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The Top-Ten UFO Riddles

Author : David Alzofon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981218578
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book The Top-Ten UFO Riddles written by David Alzofon and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something happened in December of 2017 - something so unusual it hinted at revelations on the way that will rock our world like nothing before in history. On December 16th, the New York Times ran a story about an encounter between two Navy jets and a UFO off the coast of California. Stories about UFOs are nothing new, but this one was decidedly different: First, it came directly from the Pentagon. Second, it included video taken by sophisticated military cameras onboard the aircraft. And third, the usual chorus of official denials and ridicule was entirely absent. The networks ran with it, and for a week, news commentators played the startling films over and over while asking, "What does it mean?" For students of UFO history, the meaning was clear: Denial is out. Disclosure is in. Starting now. Military jets have been taking gun-sight photos of UFOs for decades, but until December of 2017, these films were unacknowledged and off-limits to all but those with the highest security clearances. Suddenly all that secrecy was out the window. Suddenly, the Pentagon had decided that you have a "need to know." That was the message between the lines, and it implies "Brace yourself, because we''re just beginning." "The Top-Ten UFO Riddles" is your antidote to the new age of anxiety that will dawn as we turn the corner between science-fiction and science fact. If you have scientific solutions to the ten most perplexing riddles about alien technology, you will be immunized against extremes of shock and awe. A flying saucer may be a thing of beauty, but it will no longer be a thing of mystery when you understand... * Why it''s a saucer * How it stays up there without making a sound * Why it spins * How it accelerates from zero to Mach 10 in an instant without killing the occupants * Why it flies like a skipping stone and descends like a falling leaf * Why car engines and headlamps flicker and die in its presence * How and why the aliens are making crop circles In the past, science has fallen flat on its face trying to solve these riddles. The only solution they''ve had has been to deny the testimony of tens of thousands of eyewitnesses, not to mention an abundance of radar screen recordings. But one American physicist, Dr. Frederick Alzofon (1919-2012), managed to crack the riddle of gravity control, which is at the heart of all the other mysteries. In "The Top-Ten UFO Riddles" you will peek under the hood of a flying saucer and find out how it works, down to the nuts and bolts. You will also learn how we can duplicate this technology, unleashing a Second Industrial Revolution, while making space travel as common as a trip to the mall. "The Top-Ten UFO Riddles" is partially derived from David Alzofon''s 2017 book, "How to Build a Flying Saucer (And Save the Planet)." Considerable new material has been added, including three new riddles: How UFOs disappear midflight, why saucers are so heavy, and how the aliens walk through walls. Also added: Seven never-before-published UFO case studies, including the author''s encounter with a black triangle the size of a 737 while driving on a lonely stretch of I-5 in California. The science behind the solutions has appeared in refereed journals and is backed by experiment. The author explains the scientific method in depth and shows how to use it as a yardstick to evaluate competing truth claims about UFOs, from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson''s assertion that only stupid aliens would build a flying saucer that spins, to whistle-blower Bob Lazar''s revelations about reverse-engineering at Area 51, to claims made for electrogravitic technology and faster-than-light travel. "The Top-Ten UFO Riddles" not only provides you with the top-ten solutions, it provides you with a set of skeptical scientific criteria that will keep you from being swayed by fake science or fake news in the future -- when the deluge begins.

Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication

Author : National Aeronautics Administration
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781501081729
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication written by National Aeronautics Administration and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.

The Enduring Tension

Author : Donald J. Devine
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 1641771526
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book The Enduring Tension written by Donald J. Devine and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western civilization fashioned a capitalism that created a worldwide economic cornucopia and higher standards of living than any other system, yet its legitimacy is often questioned by its beneficiaries. Boston University Emeritus Professor Angelo M. Codevilla, proclaims Donald Devine’s The Enduring Tension between Capitalism and the Moral Order, “the best answer to this question since Adam Smith’s. Like Smith, Devine shows the mutually sustaining nature of morality and economic freedom, and provides a much-needed clearing away of the confusion with which recent authors have befogged this essential relationship.” Devine begins with Karl Marx setting capitalism’s roots in feudalism and the implications of that traditionalist inheritance, finally transformed by Rousseau’s “Christian heresy,” which turned the vision of heavenly perfection into an impossibly perfect ideal for earthly society. To unravel this capitalist enigma, Devine identifies the roots of the confusion, critiques the rationalized responses, and identifies the remedy—the revival of an historical Lockean pluralism able to fuse a moral scaffolding sufficient to hold the walls and preserve the best of capitalist civilization.

