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Rationis Defensor
By James Maclaurin. 2011
Rationis Defensor is to be a volume of previously unpublished essays celebrating the life and work of Colin Cheyne. Colin…
was until recently Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Otago, a department that can boast of many famous philosophers among its past and present faculty and which has twice been judged as the strongest research department across all disciplines in governmental research assessments. Colin is the immediate past President of the Australasian Association for Philosophy (New Zealand Division). He is the author of Knowledge, Cause, and Abstract Objects: Causal Objections to Platonism (Springer, 2001) and the editor, with Vladimir Svoboda and Bjorn Jespersen, of Pavel Tichy's Collected Papers in Logic and Philosophy (University of Otago Press, 2005) and, with John Worrall, of Rationality and Reality: Conversations with Alan Musgrave (Springer, 2006). This volume celebrates the dedication to rational enquiry and the philosophical style of Colin Cheyne. It also celebrates the distinctive brand of naturalistic philosophy for which Otago has become known. Contributors to the volume include a wide variety of philosophers, all with a personal connection to Colin, and all of whom are, in their own way, defenders of rationality.Mathematical Aspects of Subsonic and Transonic Gas Dynamics
By Lipman Bers. 2016
This concise volume by a prominent mathematician offers an important survey of mathematical aspects of the theory of compressible fluids.…
The treatment is geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students in physics, applied mathematics, and engineering. Focusing on two-dimensional steady potential flows, the text eschews detailed proofs in favor of clear indications of the main ideas and descriptions of new mathematical concepts and methods that arose in connection with these chapters in fluid dynamics.Starting with a general discussion of the differential equations of a compressible gas flow, the book advances to the mathematical background of subsonic flow theory. Subsequent chapters explore the behavior of a flow at infinity and methods for the determination of flows around profiles, flows in channels and with a free boundary, the mathematical background of transonic gas dynamics, and some problems in transonic flow. An extensive bibliography of 400 papers concludes the text.The Confessions of an Illuminati narrative of Leo Lyon Zagami is projected to the reality of today, including the occult…
maneuvers behind the New World Order. In this unprecedented scenario, we also have the involvement of the big media moguls like Ted Turner and Silvio Berlusconi and their role in manipulating perceptions. The author discusses further aspects of the Satanic infiltration of Freemasonry, pointing out the many ways of defending yourself psychically against black magicians, as well as against the many sects operating in the Illuminati Network.Future Esoteric: The Unseen Realms
By Brad Olsen. 1976
Examining the flaws of mainstream society, this collection of conspiracy theory, esoteric knowledge, and fringe subjects seeks to present solutions…
to current social, economic, and environmental world issues. This book encourages the exploration and integration of modern science with ancient wisdom, which will lead modern society towards advancement and enlightenment. Topics discussed include religious mythos, government manipulation, technological advances, and utopia.Angels Please Hear Me
By Jenny Smedley. 2011
Do you believe in angels but wonder why yours never seems to hear you Are you tired of watching…
others leading lives full of joy while you have to struggle through each day Do you long to win the lottery so that you can change your life but always end up disappointed If that describes you then don t panic help is at hand Let Jenny show you how you may be generating the wrong kind of energy to get angelic assistance and how to change things so that you can finally get the help you long for If you love angels love reading about other peoples experiences with them and would like to know how to have better communication with yours Angels Please Hear Me is the book you needA Fairy Treasury: The Ultimate Guide To The Enchanted Faerie Realm
By Jacky Newcomb. 2018
AFaerie Treasury is a comprehensive, insightful, and magical guide to the world of the fae! You'll find a wealth of…
facts, real-life faerie stories, tips, advice, and faerie inspiration. This detailed yet fun book explains the hierarchy of faerie, their culture, religion, and lives, and is designed to be dipped into whenever you need inspiration – the perfect gift for anyone wanting to know how to bring faerie wisdom and magic into their lives! You will discover: •Amazing real-life stories of contact with the faerie folk from all over the world •The flowers and trees favoured by the little people, and the best oils, crystals, and candle colours to encourage faeries into your space. •Use the remarkable A-Z reference of faeries to find out which faeries are good… and which are just plain naughty! •Discover the faeries’ secret hide-outs •Find out how to turn your home and garden into magical faerie spaces •Have fun with magical faerie craftsHistory, myths, and real-life accounts are combined in this fascinating book, for all those who are intrigued by the enchanting, magical, and mysterious realm of faeries!This is a repackage of A Faerie Treasury (ISBN: 9781401915537)The Book of Luck: A Guide to Success, Fortune, Palmistry and Astrology
