Many people consider Martin Heidegger the most important German philosopher of the twentieth century. He is indisputably controversial and influential. Athough much has been written about Heidegger, this may be the best single volume covering his life, career, and thought. For all its breadth and complexity, Heideggeras perspective is quite simple: he is concerned with the meaning of Being as disclosure. Heideggeras life was almost as simple. He was...