Eifelheim

Author : Michael Flynn
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 142992716X
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Eifelheim written by Michael Flynn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-10-17 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein Award Over the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived. What's so special about Eifelheim? Father Dietrich is the village priest of Eifelheim, in the year 1348, when the Black Death is gathering strength but is still not nearby. Dietrich is an educated man, and to his astonishment becomes the first contact person between humanity and an alien race from a distant star, when their ship crashes in the nearby forest. It is a time of wonders, in the shadow of the plague. Flynn gives us the full richness and strangeness of medieval life, as well as some terrific aliens. Tom and Sharon, and Father Deitrich have a strange destiny of tragedy and triumph in Eifelheim, the brilliant science fiction novel by Michael Flynn. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy

Author : Anthony Gottlieb
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 163149208X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy written by Anthony Gottlieb and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Gottlieb’s landmark The Dream of Reason and its sequel challenge Bertrand Russell’s classic as the definitive history of Western philosophy. Western philosophy is now two and a half millennia old, but much of it came in just two staccato bursts, each lasting only about 150 years. In his landmark survey of Western philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance, The Dream of Reason, Anthony Gottlieb documented the first burst, which came in the Athens of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Now, in his sequel, The Dream of Enlightenment, Gottlieb expertly navigates a second great explosion of thought, taking us to northern Europe in the wake of its wars of religion and the rise of Galilean science. In a relatively short period—from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution—Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and that of the birth of modern philosophy. As Gottlieb explains, all these men were amateurs: none had much to do with any university. They tried to fathom the implications of the new science and of religious upheaval, which led them to question traditional teachings and attitudes. What does the advance of science entail for our understanding of ourselves and for our ideas of God? How should a government deal with religious diversity—and what, actually, is government for? Such questions remain our questions, which is why Descartes, Hobbes, and the others are still pondered today. Yet it is because we still want to hear them that we can easily get these philosophers wrong. It is tempting to think they speak our language and live in our world; but to understand them properly, we must step back into their shoes. Gottlieb puts readers in the minds of these frequently misinterpreted figures, elucidating the history of their times and the development of scientific ideas while engagingly explaining their arguments and assessing their legacy in lively prose. With chapters focusing on Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Pierre Bayle, Leibniz, Hume, Rousseau, and Voltaire—and many walk-on parts—The Dream of Enlightenment creates a sweeping account of what the Enlightenment amounted to, and why we are still in its debt.

A Farewell to Alms

Author : Gregory Clark
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400827817
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book A Farewell to Alms written by Gregory Clark and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-29 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization has not been a blessing. Clark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations. A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood.

Seeing Like a State

Author : James C. Scott
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300252986
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Seeing Like a State written by James C. Scott and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University

The Third Industrial Revolution

Author : Jeremy Rifkin
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 023034058X
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Third Industrial Revolution written by Jeremy Rifkin and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity is desperate for a sustainable economic game plan to take us into the future. Here, Jeremy Rifkin explores how Internet technology and renewable energy are merging to create a powerful "Third Industrial Revolution." He asks us to imagine hundreds of millions of people producing their own green energy in their homes, offices, and factories, and sharing it with each other in an "energy internet," just like we now create and share information online. Rifkin describes how the five-pillars of the Third Industrial Revolution will create thousands of businesses, millions of jobs, and usher in a fundamental reordering of human relationships, from hierarchical to lateral power, that will impact the way we conduct commerce, govern society, educate our children, and engage in civic life. Rifkin's vision is already gaining traction in the international community. The European Union Parliament has issued a formal declaration calling for its implementation, and other nations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, are quickly preparing their own initiatives for transitioning into the new economic paradigm. The Third Industrial Revolution is an insider's account of the next great economic era, including a look into the personalities and players — heads of state, global CEOs, social entrepreneurs, and NGOs — who are pioneering its implementation around the world.