By Whitman Publishing Co. 2016
Never walk under a ladder or cut your nails on a Sunday -- but be on the lookout for four-leaved…
shamrocks and piebald horses! This quaint book from the turn of the twentieth century holds a wealth of folkloric advice for recognizing good and bad omens. In addition, it offers all the tools of the trade for aspiring fortune-tellers, including tips for the interpretation of dreams and using playing cards to forecast the future.A detailed section on palmistry explains the significance of the shapes of fingers, the lines of destiny, and the determination of such characteristics as ability, ambition, and wit. Other chapters explore handwriting analysis, astrology, reading tea leaves, crystal gazing, choosing lucky numbers and talismans, and superstitions related to animals, flowers, and seasons.The Logic of Machines and Structures
By Paul Sandori. 2016
Based on common, everyday phenomena, the principles governing the balance of forces on machines and structures are extremely straightforward. Their…
expression in mathematical form, however, obscures their clarity. This volume exposes the principles of statics in their original simplicity, presenting them as an exercise in logic. The modern analytical method of reasoning is carefully preserved to assist students in their grasp of the thinking that underlies mathematical methods of analysis.Suitable for architecture and engineering students as well as other readers with minimal background in mathematics, this unique treatment also restores enjoyment to the study of statics. Author Paul Sandori develops the subject using crucial highlights and discoveries in the field's historical evolution, noting the brilliant early insights and intuitions that contributed to the modern science. The text is complemented by illustrations of source materials from Galileo, Newton, and others that document the discipline's evolution.Is Your Life Mapped Out?: Unravelling the Mystery of Destiny vs Free Will
By David Hamilton. 2012
These are questions we all ask ourselves but it s hard to get past conjecture or gut feeling to…
find any definitive answers Now in this ground-breaking book David Hamilton looks at hard scientific evidence to bring us closer to understanding the balance between the forces of destiny and the power of free will Exploring new cutting-edge scientific research into the nature of time and drawing on fields such as quantum physics epigenetics solar cycles and even reports of near-death experiences David explores how rather than being a question of one versus the other destiny and free will can in fact work simultaneously in his fascinating new theory The Tree of Probable Life He shows how ultimately we create many of the conditions of our own lives and offers some powerful practical principles that can bring amazing resultsA Year with the Angels
By Jenny Smedley. 2011
Many people have trouble focusing the right sort of thought-power into connecting with angels The struggle of everyday life…
gets in the way they feel self conscious and unsure of themselves afraid that it s all in their head and their brains need a more logical and structured approach to the subject in order to succeed If only they could text or email their angel Of course this isn t possible but there are lots of practical steps that can help make the process easier and more rewarding Covering one month at a time A Year with the Angels gives the reader a strategy to follow and pinpoints the information people need to tame their modern-day left-centred brains and get their heads around a very real and lasting connection with the angelsIntroduction to Fluid Dynamics
By Edward B. Mcleod Jr.. 1978
Concise, unified, and logical, this introduction to the study of the basic principles of fluid dynamics emphasizes the statement of…
problems in mathematical language. In addition to its value as a reference for professional engineers, this volume is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of mathematics and engineering. Some familiarity with the algebra of vector fields is assumed, and a useful appendix provides a succinct review of vector algebra.An introductory chapter covers fundamental notions from the continuum hypothesis to steady-state flow. Succeeding chapters explore conservation of mass, forces acting on a fluid in equilibrium, dynamic equations of motion, irrotational motion, integration of Euler's equation in special cases, and flows representable by harmonic functions. Additional topics include two dimensional flows, rectilinear vortices, general vortex motion, flows with a free boundary, and compressible fluids.Selling Science: Polio and the Promise of Gamma Globulin
By Stephen E. Mawdsley. 2016
Today, when many parents seem reluctant to have their children vaccinated, even with long proven medications, the Salk vaccine trial,…
