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Wacky and Wonderful Misconceptions About Our Universe

Author : Geoffrey Kirby
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319730223
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Wacky and Wonderful Misconceptions About Our Universe written by Geoffrey Kirby and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From unicorns on the Moon to UFOs piloted by Martian bees, this book chronicles some of the strangest ideas that have been put forward – and have actually been believed in -- about our universe. Drawn from tales dating from the Middle Ages to the present, this collection of stories takes readers on an imaginative and wild ride through the ages and minds of some of the wackiest, tackiest, most outlandish concepts in astronomy, cosmology and physics. Follow along as Geoff Kirby recounts each quirky idea in detail and explains how these theories fare against modern astronomical research and technologies.

Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus

Author : John C. Barentine
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030727157
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Mystery of the Ashen Light of Venus written by John C. Barentine and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “Ashen Light” of Venus—a ghostly emission of light from the night side of our nearest planetary neighbor—is among the last unsolved mysteries of astronomical history. In the four centuries since the phenomenon was first reported, highly reputable visual observers of Venus have recorded seeing the Ashen Light, while others have spent a lifetime searching for it without once being convinced that they ever saw it. Is the Ashen Light a trick of the eye? The result of a defective lens? A real scientific event? Occasional references to the Ashen Light are scattered across the literature, yet no work to date has synthesized these records. This book therefore digs deep into the history of the mystery and our latest attempts to understand it, sifting through the clues that might explain whether it is caused by physics, is conjured up by the eye or brain, or a combination of both. This baffling story will appeal to amateur astronomers, hobbyists, and lay readers interested in joining the debate about one of the most elusive observable phenomena ever recorded in the night sky.

Myths and Realities

Author : John Whedbee
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595362397
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Myths and Realities written by John Whedbee and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myths and Realities creates a comprehensive picture of human life and culture, while at the same time placing it within the larger cosmic context. In recent decades, all areas of human knowledge have expanded to an unprecedented degree, so the overall context of human existence is at last beginning to emerge. In order to present such a wide-ranging portrait, Myths and Realities looks at history and human nature from several different viewpoints, giving special attention to four major topics: culture, science, religion and war. Science is a major contributor because it is the most reliable means of acquiring knowledge. Religion is part of the wider subject of beliefs in general, and these have been given particular consideration because any kind of ideology or belief tends to distort the worldview. War has been mankind's constant companion, but without its underlying mythology, it would lose all glory and romance. It would just be senseless savagery. Although man has many distinctive qualities, one of his most remarkable characteristics is his capacity to believe in all kinds of nonsensical notions. In fact, "the human animal will believe practically anything-so long as it makes absolutely no sense at all."

The Celtic Myths

Author : Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500772541
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Celtic Myths written by Miranda Aldhouse-Green and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the world of the Celts, their gods and goddesses, heroes, monsters and villains. As well as vividly exploring the tales, the author brings her expertise in the archaeology of the Iron Age and particularly shamanism to bear on the mythical worlds she describes, with evidence as diverse as the Gundestrup Cauldron and the famous bog bodies. Starting with a discussion of how myths are transmitted and by whom, the author continues with an account of the Irish and Welsh myths and their key actors and motifs, before moving on to consider themes such as heroes, animals, women, environment and the Otherworld. Finally, the author asks how the myths survived the Christianization of Europe and looks at the influence of monastic chroniclers on the tales, which they preserved and adapted. Includes more than 80 illustrations

The Great Misconception

Author : Pino Deufemia
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0956735010
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book The Great Misconception written by Pino Deufemia and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heavenly Errors

Author : Neil F. Comins
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231502524
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Heavenly Errors written by Neil F. Comins and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-27 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great paradoxes of modern times is that the more scientists understand the natural world, the more we discover that our everyday beliefs about it are wrong. Astronomy, in particular, is one of the most misunderstood scientific disciplines. With the participation of thousands of undergraduate students, Neil F. Comins has identified and classified, by origin and topic, over 1,700 commonly held misconceptions. Heavenly Errors provides access to all of them and explores many, including: Black holes suck in everything around them. The Sun shines by burning gas. Comets have tails trailing behind them. The Moon alone causes tides. Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is the hottest planet. In the course of correcting these errors, he explains that some occur through the prevalence of pseudosciences such as astrology and UFO-logy and some enter the public conscience through the "bad astronomy" of Star Trek, Star Wars, and other science-fiction movies.. Perhaps most important, Professor Comins presents the reader with the methods for identifying and replacing incorrect ideas—tools with which to probe erroneous notions so that we can begin to question for ourselves... and to think more like scientists.

Ireland's Wild Plants – Myths, Legends & Folklore

Author : Niall Mac Coitir
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848890915
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Ireland's Wild Plants – Myths, Legends & Folklore written by Niall Mac Coitir and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient Ireland there were 365 different parts to the body, and a different plant to cure each part. So the wild plants of Ireland are bound up in our culture and folklore from the earliest times. To arry a four-leaved shamrock brings luck in gambling, while putting nine ivy leaves under her pillow means a girl will dream of her future husband. Here plants are described in seasonal order, a perspective dating back to our ancestors. Different aspects of plant folklore are examined following a brief history of traditional herbal medicine in Ireland. Included are their roles in magical protection, in charms and spells (especially for love!), as emblems in children's games, and in Irish place names.

Myths of Light

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 9781577314035
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Myths of Light written by Joseph Campbell and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2003 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This previously unpublished title shows Campbell's remarkable mind engaged with a favorite topic, the myths and metaphors of Asian religions. The book collects seven lectures and articles ranging from the ancient Hindu Vedas to Zen koans, Tantric yoga, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Campbell conveys complex insights through warm, accessible storytelling, revealing the intricacies and secrets of his subjects with his typical enthusiasm.--From publisher description.

