Abstraction Books

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Architecture and Abstraction (Writing Architecture) Architecture and Abstraction (Writing Architecture)
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avg rating 4.52 — 29 ratings — published
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Brain Computation as Hierarchical Abstraction Brain Computation as Hierarchical Abstraction (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 20 ratings — published 2015
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Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.47 — 4,845 ratings — published 1984
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 22,288 ratings — published 1921
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Torture Concrete: Jean-Luc Moulène and the Protocol of Abstraction Torture Concrete: Jean-Luc Moulène and the Protocol of Abstraction (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 36 ratings — published 2018
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FATAMORGANA FATAMORGANA (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 18 ratings — published
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Ways of Seeing Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 433,302 ratings — published 1972
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The Order of Forms: Realism, Formalism, and Social Space The Order of Forms: Realism, Formalism, and Social Space (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 31 ratings — published 2019
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The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx's Capital The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx's Capital (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 39 ratings — published
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The Sovereignty of Good The Sovereignty of Good (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 1,319 ratings — published 1970
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Philosophy of Mathematics Philosophy of Mathematics (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.77 — 141 ratings — published
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Wittgenstein's Antiphilosophy Wittgenstein's Antiphilosophy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.52 — 164 ratings — published 2008
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Fanged Noumena: Collected Writings, 1987–2007 Fanged Noumena: Collected Writings, 1987–2007 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 1,251 ratings — published 2011
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In Praise of Mathematics In Praise of Mathematics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 209 ratings — published 2015
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The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 24,382 ratings — published 1936
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Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism (World Philosophies) Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism (World Philosophies)
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avg rating 4.48 — 100 ratings — published 2016
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Earth Moves: The Furnishing of Territories (Writing Architecture) Earth Moves: The Furnishing of Territories (Writing Architecture)
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avg rating 4.07 — 43 ratings — published 1995
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Scandals and Abstraction: Financial Fiction of the Long 1980s Scandals and Abstraction: Financial Fiction of the Long 1980s (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 2014
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The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy, Volume I: Consumption The Accursed Share: An Essay on General Economy, Volume I: Consumption (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 2,209 ratings — published 1949
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Abstraction and Empathy: A Contribution to the Psychology of Style (Elephant Paperbacks) Abstraction and Empathy: A Contribution to the Psychology of Style (Elephant Paperbacks)
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avg rating 3.87 — 185 ratings — published 1907
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Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 4,743 ratings — published 2023
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I Am a Strange Loop I Am a Strange Loop (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 8,630 ratings — published 2007
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From Mathematics to Generic Programming From Mathematics to Generic Programming (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.14 — 214 ratings — published 2014
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Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 245 ratings — published 2004
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Mathematical Concepts Mathematical Concepts (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2015
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Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925 Inventing Abstraction, 1910-1925 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 65 ratings — published 2012
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The Violence of Abstraction : The Analytic Foundations of Historical Materialism The Violence of Abstraction : The Analytic Foundations of Historical Materialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 38 ratings — published 1987
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Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction: The Early Twentieth Century (Modern Art : Practices and Debates) Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction: The Early Twentieth Century (Modern Art : Practices and Debates)
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avg rating 3.89 — 56 ratings — published 1993
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Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction versus the Richness of Being Conquest of Abundance: A Tale of Abstraction versus the Richness of Being (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 95 ratings — published 1999
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Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 2,999 ratings — published 2010
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 23,272 ratings — published 1967
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Surfacing Surfacing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.45 — 28,552 ratings — published 1972
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After World After World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.28 — 1,018 ratings — published 2023
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How to Make Sense of Any Mess How to Make Sense of Any Mess (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,597 ratings — published 2014
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The Container Principle: How a Box Changes the Way We Think (Infrastructures) The Container Principle: How a Box Changes the Way We Think (Infrastructures)
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avg rating 3.76 — 21 ratings — published 2015
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Natural Reality and Abstract Reality: An Essay in Trialogue Form/1919-1920 Natural Reality and Abstract Reality: An Essay in Trialogue Form/1919-1920 (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 62 ratings — published 1995
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The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 174 ratings — published
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Abstraction in Contemporary Photography Abstraction in Contemporary Photography (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Pilgrim in the Microworld Pilgrim in the Microworld (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 147 ratings — published 1983
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Bigger Than Life: The Close-Up and Scale in the Cinema Bigger Than Life: The Close-Up and Scale in the Cinema (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.44 — 9 ratings — published
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Architecture and Utopia: Design and Capitalist Development Architecture and Utopia: Design and Capitalist Development (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 194 ratings — published 1976
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The Production of Space The Production of Space (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 2,233 ratings — published 1974
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The Natural Contract (Studies In Literature And Science) The Natural Contract (Studies In Literature And Science)
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avg rating 3.86 — 185 ratings — published 1990
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Flow Chart Flow Chart (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 265 ratings — published 1991
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Tape for the Turn of the Year Tape for the Turn of the Year (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 163 ratings — published 1965
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Pierre Reverdy (NYRB Poets) Pierre Reverdy (NYRB Poets)
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avg rating 4.30 — 202 ratings — published 2013
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An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding 1, Books 1-2 An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding 1, Books 1-2 (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.72 — 116 ratings — published 1689
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David Levithan
abstraction, n.

Love is one kind of abstraction. And then there are those nights when I sleep alone, when I curl into a pillow that isn't you, when I hear the tiptoe sounds that aren't yours. It's not as if I can conjure you up completely. I must embrace the idea of you instead.”
David Levithan, The Lover's Dictionary

Ernest Hemingway
“Abstract words such as glory, honor, courage, or hallow were obscene beside the concrete names of villages, the numbers of roads, the names of rivers, the numbers of regiments and the dates.”
Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

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