Platonic reflections -- Interlude : It from bit -- "The ethical requiredness of there being something" -- Interlude : An Hegelian in Paris -- The last word from All Souls -- Epistolary interlude : The proof -- The world as a bit of light verse -- The self : do I really exist? -- Return to nothingness -- Over the Seine.In this astonishing and profound work, an irreverent sleuth traces the riddle of existence from the ancient world to modern times.--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Cosmology.;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 17
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When Einstein walked with Godel : excursions to the edge of thought / by Holt, Jim,1954-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-349) and index."A collection of essays on philosophy, mathematics, and science, and the people who pursue them"--
Subjects: American essays; Cosmology.; Philosophy.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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When Einstein walked with Gödel : excursions to the edge of thought / by Holt, Jim,1954-author.(CARDINAL)354467;
"A collection of essays on philosophy, mathematics, and science, and the people who pursue them"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I: The moving image of eternity. When Einstein walked with Gödel ; Time--the grand illusion? -- Part II: Numbers in the brain, in platonic heaven, and in society. Numbers guy: the neuroscience of math ; The Riemann Zeta conjecture and the laughter of the primes ; Sir Francis Galton, the father of statistics...and eugenics -- Part III: Mathematics, pure and impure. A mathematical romance ; The avatars of higher mathematics ; Benoit Mandelbrot and the discovery of fractals -- Part IV: Higher dimensions, abstract maps. Geometrical creatures ; A comedy of colors -- Part V: Infinity, large and small. Infinite visions: Georg Cantor v. David Foster Wallace ; Worshipping infinity: why the Russians do and the French don't ; The dangerous idea of the infinitesimal -- Part VI: Heroism, tragedy, and the computer age. The Ada perplex: was Byron's daughter the first coder? ; Alan Turing in life, logic, and death ; Dr. Strangelove makes a thinking machine ; Smarter, happier, more productive -- Part VII: The cosmos reconsidered. The string theory wars: is beauty truth? ; Einstein, "Spooky action," and the reality of space ; How will the Universe end? -- Part VII: Quick studies: a selection of shorter essays. Little big man ; Doom soon ; Death: bad? ; The looking-glass war ; Astrology and the demarcation problem ; Gödel takes on the U.S. Constitution ; The law of least action ; Emmy Noether's beautiful theorem ; Is logic coercive? ; Newcomb's problem and the paradox of choice ; The right not to exist ; Can't anyone get Heisenberg right? ; Overconfidence and the Monty Hall problem ; The cruel law of eponymy ; The mind of a rock -- Part IX: God, sainthood, truth, and bullshit. Dawkins and the deity ; On moral sainthood ; Truth and reference: a philosophical feud ; Say anything.
Subjects: Essays.; Philosophy.; Mathematics.; Science.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Folkways. [videorecording] / by Bramlett, Jim.(CARDINAL)193444; Holt, David,1946-(CARDINAL)146600; University of North Carolina Center for Public Television.(CARDINAL)180965;
videography, Susan Massengale, Michael Sheehan.narrator, David Holt.Discusses corn husk dolls and folk wooden toys.Ages 12-Adults.VHS format.
Subjects: Deschamps, May Ritchie.; Watson, Willard.; Cornhusk craft.; Dolls.; Wooden toys.; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Folkways [videorecording] by Bramlett, Jim.(CARDINAL)193444; Holt, David,1946-(CARDINAL)146600; Wolfe, Juanita.; Wonsavage, Carol.(CARDINAL)212649; University of North Carolina Center for Public Television.(CARDINAL)180965;
Executive producer, Carol Wonsavage ; director, Jim Bramlett.Hosted by David Holt ; featuring Juanita Wolfe.Juanita Wolfe of Cherokee, North Carolina, demonstrates the art of oak splint basket making, from splitting the logs and dyeing the splints to weaving the intricate patterns that mark a Cherokee basket. She also shows river cane basket-making.Adults.VHS.
Subjects: Cherokee baskets;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Folkways. [videorecording] / by Bramlett, Jim.(CARDINAL)193444; Craig, Burlon.; Holt, David,1946-(CARDINAL)146600; University of North Carolina Center for Public Television.(CARDINAL)180965;
videographer/editor, Michael Sheehan.narrator, David Holt.Visits Burlon Craig, last active folk potter in North Carolina.Ages 12-Adults.VHS format.
Subjects: Interviews.; Craig, Burlon.; Potters; Pottery; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Folkways [videorecording] by Bramlett, Jim.(CARDINAL)193444; Holt, David,1946-(CARDINAL)146600; Mull, Gertrude.; Wonsavage, Carol.(CARDINAL)212649; Wood, Guy Darry.; University of North Carolina Center for Public Television.(CARDINAL)180965;
Executive producer, Carol Wonsavage ; director, Jim Bramlett.Hosted by David Holt ; featuring Guy Darry Wood, Gertrude Mull.This episode sets the stage for the Folkways program by explaining the cultural environment in which pre-industrial survival crafts were practiced. Includes demonstration of log cabin building and Mrs. Gertrude Mull's perspective on life of the early homesteader. Features Darry Wood of Brasstown, and the John C. Campbell Folk School.Adults.VHS.
Subjects: John C. Campbell Folk School.; Frontier and pioneer life; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Folkways [videorecording] by Bramlett, Jim.(CARDINAL)193444; Hash, Albert.; Hicks, Stanley,1911-1989.(CARDINAL)300568; Holt, David,1946-(CARDINAL)146600; Presnell, Edd.; Wonsavage, Carol.(CARDINAL)212649; University of North Carolina Center for Public Television.(CARDINAL)180965;
Executive producer, Carol Wonsavage ; director, Jim Bramlett.Hosted by David Holt ; featuring Stanley Hicks, Edd Presnell, Albert Hash.This program focuses on the crafting of dulcimers, banjos and fiddles in the old traditional style. Features Edd Presnell, maker of the four string mountain dulcimer; Stanley Hicks, maker of the fretless banjo; and Albert Hash, fiddle maker.Adults.VHS.
Subjects: Appalachian dulcimer; Banjo makers; Musical instruments; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Professional baseball in North Carolina (excerpt)
Subjects: Eldridge, Rube; Holt, Jim; Murphy, Herb "Dummy; Kane, John; Irby, W.L; Boone, Danny; Phelps, Ray; Barbee, Dave; Clabaugh, Moose; Bolton, Cliff; Williams, Jimmy; Long, Jete; Ford, Hod; Holt, Goldie; Furniture Makers (baseball team); Pointers (baseball team); Piedmont League;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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