We Shook Up the World

Author : Tracy Daugherty
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806194316
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book We Shook Up the World written by Tracy Daugherty and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Harrison met Muhammad Ali in 1964, when both men were on the cusp of worldwide fame. Ten years later, the two men simultaneously staged comebacks, demonstrating just how much they embodied the promises and perils of their era. In doing so, Tracy Daugherty suggests, they revealed the scope and the limits of political courage and commitment to faith in the modern world. We Shook Up the World is the story of these two larger-than-life figures at a momentous time. A unique blend of biography and cultural history, this book goes to the very heart of the zeitgeist that each man inhabited and reinvented in profound and enduring ways. In 1974, deep in the Pennsylvania woods, thirty-two-year-old Muhammad Ali was seeking renewal, training to regain his heavyweight boxing title in a fight with George Foreman, and exploring questions about his politics, his career, and his life. Meanwhile, George Harrison was thirty-one years old. With the Beatles disbanded, his marriage ending, and the loss of his mother still fresh, he traveled to India to revitalize his faith, energy, and musical spirit, seeking renewal at the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. In contemplating how these two complex figures managed to carry the cultural rebelliousness and spiritual yearning of the 1960s into a new era of cataclysmic political, economic, and social change, We Shook Up the World offers an intimate perspective on two outsize figures in the nation’s and the world’s cultural history, and a new understanding of their unique contributions to the consciousness of their time and ours.

That's Weird!

Author : Kendall F. Haven
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555919993
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book That's Weird! written by Kendall F. Haven and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers can explore 16 of science's toughest mysteries through stories, activities, and examination of what scientists are doing to try to solve them.

Native American Myths and Beliefs

Author : Tom Lowenstein
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1448860490
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Native American Myths and Beliefs written by Tom Lowenstein and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers explore the rich worldview of the Native Americans through myths and legends. Tales originating from various tribes functioned in a number of important ways: they explained the story of creation, described the relationship of humans to the rest of the universe, and preserved the sacred history of the tribe. In addition, myths and storytelling helped Native Americans pass on knowledge related to hunting, fishing, farming, healing the sick, and dealing with conflict or disaster. This book also places their mythology in historical context, for example, connecting earth myths with the Native Americans real-life, tragic struggle to preserve their lands. Filled with colorful photographs and works of art, Native Americans beliefs are beautifully illustrated, including their reverence for animals and the earth.

Myths and Legends of All Nations

Author : Herbert Spencer Robinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 153817829X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Myths and Legends of All Nations written by Herbert Spencer Robinson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-01-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myths and Legends of All Nations includes great stories of the Greeks, Romans, Orientals, Celts, Norse, Teutons, other Europeans, Polynesians, Africans, American Indians, and modern American folklore such as the fables about John Henry, Casey Jones, and Paul Bunyan.

The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe: 7000 to 3500 BC Myths, Legends and Cult Images

Author : Marija Gimbutas
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520019959
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book The Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe: 7000 to 3500 BC Myths, Legends and Cult Images written by Marija Gimbutas and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Peanuts and Philosophy

Author : Richard Greene
Publisher : Open Court
ISBN 13 : 081269953X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Peanuts and Philosophy written by Richard Greene and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Peanuts and Philosophy, twenty philosophers, from a diverse range of perspectives, look at different aspects of the Peanuts canon. How can the thoughts of children, who have yet to become grown-up, help us to become more grown up ourselves? Do we get good results from believing in something like the Great Pumpkin, even though we’re disappointed every time? What can Linus’s reactions to the leukemia of his friend Janice tell us about the stages of grief? Why don’t we settle what’s right and what’s wrong by the simple method of asking Lucy? Is true happiness attainable without a warm puppy? Do some people’s kites have a natural affinity for trees? Is Sally an anarchist, a nihilist, or just a contrarian? Does Linus’s reliance on his blanket help him or hurt him? Is Charlie Brown’s philosophy of life pathetic or inspirational? Other topics include: how the way children think carries general lessons about transcending our limitations; the Utopian quest as illustrated by Charlie’s devotion to the Little Red-Haired Girl; Snoopy’s Red Baron and history as selective memory; the Head Beagle as Big Brother. And, as we would expect, Lucy’s repeated cruel removal of Charlie's football has several philosophical applications.

Myths and Legends of China

Author : E.T.C. Werner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1633552349
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Myths and Legends of China written by E.T.C. Werner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating and comprehensive collection of Chinese myths and legends, E. T. C. Werner drew upon material readily available to him as a member of the Chinese government's' Historiographical Bureau in Peking. A former barrister and British consul in Foochow, Werner presents a wealth of information illuminating the ideas and beliefs that governed the daily lives of the Chinese people long before the revolutions of the 20th century. Offering a provocative glimpse into a world dominated by traditional rules of etiquette and inhabited by demons, dragon-gods, and spirits, the volume opens with an introductory chapter on the origins of the Chinese people. In succeeding chapters, Mr. Werner's readable, well-illustrated text considers the gods of China and myths of stars, thunder, lightning, wind and rain; of water and fire; of epidemics, medicine, and exorcism; as well as tales about the goddess of mercy, the guardian of the gate of heaven, accounts of how the Monkey became a god, and much more.

American Indian Myths and Legends

Author : Richard Erdoes
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 080415175X
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book American Indian Myths and Legends written by Richard Erdoes and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups gives us a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Dreaming the Biosphere

Author : Rebecca Reider
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 082634674X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Dreaming the Biosphere written by Rebecca Reider and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reider tells the tangled tale of the creation, and eventual disintegration, of the experimental eco-utopia known as Biosphere 2.