News from Nowhere

News from NowhereOne of the most literary and readable of utopian novels, News from Nowhere chronicles the impressions of a nineteenth century visitor to the twenty second century, who finds England transformed into a socialist paradise. Morris idyllic society echoes themes from the writings of Ruskin and Marx but forms a distinctive expression of the authors own egalitarian views. A distillation of Morris mature reflections on politics, art and society, this work was

threats to survival modern fantasy

and — through the mental experiment of "Maxwell's demon" — points out how the Second Law of Thermodynamics relies on statistics

The compilation's original intent as a resource for sign painters ensures the eye-catching quality of its contents

combined with each other

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500 dictionary-style entries (many of which run to several pages) range from well-known terms ("abracadabra

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this indispensable guide contains 161 superb plates that include photographs and drawings of tables

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" — Stanislav Grof

Resounding with a poetic instinct for the picturesque

and noted for lyrical scenes of exquisite beauty