Cosmic Society

Author : Peter Dickens
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113418980X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Cosmic Society written by Peter Dickens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-08 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space weaponry, satellite surveillance and communications, and private space travel are all means in which outer space is being humanized: incorporated into society’s projects. But what are the political implications of society not only being globalized, but becoming ‘cosmic’? Our ideas about society have long affected, and been affected by, our understanding of the universe: large sections of our economy and society are now organized around humanity’s use of outer space. Our view of the universe, our increasingly ‘cosmic’ society, and even human consciousness are being transformed by new relations with the cosmos. As the first sociological book to tackle humanity’s relationship with the universe, this fascinating volume links social theory to classical and contemporary science, and proposes a new ‘cosmic’ social theory. Written in a punchy, student-friendly style, this timely book engages with a range of topical issues, including cyberspace, terrorism, tourism, surveillance and globalization.

The Great Transformation

Author : Karl Polanyi
Publisher : Penguin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780241685556
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Great Transformation written by Karl Polanyi and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of the most powerful books in the social sciences ever written. ... A must-read' Thomas Piketty 'The twentieth century's most prophetic critic of capitalism' Prospect Karl Polanyi's landmark 1944 work is one of the earliest and most powerful critiques of unregulated markets. Tracing the history of capitalism from the great transformation of the industrial revolution onwards, he shows that there has been nothing 'natural' about the market state. Instead of reducing human relations and our environment to mere commodities, the economy must always be embedded in civil society. Describing the 'avalanche of social dislocation' of his time, Polanyi's hugely influential work is a passionate call to protect our common humanity. 'Polanyi's vision for an alternative economy re-embedded in politics and social relations offers a refreshing alternative' Guardian 'Polanyi exposes the myth of the free market' Joseph Stiglitz With a new introduction by Gareth Dale

Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance (New Edition)

Author : Anthony Gottlieb
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393354229
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance (New Edition) written by Anthony Gottlieb and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "His book...supplant[s] all others, even the immensely successful History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell."—A. C. Grayling Already a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. This landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions many pieces of conventional wisdom. The book invites comparison with Bertrand Russell's monumental History of Western Philosophy, "but Gottlieb's book is less idiosyncratic and based on more recent scholarship" (Colin McGinn, Los Angeles Times). A New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Best Book, and a Times Literary Supplement Best Book of 2001.

Out Of Control

Author : Kevin Kelly
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 078674703X
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Out Of Control written by Kevin Kelly and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.

The History of Science Fiction

Author : A. Roberts
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230554652
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The History of Science Fiction written by A. Roberts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.

Growing Old in a Better World

Author : Robert Troschitz
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040123600
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Growing Old in a Better World written by Robert Troschitz and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As utopias question social ills and express human wants and unfulfilled dreams, they offer insights into the problems, desires and ideals of a certain time. This book uses this lens to examine cultural representations of ageing and old age in utopian writings from the Renaissance till today. The individual chapters offer detailed analyses and interpretations of numerous utopias from Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) to contemporary science fiction. Through close readings, the book explores age-related fears and ideals and investigates how perceptions of ageing and the life course as well as attitudes towards older people have developed over the centuries. Covering a large time span and a broad range of different utopias, the book identifies long-term developments and also puts certain dreams such as that of ever-lasting youth into a wider perspective. It thus enriches both our understanding of the cultural history of ageing and the history of utopian thought. The book will appeal to scholars and students from the fields of cultural gerontology and utopian studies, as well as literary studies and cultural history more generally.

How to Change Your Mind

Author : Michael Pollan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525558942
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book How to Change Your Mind written by Michael Pollan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's "mental travelogue" is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives.

A Concise History of the Common Law

Author : Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1584771372
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of the Common Law written by Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett and published by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: 5th ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1956.

Complexity

Author : M. Mitchell Waldrop
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 150405914X
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Complexity written by M. Mitchell Waldrop and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you liked Chaos, you’ll love Complexity. Waldrop creates the most exciting intellectual adventure story of the year” (The Washington Post). In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell—and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today. This book is their story—the story of how they have tried to forge what they like to call the science of the twenty-first century. “Lucidly shows physicists, biologists, computer scientists and economists swapping metaphors and reveling in the sense that epochal discoveries are just around the corner . . . [Waldrop] has a special talent for relaying the exhilaration of moments of intellectual insight.” —The New York Times Book Review “Where I enjoyed the book was when it dove into the actual question of complexity, talking about complex systems in economics, biology, genetics, computer modeling, and so on. Snippets of rare beauty here and there almost took your breath away.” —Medium “[Waldrop] provides a good grounding of what may indeed be the first flowering of a new science.” —Publishers Weekly