which enrolled millions of healthy children to test an unproven medical intervention, seems nothing short of astonishing. In Selling Science, medical historian Stephen E. Mawdsley recounts the untold story of the first large clinical trial to control polio using healthy children--55,000 healthy children--revealing how this long-forgotten incident cleared the path for Salk's later trial. Mawdsley describes how, in the early 1950s, Dr. William Hammon and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis launched a pioneering medical experiment on a previously untried scale. Conducted on over 55,000 healthy children in Texas, Utah, Iowa, and Nebraska, this landmark study assessed the safety and effectiveness of a blood component, gamma globulin, to prevent paralytic polio. The value of the proposed experiment was questioned by many prominent health professionals as it harbored potential health risks, but as Mawdsley points out, compromise and coercion moved it forward. And though the trial returned dubious results, it was presented to the public as a triumph and used to justify a federally sanctioned mass immunization study on thousands of families between 1953 and 1954. Indeed, the concept, conduct, and outcome of the GG study were sold to health professionals, medical researchers, and the public at each stage. At a time when most Americans trusted scientists, their mutual encounter under the auspices of conquering disease was shaped by politics, marketing, and at times, deception. Drawing on oral history interviews, medical journals, newspapers, meeting minutes, and private institutional records, Selling Science sheds light on the ethics of scientific conduct, and on the power of marketing to shape public opinion about medical experimentation.For her activism on behalf of Texas Gulf Coast bays, Wilson has been recognized with awards including Mother Jones' Hellraiser…
of the Month. In her first book, this fourth-generation shrimper relates her battles against a plastics company (and their political allies) whose dumping of toxic chemicals resulted in her county's designation as the nation's most polluted in the late 1980s. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Healed by an Angel: True Stories of Healing Miracles
By Jacky Newcomb. 2011
Healed by an Angel is an inspirational collection of blissful soothing real-life angel and afterlife encounters If you…
ve ever felt sad or alone or grieved for loved ones after they ve passed on then worry no more This book shows you that they are never really gone but care for and love you as much as ever from the other side Read beautiful and calming stories of dramatic afterlife reunions reassuring true life angel encounters and miracles fascinating angel-healing experiences nursing-staff experiences of helpful ghosts and spirits on the wardsThe Seven Sisters of Pleiades: Stories from Around the World
By Munya Andrews. 2004
The legends of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades that poets, priests, prophets, shamans, storytellers, artists, singers, and historians have…
told throughout time are retold in this compilation of the stories that have found their inspiration in nine beautiful stars clustered together in the night sky. While particular attention in this cross-cultural study is paid to the influence of the Pleiades cluster on the living traditions of indigenous people in North America, Australia, Japan, and the Pacific, much ancient mythology passed down through written and visual sources from ancient Egypt, India, Greece, and South America is also explored. Appearances of the myths in the modern world are also mentioned, including American presidential elections, Halloween, Atlantis, the Titanic, and Subaru automobiles. Serious astronomical research complements the variety of mythological explanations for the stars' existence by providing the modern world's scientific understanding of them.Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? Journalist Tea Krulos spent more than…
a year traveling nationwide to meet individuals who have made it their life's passion to hunt down evidence of entities that they believe exist but that others might shrug off as nothing more than myths, fairy tales, or the products of overactive imaginations. Without taking sides in the debate, Krulos joins these believers in the field, exploring haunted houses, trekking through creepy forests, and scanning skies and lakes as they collect data on the unknown poltergeists, chupacabras, Skunk Apes (Bigfoot's stinky cousins), and West Virginia's Mothman. Along the way, he meets a diverse cast of characters--true believers, skeptics, and hoaxers--from the credible to the quirky, and has a couple of hair-raising encounters that make him second-guess his own beliefs.Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Our Capacity
By Dr Rowan Hooper. 2018
From evolutionary biologist Rowan Hooper, an awe-inspiring look into the extremes of human ability—and what they tell us about our…
own potential.In 1997, an endurance runner named Yiannis Kouros ran 188 miles in twenty-four hours. Akira Haraguchi, a sixty year-old man in Tokyo, can recite pi to the 100,000th decimal point. John Nunn was accepted to Oxford University at age 15, the youngest undergraduate in 500 years. After a horrific attack by her estranged husband, Carmen Tarleton was left with burns to over eighty percent of her body. One of her surgeons said her injuries “were beyond anything we have ever seen.” After a three-month coma, multiple skin grafts, and successful face transplant, Tarleton is now a motivational speaker. What does it feel like to be exceptional? And what does it take to get there? Why can some people achieve greatness when others can’t, no matter how hard they try? Just how much potential does our species have? Evolutionary biologist Rowan Hooper has the answers. In Superhuman he takes us on a breathtaking tour of the peaks of human achievement that shows us what it feels like to be extraordinary—and what it takes to get there. Drawing on interviews with these “superhumans” and those who have studied them, Hooper assesses the science and genetics of peak potential. His case studies are as inspirational as they are varied, highlighting feats of endurance, strength, intelligence, and memory. Superhuman is a fascinating, eye-opening, and inspiring celebration for anyone who ever felt that they might be able to do something extraordinary in life, for those who simply want to succeed, and for anyone interested in the sublime possibilities of humankind.Earth Wisdom: A Heart-warming Mixture Of The Spiritual And The Practical
By Glennie Kindred. 2004
This beautiful and inspirational guidebook from Glennie Kindred teaches us how to work with the natural cycles of the year…
Comprehensive and accessible it is an invaluable source of information for anyone wanting to learn more about tree lore Celtic festivals the five elements Moon energies or simply how to make a deeper connection with the Earth Our relationship to the Earth has changed We have become more aware of how our actions can affect the balance of Nature Earth Wisdom is a potent reminder to appreciate the natural vitality unity and intelligence of all life It includes imaginative ways to experience the seasonal cycles and ways to heal and develop our relationship with the Earth the trees and the plants through practical and heart-centred interaction This book inspires us to restore our own connections to the Earth encouraging us to follow our own personal spirituality and intuitive wisdom In so doing it increases our potential for creating positive change in our lives and in the worldJunk Drawer Physics: 50 Awesome Experiments That Don't Cost a Thing
By Bobby Mercer. 2014
A children's instructional book on how to use readily available materials to turn the house into a science lab Physics…
teacher Bobby Mercer provides readers with more than 50 great hands-on experiments that can be performed for just pennies, or less. Turn a plastic cup into a pinhole camera using waxed paper, a rubber band, and a thumbtack. Build a swinging wave machine using a series of washers suspended on strings from a yardstick. Or construct your own planetarium from an empty potato chip canister, construction paper, scissors, and a pin. Each project has a materials list, detailed step-by-step instructions with illustrations, and a brief explanation of the scientific principle being demonstrated. Junk Drawer Physics also includes sidebars of fascinating physics facts, such as did you know the Eiffel Tower is six inches taller in summer than in winter because its steel structure expands in the heat? Educators and parents will find this title a handy resource to teach children about physics topics that include magnetism, electricity, force, motion, light, energy, sound, and more, and have fun at the same time.Fruitful Labor: The Ecology, Economy, and Practice of a Family Farm
By Mike Madison. 2018
As the average age of America’s farmers continues to rise, we face serious questions about what farming will look like…
in the near future, and who will be growing our food. Many younger people are interested in going into agriculture, especially organic farming, but cannot find affordable land, or lack the conceptual framework and practical information they need to succeed in a job that can be both difficult and deeply fulfilling. In Fruitful Labor, Mike Madison meticulously describes the ecology of his own small family farm in the Sacramento Valley of California. He covers issues of crop ecology such as soil fertility, irrigation needs, and species interactions, as well as the broader agroecological issues of the social, economic, regulatory, and technological environments in which the farm operates. The final section includes an extensive analysis of sustainability on every level. Pithy, readable, and highly relevant, this book covers both the ecology and the economy of a truly sustainable agriculture. Although Madison’s farm is unique, the broad lessons he has gleaned from his more than three decades as an organic farmer will resonate strongly with the new generation of farmers who work the land, wherever they might live. *This book is part of Chelsea Green Publishing’s NEW FARMER LIBRARY series, where we collect innovative ideas, hard-earned wisdom, and practical advice from pioneers of the ecological farming movement—for the next generation. The series is a collection of proven techniques and philosophies from experienced voices committed to deep organic, small-scale, regenerative farming. Each book in the series offers the new farmer essential tips, inspiration, and first-hand knowledge of what it takes to grow food close to the land.